2015 was 10 years ago and 2015 like any year was full of weather events. The Southern United States saw some wild weather in Winter of 2015 a tornado outbreak, and later a historic winter storm. Winter of 2015 was influenced by a strong El Nino which pushed the storm track farther south.
After January 1st a storm system took a very southern track moving in from the west. The storm produced rain in parts of the Desert. As the storm moved eastward it being to deepen. It also begin to tap into the rich Gulf Moisture. Ahead of the storm system was warm temperatures. In Central/Lower Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia temps were in the 65-70 degree range. Strong winds aloft blasting in behind the storm system allowed for wind energy and wind shear.
On January 2nd the SPC highlighted a severe weather risk area for Lower/Central Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. On my weather page I talked about how severe weather would stay to the south of our area, but we could get 1-3 inches of rain out of this system. The storm system was then going to move northward bringing heavy rain to Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia.
January 3rd the outbreak started. Super Cell type thunderstorms started to break out in Central and Lower Mississippi. These storms quickly turned severe producing damaging winds 60-70 mph and tornadoes.
As the day progressed severe storms started to move into Central and Lower Alabama producing damaging winds and tornadoes. On January the 4th new storms started to develop in South/Central Georgia producing tornadoes and damaging winds.
On January the 4th the storm system also started to lift northward pulling heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia. Some places saw 2-4 inches of rain.
This outbreak produced a total of 27 tornadoes.
Most of the tornadoes were EF0 and EF1 type tornadoes. However 2 were rated EF 2 type tornadoes.
The first EF2 tornado touched down in Jasper and Newton counties in Mississippi. The town of Rose Hill was hit hard as most homes had severe damage.
The Second EF 2 tornado occurred in Alabama. This tornado touched down in Crenshaw county in Alabama. The town of Dozier was hit hard as several farms had severe damage.
This storm was significant because it was the first tornado outbreak of 2015. It also produced a large amount of tornadoes for the time of the year it occurred in. Having tornadoes in the lower south is not uncommon in January. On the other hand, usually storms just produce a few tornadoes due to limited ingredients. In this case all the ingredients came together to produce a decent amount of tornadoes. In fact, This tornado event produced over 50% of what the US sees tornado wise for the first month of the year. As I referenced earlier an active El Nino pattern also fueled this outbreak. El NIno typically pulls the just stream down into the lower south. This causes active storm tracks.
2015 was 10 years ago and 2015 like any year was full of weather events. The Southern United States saw some wild weather in Winter of 2015 a tornado outbreak, and later a historic winter storm. Winter of 2015 was influenced by a strong El Nino which pushed the storm track farther south.
After January 1st a storm system took a very southern track moving in from the west. The storm produced rain in parts of the Desert. As the storm moved eastward it being to deepen. It also begin to tap into the rich Gulf Moisture. Ahead of the storm system was warm temperatures. In Central/Lower Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia temps were in the 65-70 degree range. Strong winds aloft blasting in behind the storm system allowed for wind energy and wind shear.
On January 2nd the SPC highlighted a severe weather risk area for Lower/Central Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. On my weather page I talked about how severe weather would stay to the south of our area, but we could get 1-3 inches of rain out of this system. The storm system was then going to move northward bringing heavy rain to Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia.
January 3rd the outbreak started. Super Cell type thunderstorms started to break out in Central and Lower Mississippi. These storms quickly turned severe producing damaging winds 60-70 mph and tornadoes.
As the day progressed severe storms started to move into Central and Lower Alabama producing damaging winds and tornadoes. On January the 4th new storms started to develop in South/Central Georgia producing tornadoes and damaging winds.
On January the 4th the storm system also started to lift northward pulling heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia. Some places saw 2-4 inches of rain.
This outbreak produced a total of 27 tornadoes.
Most of the tornadoes were EF0 and EF1 type tornadoes. However 2 were rated EF 2 type tornadoes.
The first EF2 tornado touched down in Jasper and Newton counties in Mississippi. The town of Rose Hill was hit hard as most homes had severe damage.
The Second EF 2 tornado occurred in Alabama. This tornado touched down in Crenshaw county in Alabama. The town of Dozier was hit hard as several farms had severe damage.
This storm was significant because it was the first tornado outbreak of 2015. It also produced a large amount of tornadoes for the time of the year it occurred in. Having tornadoes in the lower south is not uncommon in January. On the other hand, usually storms just produce a few tornadoes due to limited ingredients. In this case all the ingredients came together to produce a decent amount of tornadoes. In fact, This tornado event produced over 50% of what the US sees tornado wise for the first month of the year. As I referenced earlier an active El Nino pattern also fueled this outbreak. El NIno typically pulls the just stream down into the lower south. This causes active storm tracks.
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