National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Preliminary Local Storm Report
January 10 , 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0108 PM     TORNADO          5 SE SWEET WATER        32.05N 87.81W
01/10/2008  F0               MARENGO            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OFF NEAR AMBER LANE AND HIGHWAY 10
            JUST WEST OF DIXONS MILL...AND FOUR HOMES HAD MINOR
            DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF0...WITH AN ESTIMATED
            WIND SPEED OF 60-70 MPH. IT WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
            WIDEST POINT AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 2,400
            FT.


0109 PM     TSTM WND DMG     17 S LINDEN             32.06N 87.79W
01/10/2008                   MARENGO            AL   PUBLIC

            TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE DIXON MILLS AREA...NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF CR 6 AND HWY 10.


0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE HALEYVILLE         34.27N 87.58W
01/10/2008                   WINSTON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 195.


0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 NE HAMILTON          34.26N 87.83W
01/10/2008                   MARION             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN IN SHILOH AREA.


0209 PM     HAIL             GARDENDALE              33.67N 86.80W
01/10/2008  E0.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER


0220 PM     TORNADO          5 WNW STAR              33.72N 88.25W
01/10/2008  F2               LAMAR              AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND TWO OTHER MOBILE
            HOMES DAMAGED ON WILLIE GREER ROAD NORTH OF HWY 18.
            CORRECTED FOR GPS LAT/LON AND TIME.


0222 PM     TORNADO          5 SSW BEDFORD           33.73N 88.24W
01/10/2008  F2               LAMAR              AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            ROOF AND CARPORT BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE.


0224 PM     TORNADO          5 WSW VERNON            33.73N 88.19W
01/10/2008  F2               LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRACTOR TRAILER CLIPPED SAGGING POWERLINES 1 MILE EAST OF
            THE MOLLOY FIRE DEPARTMENT ON HWY 18. CORRECTED FOR
            DETAILS AND LOCATION.

0225 PM     TORNADO          6 WSW VERNON            33.72N 88.21W
01/10/2008  F2               LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL CARS
            DAMAGED IN MOLLOY. ONE INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTED TO THE
            HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. CORRECTED FOR LOCATION AND
            DETAILS.

0226 PM     HAIL             VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
01/10/2008  E1.00 INCH       LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON ABERDEEN ROAD.

0337 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CARROLLTON              33.26N 88.10W
01/10/2008                   PICKENS            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 86 WEST.

0345 PM     TORNADO          GORDO                   33.32N 87.90W
01/10/2008  F1               PICKENS            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EXTENSIVE STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO A BARN ON COUNTY ROAD 33
            AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE TOWN. NUMEROUS OLD
            CHICKEN HOUSES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO WAS RATED
            AN EFI...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90-100 MPH. IT HAD A
            PATH LENGTH OF 1.76 MILES AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
            WIDEST POINT.

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E TUSCALOOSA          33.24N 87.44W
01/10/2008                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE DOWN IN THE COTTONDALE AREA.

0408 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     DEMOPOLIS               32.50N 87.83W
01/10/2008                   MARENGO            AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            3 SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUD BY TRAIN CONDUCTOR, FIRE
            DEPT., AND CITIZEN.

0413 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLAMY                 32.45N 88.13W
01/10/2008                   SUMTER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE DOWN.

0421 PM     TORNADO          10 E SAMANTHA           33.41N 87.40W
01/10/2008  F3               TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE WINDHAM SPRINGS AND WILEY
            COMMUNITIES. FIVE STRUCTURES WERE COMPLETELY
            DESTROYED...AND APPROXIMATELY 300 TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG
            THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF3. IT WAS 350 YARDS
            WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT...AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 4.89
            MILES.

0423 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S JASPER                33.85N 87.27W
01/10/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON MULTIPLE ROADS WITHIN CITY
            LIMITS AND SOUTHWARD.

0457 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SUMITON                 33.75N 87.05W
01/10/2008  E0.00 INCH       WALKER             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MINOR FLOODING REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 78 AND BRYAN ROAD.

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNTAIN BROOK          33.49N 86.74W
01/10/2008                   JEFFERSON          AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            A TELEPHONE POLE WAS SNAPPED OFF ON OLD LEEDS ROAD.

0502 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ARKADELPHIA             33.87N 86.93W
01/10/2008                   BLOUNT             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE BLOUNT AND CULLMAN COUNTY
            LINE.

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAYDEN                  33.92N 86.75W
01/10/2008                   BLOUNT             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT
            COUNTY.

0548 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALABASTER               33.23N 86.82W
01/10/2008                   SHELBY             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A TREE DOWN ON HWY 31 NEAR THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE
            CENTER.

0548 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ALABASTER               33.23N 86.82W
01/10/2008                   SHELBY             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 17 AND COUNTY ROAD 44
            NEAR FOX VALLEY FARMS...AND ON HWY 31 AND INDUSTRIAL
            ROAD.

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S CENTRE              34.04N 85.67W
01/10/2008                   CHEROKEE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 9 JUST SOUTH OF THE ELLISVILLE
            COMMUNITY.

0601 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S ALABASTER           33.18N 86.82W
01/10/2008                   SHELBY             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 119 NEAR VETERANS PARK.

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
01/10/2008  E50.00 MPH       JEFFERSON          AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            IN THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA.

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARGARET                33.69N 86.47W
01/10/2008                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
            COUNTY...ON LEVINE AND WOODLAND RIDGE ROADS IN
            MARGARET...CEDAR CREEK ROAD IN ARGO...COUNTY ROAD 33 IN
            ASHVILLE...AND GEORGIA ROAD IN STEELE.


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