National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Preliminary Local Storm Reports
Thursday, March 1, 2007

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

0418 AM     HAIL             10 SE CENTRE            34.05N 85.55W
03/01/2007  E0.50 INCH       CHEROKEE           AL   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE
            COUNTY.

0425 AM     HAIL             WINFIELD                33.93N 87.80W
03/01/2007  M0.75 INCH       MARION             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE WINFIELD FIRE
            DEPARTMENT.

1135 AM     HAIL             7 SW SWEET WATER        32.03N 87.95W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       MARENGO            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE LASCA COMMUNITY.

1152 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     8 N BEXAR               34.31N 88.15W
03/01/2007                   MARION             AL   PUBLIC

            THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN FAR NORTHWESTERN
            MARION COUNTY.

1231 PM     TORNADO          9 SW ORRVILLE           32.22N 87.35W
03/01/2007  F1               DALLAS             AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THE TORNADO CROSSED OVER FROM WILCOX COUNTY INTO DALLAS
            COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF ORRVILLE. 27 HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND
            TWO WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
            ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS 105 MPH IN DALLAS COUNTY.

0230 PM     HAIL             4 S COCHRANE            33.01N 88.25W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       PICKENS            AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FAR SOUTHERN PICKENS
            COUNTY NEAR COCHRANE.

0230 PM     HAIL             10 NW CLINTON           33.02N 88.10W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       GREENE             AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FAR NORTHWESTERN GREENE
            COUNTY NEAR THE SIPSEY RIVER.

0230 PM     HAIL             10 NE GEIGER            32.98N 88.19W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       SUMTER             AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN FAR NORTHEASTERN SUMTER
            COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE WARSAW COMMUNITY.

0240 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CLAYTON                 31.88N 85.45W
03/01/2007                   BARBOUR            AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD MOVED JUST NORTH OF THE CITY BUT NO
            DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.

0242 PM     HAIL             7 S HAYNEVILLE          32.08N 86.58W
03/01/2007  E1.00 INCH       LOWNDES            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED SOUTHWEST OF LETOHATCHEE.

0245 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     VERNON                  33.76N 88.11W
03/01/2007                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR VERNON.

0248 PM     TORNADO          13 SE HAYNEVILLE        32.05N 86.42W
03/01/2007  F2               LOWNDES            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 4 INJ *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SE LOWNDES COUNTY
            NEAR LETOHATCHEE AND MOVED INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY. DAMAGE
            PATH WAS OVER 26 MILES AND 600 YARDS WIDE. WINDS WERE
            ESTIMATED AROUND 135 MPH. FOUR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
            NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND HUNDREDS OF TREES
            WERE SNAPPED OFF.

0250 PM     HAIL             5 E VERNON              33.76N 88.03W
03/01/2007  E1.75 INCH       LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED NEAR THE
            CROSSVILLE COMMUNITY ON COUNTY ROAD 36 AND ON COUNTY ROAD
            49.

0255 PM     TORNADO          SPRAGUE                 32.14N 86.24W
03/01/2007  F2               MONTGOMERY         AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ *** THE LOWNDES COUNTY TORNADO MOVED INTO FAR
            SOUTWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AT LEAST 39 HOMES AND 23
            OUT-BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. 4 LARGE CHICKEN HOUSES WERE
            OBLITERATED. 1 HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION TOWER WAS
            DESTROYED.

0255 PM     HAIL             13 NNW FAYETTE          33.87N 87.92W
03/01/2007  E1.75 INCH       FAYETTE            AL   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL ALONG COUNTY ROAD 36 WEST OF THE
            WAYSIDE COMMUNITY.

0259 PM     TORNADO          8 NW FAYETTE            33.78N 87.93W
03/01/2007  F1               FAYETTE            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 107
            AND PAUL COLBURN ROAD. THE TORNADO ENDED JUST EAST OF US
            HWY 43. SEVERAL HOMES AND OUT-BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED
            ALONG THE PATH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR
            UPROOTED. PATH WAS 8.1 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE.

0300 PM     TORNADO          2 N SAMANTHA            33.44N 87.58W
03/01/2007  F1               TUSCALOOSA         AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF HIGHWAY 43 JUST NORTH OF
            SAMANTHA. PATH LENGTH WAS 3.5 MILES AND 100 YARDS AT ITS
            WIDEST POINT. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH.
            NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. A BRICK HOME LOST A
            PORTION OF ITS ROOF.

