Preliminary Local Storm Reports
Monday - Tuesday, October 22-23, 2007
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 335 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2007 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1044 PM TORNADO 4 NNE FAUNSDALE 32.52N 87.58W 10/22/2007 F1 HALE AL NWS STORM SURVEY *** 2 INJ *** A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM SURVEYED THE AREA AND FOUND A PATH LENGTH OF 9.4 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. OVER 20 HOMES AND 20 CARS WERE DAMAGED. ONE AIRPLANE HANGER DAMAGED. DAMAGE WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 12...COUNTY ROAD 10...COUNTY ROAD 16...AND COUNTY ROAD 24. THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. 1130 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W MARION 32.63N 87.33W 10/22/2007 PERRY AL LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS TREES AND SEVERAL POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF MARION. 1139 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE MORGAN SPRINGS 32.79N 87.39W 10/22/2007 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAR NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY NEAR THE NORTH PERRY COMMUNITY. ONE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. 1200 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E MARION 32.63N 87.29W 10/23/2007 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF MARION. A FEW ADDITIONAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY. 1201 AM TORNADO 2 N ELLARDS 32.84N 87.27W 10/23/2007 F1 BIBB AL NWS STORM SURVEY A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE NEAR BRENT WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 7.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. AT LEAST 3 HOMES SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH.THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG BEAR CREEK ROAD. 1235 AM TSTM WND DMG SELMA 32.42N 87.03W 10/23/2007 DALLAS AL EMERGENCY MNGR POWER POLES AND LINES DOWN AT THE 1600 BLOCK OF WASHINGTON STREET IN DOWNTOWN SELMA. TREE DAMAGE TO A HOME IN SELMA. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HWYS 22 AND 219. 1235 AM TSTM WND DMG SELMA 32.42N 87.03W 10/23/2007 DALLAS AL EMERGENCY MNGR TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT 11 ACKERS ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN SELMA. 1238 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S POOLES CROSSROADS 32.73N 86.72W 10/23/2007 CHILTON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 24 AND COUNTY ROAD 37. 0100 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 W THORSBY 32.92N 86.78W 10/23/2007 CHILTON AL PUBLIC NUMEROUS 2-3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWNED ACROSS ROADS. 0115 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW BRAGGS 32.07N 86.83W 10/23/2007 LOWNDES AL EMERGENCY MNGR NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 45. 0115 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 W MOSSES 32.17N 86.73W 10/23/2007 LOWNDES AL EMERGENCY MNGR NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAYS. 0127 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E COLUMBIANA 33.18N 86.55W 10/23/2007 SHELBY AL UTILITY COMPANY POWER POLE AND LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 28 IN EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 0130 AM TSTM WND DMG AUTAUGAVILLE 32.43N 86.66W 10/23/2007 AUTAUGA AL PUBLIC NUMEROUS 2-3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS ROADS. SCHOOLS IN AUTAUGAVILLE DELAYED UNTIL ROADS CLEARED. 0134 AM TORNADO 4 NNE HAYNEVILLE 32.23N 86.54W 10/23/2007 F1 LOWNDES AL NWS STORM SURVEY A SURVEY CREW FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAYNEVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH IS 3.25 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND DAMAGE AT MT. OLIVE CHURCH AND THE AUXILIARY MT. OLIVE CHURCH ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS ROAD...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYNEVILLE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH IN THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH AREA. 0207 AM TSTM WND DMG WINTERBORO 33.32N 86.19W 10/23/2007 TALLADEGA AL NWS STORM SURVEY DOWNBURST CAUSED OLD RADIATOR SHOP ROOF BUILDING COLLAPSE...ON STATE HIGHWAY 21...1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 21 AND STATE HIGHWAY 76. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DOWNBURST WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 80 MPH. 0215 AM TSTM WND DMG SYLACAUGA 33.18N 86.26W 10/23/2007 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING SYLACAUGA, TALLADEGA, WINTERBORO AND CHILDERSBURG. 0224 AM TSTM WND DMG KELLYTON 32.98N 86.03W 10/23/2007 COOSA AL DEPT OF HIGHWAYS LARGE TREES DOWNED IN KELLYTON 0245 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E FORT DEPOSIT 31.99N 86.53W 10/23/2007 LOWNDES AL EMERGENCY MNGR A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED AS WELL AS SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE NEAR SANDY RIDGE. 0330 AM TSTM WND DMG GADSDEN 34.01N 86.01W 10/23/2007 ETOWAH AL EMERGENCY MNGR SEVERAL TREES FELL THROUGH 2 HOUSES CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE ON NORTH 33RD STREET IN DOWNTOWN GADSDEN. && $$ LINHARES