Preliminary Local Storm Reports
Sunday, April 19, 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0247 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S FAYETTE 33.68N 87.83W 04/19/2009 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON POWER LINES JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY. 0306 PM TSTM WND DMG ALICEVILLE 33.13N 88.16W 04/19/2009 PICKENS AL EMERGENCY MNGR A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR ALICEVILLE ON HIGHWAY 14. 0335 PM HAIL 11 SW TUSCALOOSA 33.13N 87.68W 04/19/2009 E0.75 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOXFIRE ROAD AND SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD IN ROMULUS. 0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S SIPSEY RIVER 33.20N 87.77W 04/19/2009 TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD JUST NORTH OF KELLEYTOWN ROAD. 0458 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW LAKE WILDWOOD 33.16N 87.43W 04/19/2009 TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR TREE DOWN ON CLEMENTS RD NEAR THE EASTERN HILLS SUBDIVISION. 0505 PM HAIL 3 NE COALING 33.19N 87.30W 04/19/2009 E0.25 INCH TUSCALOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 NEAR EXIT NUMBER 86. 0512 PM HAIL 1 W BYRD 34.08N 88.15W 04/19/2009 E1.75 INCH MARION AL TRAINED SPOTTER GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE WEST OF THE BYRD COMMUNITY. 0523 PM HAIL HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W 04/19/2009 E1.00 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN HAMILTON. 0528 PM HAIL BYRD 34.08N 88.13W 04/19/2009 E1.00 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE BYRD COMMUNITY. 0530 PM HAIL HAMILTON 34.14N 87.98W 04/19/2009 E1.75 INCH MARION AL EMERGENCY MNGR HAIL AT LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED IN HAMILTON. 0552 PM TORNADO 3 W NEWBERN 32.59N 87.59W 04/19/2009 F0 HALE AL NWS STORM SURVEY TWO BARNS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, ONE HOME SUFFERED PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE AND HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 16 ALONG HIGHWAY 25 IN WHITSITT. 0604 PM TORNADO 4 NE NEWBERN 32.64N 87.49W 04/19/2009 F1 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY EF-1. 50-100 SOFTWOOD TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONE HOME SUSTAINED SHINGLE DAMAGE. 0610 PM HAIL NATURAL BRIDGE 34.09N 87.60W 04/19/2009 E0.88 INCH WINSTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN AND NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE. 0616 PM TORNADO 2 NE ALABASTER 33.27N 86.79W 04/19/2009 F0 SHELBY AL NWS STORM SURVEY MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG HIGHWAY 11 NEAR INTERSTATE 65. SOME TREES LANDED ON MOBILE HOMES AND A GAS LEAK WAS CAUSED BY UPROOTED TREES. MINOR TO MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES 0616 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GUIN 33.97N 87.91W 04/19/2009 MARION AL PUBLIC A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GUIN ON STATE HIGHWAY 43 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 45. 0628 PM TORNADO 3 N MARION 32.67N 87.31W 04/19/2009 F1 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 7, NORTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD 7/24 SPLIT. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST CROSSING OVER COUNTY ROAD 5 AND LIFTING ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 16. ALONG THE PATH, APPROXIMATELY 100 HARDWOODS WERE SNAPPED, AND NEAR THE END OF THE PATH, SEVERAL HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED AND A HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLES AND FACEA. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 1.25 MILES AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. 0635 PM HAIL DOUBLE SPRINGS 34.15N 87.40W 04/19/2009 E0.75 INCH WINSTON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAIL AT LEAST THE SIZE OF PENNIES FELL NEAR DOUBLE SPRINGS. 0653 PM TORNADO 4 SW ALABASTER 33.20N 86.86W 04/19/2009 F0 SHELBY AL NWS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PHOTOS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, ANOTHER TORNADO HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN ALABASTER. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH. A FEW TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH AND SOME MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE OCCURRED. SEVERAL PEOPLE WITNESSED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE WEAK TORNADO INCLUDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 3.3 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. 