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Local Storm Reports
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Storm Survey Pictures (captions are the hand written notes from the survey)
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Looking SW from atop hill in McDonald Chapel
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Across road from photo #1, but looking NE
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Looking NE. One body was found at man's feet
and two others at about the position of the camera
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Looking SE. Next door to photo #2. There was almost
total destruction within a 300 yard path atop this hill
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Looking NE. Local church destroyed.
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Looking W, on the floor of Stacy Hollow
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Stacy Hollow. Note unusual total destruction in this area.
Looking NE, the arrow points to the church destroyed in photo #5
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Looking W along ridge west of Stacy Hollow.
Tornado dipped into Stacy Hollow and into McDonald
Chapel. Small home in background untouched
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Looking S. Near photos #1-5.
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General view, looking NE across Stacy Hollow.
Arrows indicate damage from photo #8
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Looking SE in McDonald Chapel area, near school. Note concrete block under auto fender with no damage to fender. Whether this auto is at home is not known
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Looking NE, from the same area as #11. Note Chinaberry tree completely stripped, also almost all of brick foundation had been torn away
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Same as #9, but looking more SSW. Man in photo lost 3 members of his family in home about two blocks to the right
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Looking NE. Entire building at right was removed. Several total losses in left center of photo in McDonald Chapel
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Same as #8, looking same direction
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Looking NE, in general direction of #10. Again, width of path can be seen as it crosses the ridge in background, marked by two ink marks
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Additional Damage Pictures
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Aerials were taken, but this was the best one, as the rest were even more blurry
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Synoptic Set Up (Hand Written Analyses from April 15th, 1956)
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Surface at 10 pm, Saturday, April 14th
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Surface at 10 am, Sunday, April 15th
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500mb at 10 pm, Saturday, April 14th
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500mb at 10 am, Sunday, April 15th
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Local Newspaper Accounts of Storm
(from The Birmingham News on April 16, 1956)
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