National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Preliminary Local Storm Reports
Sunday, February 17, 2008

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

1055 AM     HAIL             10 N NORTHPORT          33.39N 87.59W
02/17/2008  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON US HWY 43 TEN MILES NORTH OF
            US HWY 82 NEAR LAKE TUSCALOOSA.

1100 AM     HAIL             2 E SAWYERVILLE         32.75N 87.69W
02/17/2008  M1.00 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SAWYERVILLE.

1100 AM     HAIL             7 S MOUNDVILLE          32.89N 87.63W
02/17/2008  M1.00 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN AND AROUND HAVANA JUNCTION.

1100 AM     HAIL             DEMOPOLIS               32.50N 87.83W
02/17/2008  E0.25 INCH       MARENGO            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF THE CITY.

1105 AM     HAIL             GREENSBORO              32.70N 87.59W
02/17/2008  M1.00 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE GREENSBORO AREA.

1124 AM     HAIL             7 E GREENSBORO          32.70N 87.47W
02/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       PERRY              AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE HALE AND PERRY
            COUNTY LINE.

1200 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BILLINGSLEY             32.66N 86.71W
02/17/2008                   AUTAUGA            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST SW OF BILLINGSLEY HIGH SCHOOL.


1200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S CENTREVILLE         32.84N 87.13W
02/17/2008                   BIBB               AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE BIBB AND PERRY
            COUNTY LINE.

1205 PM     HAIL             HELENA                  33.29N 86.85W
02/17/2008  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             AL   PUBLIC

            JUST OFF COUNTY ROAD 52 IN THE BRANDYWINE COMMUNITY.

1229 PM     TORNADO          6 NW SELMA              32.48N 87.11W
02/17/2008  F2               DALLAS             AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO AFFECTED COUNTY ROADS 843, 37, 16, OAKMULGEE
            ROAD, AND CENTENARY ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF
            AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. AT LEAST 7 HOMES AND 15
            BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED INCLUDING HUGHS BODY
            SHOP.

1240 PM     HAIL             2 S SAFFORD             32.26N 87.37W
02/17/2008  E1.25 INCH       DALLAS             AL   PUBLIC

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL FELL IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS
            COUNTY SOUTH OF SAFFORD.

1243 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE GOSHEN             31.67N 86.07W
02/17/2008                   PIKE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...ROAD DAMAGE REPORTED IN HENDERSON.

1258 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW CLANTON           32.74N 86.75W
02/17/2008                   CHILTON            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 37.

0105 PM     DOWNBURST        4 SSE CLANTON           32.78N 86.61W
02/17/2008                   CHILTON            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR EXIT
            205 ON INTERSTATE 65. THE DAMAGE SWATH WAS APPROXIMATELY
            2.75 MILES LONG AND 1.5 MILES WIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS
            GENERALLY BETWEEN CR 7 AND CR 41. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE
            ALSO DAMAGED ALONG THE SWATH.

0105 PM     TORNADO          3 SE CLANTON            32.81N 86.60W
02/17/2008  F1               CHILTON            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN TOWARD THE END OF A LARGE
            DOWNBURST SWATH SOUTH OF CLANTON. THE TORNADO STARTED
            NEAR EXIT 205 ON INTERSTATE 65 AND ENDED ALONG CR 41. ONE
            MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES
            WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO
            BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH.

0110 PM     HAIL             3 ENE SELMA             32.43N 86.99W
02/17/2008  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BRANTLEY.

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLANTON                 32.84N 86.62W
02/17/2008                   CHILTON            AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            DOWNED POWER LINES AND SIGNS BLOWN DOWN NEAR EXIT 205 ON
            INTERSTATE 65.

0120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERBENA                 32.75N 86.51W
02/17/2008                   CHILTON            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CITY.

0130 PM     HAIL             5 N ROCKFORD            32.96N 86.22W
02/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       COOSA              AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 49.

0130 PM     TORNADO          ROCKFORD                32.89N 86.22W
02/17/2008                   COOSA              AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN ROCKFORD.

0151 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOODWATER               33.06N 86.05W
02/17/2008                   COOSA              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE TO 5 HOUSES AND POWER LINES
            DOWN.

0205 PM     TORNADO          10 E MILLERVILLE        33.19N 85.75W
02/17/2008                   CLAY               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE MELLOW VALLEY AREA...TREES DOWN
            AND HOMES DAMAGED.