0718 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S MAPLESVILLE 32.77N 86.88W 04/19/2009 CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR FEW TREES UPROOTED ALONG THE HWY 22 TRUCK ROUTE. 0743 PM HAIL JASPER 33.85N 87.27W 04/19/2009 E0.75 INCH WALKER AL LAW ENFORCEMENT PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BETWEEN PARRISH AND JASPER. 0750 PM HAIL WEDGEWORTH 32.81N 87.76W 04/19/2009 E0.25 INCH HALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 14 AND HIGHWAY 60 IN WEDGEWORTH. 0750 PM FUNNEL CLOUD VERBENA 32.75N 86.51W 04/19/2009 CHILTON AL PUBLIC A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF VERBENA. 0805 PM FUNNEL CLOUD SAWYERVILLE 32.75N 87.73W 04/19/2009 HALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR A FUNNEL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN SAWYERVILLE. 0810 PM TORNADO 3 WNW MEADVILLE 32.09N 86.19W 04/19/2009 F0 MONTGOMERY AL NWS STORM SURVEY JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF GIBSON, A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN TO THE WEST OF MT. LEBANON ROAD AND TRAVELED TO THE EAST FOR 0.15 MILES, LIFTING JUST TO THE EAST OF MT. LEBANON ROAD. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH INCLUDED EIGHT TO TEN TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, METAL ROOFING BLOWN OFF A BARN AND MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A HOME. AT ITS WIDEST POINT, THE TORNADO WAS 150 YARDS WIDE. 0812 PM HAIL 2 SW BLOUNTSVILLE 34.07N 86.60W 04/19/2009 E0.75 INCH BLOUNT AL PUBLIC DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE CULLMAN AND BLOUNT COUNTY LINE. 0820 PM TORNADO 5 NE MEADVILLE 32.11N 86.07W 04/19/2009 F1 MONTGOMERY AL NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF US HIGHWAY 231 ACROSS FROM OLD BARNES ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST FOR 0.20 MILES AND LIFTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALONG THE PATH, DAMAGE INCLUDED THREE HORSE TRAILERS BEING TOSSED OVER 50 FEET, ONE OF WHICH WEIGHED OVER 10000 LBS. AT THE WIDEST POINT, THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS WIDE. 0825 PM HAIL SAYRE 33.71N 86.97W 04/19/2009 E0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SAYRE. 0836 PM TORNADO 3 N SHOPTON 32.16N 85.94W 04/19/2009 F0 BULLOCK AL NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF SHOPTON. DAMAGE INCLUDED NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE LENGTH OF THE PATH WAS 0.10 MILES AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE. 0859 PM TORNADO 6 SE ALLGOOD 33.86N 86.44W 04/19/2009 F2 BLOUNT AL NWS STORM SURVEY EIGHTEEN STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. FOUR STRUCTURES COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SEVEN CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED. 0921 PM TORNADO 3 NE ASHVILLE 33.86N 86.22W 04/19/2009 F1 ST. CLAIR AL NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 25 ON JOSHUA DRIVE AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST PARALLELING COUNTY ROAD 25 FOR 2.92 MILES BEFORE LIFTING JUST TO THE WEST OF MOPAR DRIVE, SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 25. ALONG THE PATH, APPROXIMATELY 50 TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. AT ITS WIDEST POINT, THE TORNADO WAS 75 YARDS WIDE. 0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE TUSKEGEE NATIONAL 32.42N 85.56W 04/19/2009 MACON AL EMERGENCY MNGR COUPLE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY RD 71 BETWEEN RED RD AND LITTLE TEXAS...TIME ESTIMATED. 0945 PM TSTM WND DMG OHATCHEE 33.78N 86.02W 04/19/2009 CALHOUN AL EMERGENCY MNGR ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY. 0945 PM TSTM WND DMG CREEK STAND 32.29N 85.48W 04/19/2009 MACON AL EMERGENCY MNGR COUPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY RD 79 AND COUNTY RD 10...TIME ESTIMATED. 1000 PM TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W 04/19/2009 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON A HOUSE ON COFFEE STREET. ANOTHER TREE FELL ON HOUSE ON SOUTH STREET. A THIRD TREE LANDED ON A CAR ON LAYHE CIRCLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME...TIME ESTIMATED. 1004 PM TSTM WND DMG TALLADEGA 33.43N 86.10W 04/19/2009 TALLADEGA AL LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE CITY OF TALLADEGA. 1033 PM TORNADO 1 SW PHENIX CITY 32.46N 85.02W 04/19/2009 F2 RUSSELL AL NWS STORM SURVEY FIVE BUSINESSES SUSTAINED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVEN HOMES WITH MINOR TO MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE. 100-200 TRESS SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. && $$ LINHARES