PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 721 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/14/2015 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1 .LAGRANGE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.66 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JULY 14 2015 START TIME: 618 PM CDT START LOCATION: POPLAR CREEK LOOP WEST OF COUNTY LINE ROAD START LAT/LON: 34.6032/-87.5256 END DATE: JULY 14 2015 END TIME: 623 PM CDT END LOCATION: CR 136 WEST OF CR 135 END LAT/LON: 34.5813/-87.4871 SURVEY_SUMMARY: SURVEYED BY: A TORNADO TOUCHED TOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COLBERT COUNTY IN THE LAGRANGE COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE SAME PARENT CIRCULATION THAT PRODUCED THE SHEFFIELD/TUSCUMBIA TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG POPLAR CREEK LOOP WEST OF CR 48 (COUNTY LINE ROAD). HERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD LARGE SECTION OF BRANCHES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY LINE ROAD. DAMAGE TO MAINLY SOFTWOOD TREES WAS NOTED ALONG WOLF SPRINGS ROAD AS THE TORNADO STRADDLED THE BRING CROSSING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OVER STILLHOUSE HOLLOW BEFORE PRODUCING MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROADS 135 AND 136. IT APPEARS AS IF THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. |