Storm reports for December 22, 2015

On December 22, 2015, 3 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 3 states.

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3hail reports

1damaging-wind reports

1tornado reports

1.25″largest hail reported

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On December 22, 2015, 3 hail, 1 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Ascension Parish, LA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

State	Hail	Wind	Tornado	Largest hail
LA	2	0	0	1.25″
OK	1	1	0	1.00″
SC	0	0	1	–

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Gonzales, LA	13,837	1.25″

Hail reports (3)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
06:30	1.25″	Ascension Parish, LA
11:30	1.00″	McCurtain County, OK
06:18	0.75″	Winn Parish, LA

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $68,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (5 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Injuries	Deaths	Property damage
McCurtain County, OK	1	0	0	$50,000
Berkeley County, SC	1	0	0	$18,000

What the National Weather Service wrote

McCurtain County, OK (near Broken Bow Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 71 mph · $50,000
“An NWS Storm Survey team determined that the damage to the northeast and east of the Broken Bow, Oklahoma Airport was consistent with that of straight line wind damage. Several trees were uprooted. Two homes were damaged by fallen trees as well as 3 vehicles.”
Berkeley County, SC (near Moncks Corner Arpt) · Tornado EF0 · $18,000
“The National Weather Service office in Charleston, South Carolina examined photographs provided by Berkeley County Emergency Management and drone footage provided by Skyview Aerial Solutions LLC to determine an EF0 tornado with estimated maximum wind speeds around 70 mph occurred for one minute at…”
Ascension Parish, LA (near Sorrento) · Hail 1.25″
“A public report of nearly AA battery sized hail fell in Sorrento.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

NWS Tornado Damage Surveys for December 22, 2015

National Weather Service survey teams mapped 2 tornado paths from this storm day (1 EF1, 1 EF0), 4 miles in all. The map above draws each surveyed path as the NWS mapped it, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, in place of the straight start-to-end line.

Rating	Peak wind	Path length	Max width	Deaths / injuries	On the ground	Surveyed by
EF1	100 mph	4.0 mi	60 yd	0 / 0	00:16–00:19 UTC	NWS Memphis
EF0	70 mph	0.2 mi	100 yd	0 / 0	08:27–08:28 UTC	NWS Charleston, SC

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.

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