0300 PM     HAIL             2 E ELROD               33.25N 87.75W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN THE BUHL COMMUNITY.

0305 PM     HAIL             SAMANTHA                33.41N 87.58W
03/01/2007  E1.75 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN AND AROUND
            SAMANTHA.

0310 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 S WINFIELD            33.87N 87.80W
03/01/2007                   FAYETTE            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD.

0316 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 S UNION SPRINGS      31.99N 85.71W
03/01/2007                   BULLOCK            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE BLUES OLD STAND
            COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY.

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E SAMANTHA            33.41N 87.54W
03/01/2007                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN EAST OF SAMANTHA.

0320 PM     HAIL             17 ENE ALICEVILLE       33.22N 87.89W
03/01/2007  E1.00 INCH       PICKENS            AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS
            COUNTY NEAR COUNTY ROAD 63. THE HAIL MAY HAVE BEEN LARGER
            BUT FELL IN A SPARCELY POPULATED AREA.

0324 PM     HAIL             10 NNW KNOXVILLE        33.12N 87.85W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       GREENE             AL   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE JENA COMMUNITY IN
            FAR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY. THE HAIL MAY HAVE BEEN
            LARGER BUT FELL IN A RURAL AREA.

0324 PM     HAIL             14 WSW TUSCALOOSA       33.16N 87.76W
03/01/2007  E1.00 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL ACROSS FAR WESTERN TUSCALOOSA
            COUNTY.

0325 PM     HAIL             NORTHPORT               33.24N 87.59W
03/01/2007  E2.75 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS FELL ACROSS CENTRAL
            TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.

0326 PM     HAIL             12 NW FOSTERS           33.21N 87.77W
03/01/2007  E0.25 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FAR WESTERN TUSCALOOSA
            COUNTY NEAR THE GREENE AND PICKENS COUNTY LINE.

0330 PM     HAIL             8 N FAYETTE             33.81N 87.83W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       FAYETTE            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            PENNY SIZE HAIL FELL DURING THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE
            TORNADO ACROSS NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY.

0330 PM     HAIL             2 N NORTHPORT           33.27N 87.59W
03/01/2007  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF NORTHPORT.

0330 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
03/01/2007  E3.00 INCH       MONTGOMERY         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEASURED THREE INCJES OF RAIN IN A
            SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

0335 PM     HAIL             9 W HUEYTOWN            33.44N 87.15W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE OAK GROVE AREA.

0335 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     RAMER                   32.06N 86.23W
03/01/2007                   MONTGOMERY         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE RAMER COMMUNITY.

0335 PM     FLOOD            MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
03/01/2007                   MONTGOMERY         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            VAUGHN ROAD HAD ITS DRAINAGE DITCHES OVERFLOWING.

0340 PM     HAIL             3 NW SYLVAN SPRINGS     33.54N 87.07W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN BIRMINGPORT AND
            SYLVAN SPRINGS.

0345 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NE TUSCALOOSA           33.24N 87.54W
03/01/2007                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS WITNESSED IN NORTHEAST PARTS OF
            TUSCALOOSA.

0345 PM     TORNADO          ARLEY                   34.08N 87.21W
03/01/2007  F2               WINSTON            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN ARLEY. PATH LENGTH 9.7 MILES LONG
            AND 100 YARDS WIDE. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 110 TO 115
            MPH. NUMEROUS HOUSES DAMAGED. ONE CHICKEN HOUSE DESTROYED
            AND TWO COLLAPSED.

0346 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW FAYETTE            33.73N 87.88W
03/01/2007                   FAYETTE            AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED JUST NORTH OF FAYETTE.

0350 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NORTHPORT               33.24N 87.59W
03/01/2007                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR
            NORTHPORT.

0350 PM     HAIL             TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
03/01/2007  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA.

0356 PM     HAIL             BROOKWOOD               33.25N 87.32W
03/01/2007  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN NORTH BROOKWOOD.

0358 PM     HAIL             4 N BROOKWOOD           33.31N 87.32W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF BROOKWOOD.

0405 PM     HAIL             ALICEVILLE              33.13N 88.16W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       PICKENS            AL   PUBLIC

            HAIL AT LEAST THE SIZE OF PENNIES FELL ACROSS PARTS OF
            ALICEVILLE.

