Public Information Statement
Saturday, April 24, 2010
MULTIPLE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL COUNTIES. ...WALKER/JEFFERSON/BLOUNT COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 140 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:04 PM/33.7336N 87.2864W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:55 PM/33.8532N 86.7931W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 29.5 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 400 WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #25/10:01PM TO 10:30PM TORNADO WARNING #26/10:22PM TO 11:00 PM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 2 AM CDT APRIL 25. THIS LONG TRACK TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN PARRISH, AND CONTINUED A PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTIES. A TOTAL OF 70 TO 80 HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED, WITH ONE HOME DESTROYED. APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 1000 HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. ...MARION COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 80 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 4:27 PM/33.9491N 87.8591W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 4:38 PM/34.0201N 87.7683W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 7.22 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 200 A TORNADO FORMED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GU-WIN AND TRAVELED TO THE NORTHEAST CREATING A NON-CONTINUOUS PATH OF DAMAGE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN 7 MILES. THREE HOMES TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 47 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF BRILLIANT. ONE HOME HAD MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO TREES FALLING ON TOP OF IT AND ONE OF THE TREES THAT WAS UPROOTED FLIPPED OVER A MINIVAN. THE SECOND HOME HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE BUT 2 OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE THIRD HOME INCURRED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE WHEN THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE GARAGE WAS BLOWN IN. THERE WAS ALSO AN OUTBUILDING FLIPPED OVER AT THIS LOCATION. IN TOTAL, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 40-60 HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. ...BLOUNT/MARSHALL COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 100 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 9:59 PM/34.1917N 86.4146W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:09 PM/34.2012N 86.3697W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 2.18 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 200 A TORNADO FORMED FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKSVILLE AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST INTO MARSHALL COUNTY, ENDING NEAR COUNTY ROAD 12. THREE STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS MOVE OFF ITS FOUNDATION. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #23/9:11 PM TO 10:00 PM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715 PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 2 AM CDT APRIL 25. ...FAYETTE COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 100 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 8:06 PM/33.6024N 87.6769W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 8:17 PM/33.6494N 87.5778W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 6.6 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 200 A TORNADO FORMED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 43 AND COUNTY ROAD 26. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR 6.6 MILES AND DISSIPATED 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF BERRY. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. FOUR HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #20/7:44 PM TO 8:30 PM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #96 VALID FROM 1 PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 9 PM CDT APRIL 24. TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715 PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 2 AM CDT APRIL 25. ...FAYETTE/WALKER COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 100 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 8:21 PM/33.6794N 87.5386W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 8:35 PM/33.7182N 87.4740W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 4.6 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 400 A TORNADO FORMED IN SOUTHEAST WALKER COUNTY ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF BERRY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED INTO WALKER COUNTY AT 8:24 PM. THE TORNADO NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 5 MILE WEST OF OAKMAN. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A 100 FOOT RADIO TOWER WAS BLOWN DOWN. WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #20/7:44 PM TO 8:30 PM TORNADO WARNING #22/8:15 PM TO 9:00 PM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #96 VALID FROM 1 PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 9 PM CDT APRIL 24. TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715 PM CDT APRIL 24 UNTIL 2 AM CDT APRIL 25. ...HALE COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 80 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 11:50 AM/32.7628N 87.5461W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 12:03 PM/32.8335 87.4912W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 5.84 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 100 A TORNADO FORMED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR 5.84 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE TOWN OF HOGGLESVILLE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED. 30-40 TREES UPROOTED. WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #13/11:35AM TO 12:15PM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #93 VALID FROM 8:07 AM CDT TO 2:00 PM CDT APRIL 24. ...SUMTER COUNTY TORNADO... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 70-80 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:44 AM/32.3645N 88.2840W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:44 PM/32.3645N 88.2840W PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): BRIEF TOUCHDOWN DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): BRIEF TOUCHDOWN WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #11/10:20AM TO 11:30AM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #93 VALID FROM 8:07AM CDT TO 2:00PM 25 APRIL 2010. FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE CITY OF WARD. A SURVEY CREW WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY DAMAGE THAT COULD BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS TOUCHDOWN...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE COULD HAVE EASILY MASKED ANY TORNADO DAMAGE. ...SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN SUMTER AND MARENGO COUNTIES... EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010 EVENT TYPE: WIND DAMAGE ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 80 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:40AM/32.3625N 88.3451W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 11:11AM/32.5233N 87.8445W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 31.25 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 1000 WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING #11/10:20AM TO 11:30AM TORNADO WARNING #12/11:01AM TO 11:45 AM WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #93 VALID FROM 8:07AM CDT TO 2:00PM 25 APRIL 2010. A BROAD AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED. DAMAGE BEGAN IN WESTERN SUMTER COUNTY NEAR GRIMES ROAD STRETCHING EASTWARD TO DEMOPOLIS. A WOMAN HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HER VEHICLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES ALONG BB BRAGG ROAD. THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROAD 9 JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 10 WHERE 30 TO 40 LARGE HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED AND A HOUSE RECEIVED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. AROUND 30 TREES WERE ALSO TOPPLED...SOME SNAPPED AND SOME UPROOTED AT THE CITY LANDING IN DEMOPOLIS. A WIND GUST OF 71 MPH WAS MEASURED AT DEMOPOLIS. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. $$