0211 PM     HAIL             10 S HEFLIN             33.50N 85.59W
02/17/2008  E0.75 INCH       CLEBURNE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMA REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AND CIRCULATION IN CLOUDS IN
            THE HOLLIS CROSSROADS AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            HIGHWAY 431 AND COUNTY ROAD 2.

0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE GOSHEN             31.67N 86.07W
02/17/2008                   PIKE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...ROAD DAMAGE REPORTED IN HENDERSON.

0220 PM     TORNADO          6 NNW ROANOKE           33.23N 85.41W
02/17/2008                   RANDOLPH           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE ROCK
            STAND AREA...TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 15...STRUCTURE
            DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROADS 44 AND 609 JUST SOUTH OF WEDOWEE.

0223 PM     TORNADO          12 S TROY               31.63N 85.97W
02/17/2008  F1               PIKE               AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THE BEGINNING POINT OF THIS TORNADO HAS YET TO BE
            DETERMINED IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE TORNADO ENTERED SOUTHERN
            PIKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON. THE TORNADO ENDED
            NEAR CR 6 AND CR 57. AT LEAST ONE HOME AND ONE CHURCH
            WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE
            PATH.

0224 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLLIRENE               32.17N 86.82W
02/17/2008                   LOWNDES            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 5 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. 5 HOMES DAMAGED AND 5
            HOMES DESTROYED. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES.

0248 PM     TORNADO          5 NNE LOWNDESBORO       32.34N 86.58W
02/17/2008                   LOWNDES            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 2 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST LOWNDES
            COUNTY...POWERLINES DOWN AND MOBILE HOMES
            DAMAGED...INJURED BEING TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.

0306 PM     TORNADO          2 E PRATTVILLE          32.46N 86.42W
02/17/2008                   AUTAUGA            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 29 INJ *** WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
            BUSINESSES AND HOMES IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION
            OF MCQUEEN SMITH RD AND EAST MAIN STREET IN PRATTVILLE.

0310 PM     TORNADO          PRATTVILLE              32.46N 86.45W
02/17/2008                   AUTAUGA            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES ON CARS IN THE CITY...APARTMENT COMPLEX
            DAMAGED ON COUNTY ROAD 4.

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E SIMSVILLE           32.13N 85.84W
02/17/2008                   BULLOCK            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            ONE PINE TREE UPROOTED AND BLOWN ACROSS US HWY 82 AND
            ONTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE. A FEW OTHER PINE TREES SNAPPED
            IN A UNIFORM DIRECTION.

0315 PM     TORNADO          MILLBROOK               32.49N 86.37W
02/17/2008                   ELMORE             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 143.
            UNSPECIFIED MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED. UPDATED REPORT.

0315 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     JACKSONS` GAP           32.88N 85.82W
02/17/2008                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN JACKSONS GAP...COULD NOT TELL IF
            IT WAS ON THE GROUND.

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEALE                   32.30N 85.17W
02/17/2008                   RUSSELL            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 431 NEAR SEALE.

0348 PM     TORNADO          COTTONTON               32.15N 85.07W
02/17/2008  F2               RUSSELL            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 4 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION
            OF US HWY 431 AND CR 51. 2 MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY
            DESTROYED AND 2 OTHER HOMES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.
            NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE
            PATH...WHICH EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
            RIVER AT THE AL 208/GA 39 BRIDGE.

0415 PM     HAIL             4 N BATESVILLE          32.07N 85.31W
02/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       BARBOUR            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 89.

0439 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E CLAYTON             31.88N 85.35W
02/17/2008                   BARBOUR            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MINOR DAMAGE TO A TRAILER. A FEW TREE TOPS SNAPPED OFF
            AND POWERLINES DOWN. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR79 AND
            AL30.

0440 PM     TORNADO          3 SSE BAKER HILL        31.74N 85.28W
02/17/2008  F0               BARBOUR            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. BARN/OUT BUILDING DESTROYED WITH
            DEBRIS BLOWN 100 YARDS TO THE NORTH. METAL ROOFING CURLED
            UP ON GARAGE. WINDOW SHUTTER TORN OFF BRICK FACING. TWO
            FOOT DIAMETER PINE TREE UPROOTED ACROSS EUBANKS RD JUST
            WEST OF CR 79. TORNADO PATH APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE
            LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE.


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