0406 PM     TORNADO          1 SE GRAYSVILLE         33.62N 86.96W
03/01/2007  F1               JEFFERSON          AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN ADAMSVILLE STARTING NEAR ABBEY
            RD. AND TRAVELING NORTHWARD TO SOLOMON ST. THE PATH
            LENGTH WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 400 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
            POINT. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH. DOZENS OF
            UPROOTED TREES. ONE HOME WITH MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE.

0413 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 SW GARDENDALE         33.65N 86.81W
03/01/2007                   JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED AT EXIT 271 ON INTERSTATE 65.


0415 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     CARBON HILL             33.90N 87.53W
03/01/2007                   WALKER             AL   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER CARBON HILL MOVING
            TOWARD MANCHESTER.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW GAINESVILLE       32.71N 88.28W
03/01/2007                   SUMTER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN AND NEAR THE SUMTERVILLE
            COMMUNITY.

0428 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NORTHPORT               33.24N 87.59W
03/01/2007                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COUNTY ROAD 171 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY WAS FLOODED
            AND TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.

0435 PM     HAIL             NORTHPORT               33.24N 87.59W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE YELLOW CREEK WINN-DIXIE.


0440 PM     HAIL             5 N NORTHPORT           33.32N 87.59W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL 5 MILES NORTH OF NORTHPORT
            ON HIGHWAY 43.

0444 PM     HAIL             1 E NORTHPORT           33.24N 87.57W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE EAST OF NORTHPORT.

0445 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BIRMINGHAM              33.53N 86.80W
03/01/2007                   JEFFERSON          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER TARRANT JUST NORTH OF
            THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.

0450 PM     HAIL             TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
03/01/2007  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

0500 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 N BIRMINGHAM          33.60N 86.80W
03/01/2007                   JEFFERSON          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES NORTH
            OF THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT.

0504 PM     HAIL             AKRON                   32.88N 87.74W
03/01/2007  E0.25 INCH       HALE               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM THE
            AKRON AREA.

0520 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 NNE BESSEMER          33.44N 86.93W
03/01/2007                   JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER INTERSTATE 20 NEAR
            MIDFIELD.

0520 PM     HAIL             BESSEMER                33.38N 86.96W
03/01/2007  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
            BESSEMER.

0525 PM     HAIL             6 E BESSEMER            33.38N 86.86W
03/01/2007  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN BLUFF PARK.

0527 PM     HAIL             HOOVER                  33.38N 86.82W
03/01/2007  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 150 IN
            HOOVER.

0527 PM     TORNADO          3 NW PHENIX CITY        32.50N 85.05W
03/01/2007  F0               RUSSELL            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LIGHT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE BEGINNING OF A
            TORNADO PATH JUST EAST OF US HWY 280 IN NORTHERN RUSSELL
            COUNTY.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE WALNUT GROVE       34.00N 86.21W
03/01/2007                   ETOWAH             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON POWER LINES IN GALLANT.

0530 PM     TORNADO          2 SE SMITHS STATION     32.52N 85.07W
03/01/2007  F1               LEE                AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE RUSSELL TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LEE COUNTY WHERE
            NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF. MANY OF THE TREES LANDED
            ON HOMES AND PRODUCED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
            CONTINUED INTO MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN GEORGIA.

0538 PM     TORNADO          3 NNW MONTEVALLO        33.15N 86.87W
03/01/2007  F1               SHELBY             AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SHELBY COUNTY JUST EAST OF SR
            17. IT STARTED BY ROADS EDGE AND TRAVELED 3/4 MILE TO THE
            ENE. 15 LARGE PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF AND MAJOR ROOF
            DAMAGE TO HOME. ROOF DAMAGE TO BARN.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 W GADSDEN            34.01N 86.22W
03/01/2007                   ETOWAH             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE GALLANT
            COMMUNITY.

0703 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NNW TALLADEGA           33.43N 86.10W
03/01/2007                   TALLADEGA          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG SHOCCO SPRINGS ROAD.

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
03/01/2007  E60.00 MPH       MONTGOMERY         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH IN THE SPRING VALLEY
            AREA.

0800 PM     HAIL             MONTGOMERY              32.35N 86.28W
03/01/2007  E0.25 INCH       MONTGOMERY         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE SPRING VALLEY AREA.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 S DADEVILLE          32.60N 85.77W
03/01/2007                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG
            MOSSES FLAT ROAD IN THE REELTOWN AREA.


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