NOUS44 KBMX 192034 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-200845- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 235 PM CST WED NOV 19 2014 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/17/14 TORNADO EVENT... .UPDATE...TO INCLUDE RUSSELL COUNTY. .OVERVIEW...A SURFACE LOW INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH. AS IT DID SO...WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR SURGED NORTHWARD TO THE EAST OF THE LOW ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THIS WARM SECTOR AND MOVED NORTHEAST CAUSING TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF RURAL PERRY...PIKE... BULLOCK...AND RUSSELL COUNTIES. .POLECAT CREEK TORNADO (PERRY COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 11 2014 START TIME: 1:11 AM CST START LOCATION: 4 WNW FOLSOM START LAT/LON: 32.6990 / -87.4659 END DATE: NOV 11 2014 END TIME: 1:15 AM CST END LOCATION: 1 S MORGAN SPRINGS END_LAT/LON: 32.7309 / -87.4184 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS WEST OF BOOTS NORTHCUTT ROAD, NORTH OF ALABAMA HWY 14 IN WESTERN PERRY COUNTY. AS IT CROSSED THE ROAD TO THE EAST, THE TORNADO TOSSED NUMEROUS UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND A HOME INTO THE WOODS...WHERE A FEW HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS INACCESSIBLE LAND...THEN CROSSED LOWER POLECAT ROAD. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND TOSSED INTO AN OPEN FIELD...AND A FEW HARDWOODS AT THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF THE FIELD WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CROSSED MORE INACCESSIBLE LAND AND WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 23...THEN QUICKLY DISSIPATED. .SHELLHORN TORNADO (PIKE AND BULLOCK COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24.7 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 17 2014 START TIME: 4:45 AM CST START LOCATION: 5 MILES SW OF ANSLEY START LAT/LON: 31.8436 / -86.1844 END DATE: NOV 17 2014 END TIME: 5:17 AM CST END LOCATION: 4 MILES SW OF INVERNESS END_LAT/LON: 32.0023 / -85.8105 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO IS A CONTINUATION FROM THE TRACK SURVEYED IN CRENSHAW COUNTY BY THE MOBILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO PIKE COUNTY CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 1160 WHERE NUMEROUS HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. MOST OF THE DAMAGE OBSERVED WAS SHEARED TREE TOPS...AND LARGE BROKEN BRANCHES. FROM THERE...THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 1139. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED ABOUT HALF WAY UP AND SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED. AT THIS LOCATION...THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS ALSO MEASURED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING SEVERAL MORE COUNTY ROADS AND HIGHWAY 231. TREE DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND SPORADIC FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE PATH...WITH MAINLY LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS DOWN. THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT CROSSED INTO BULLOCK COUNTY ALONG COUNTY ROADS 15 AND 8...NEAR STILLS CROSSROADS. .FIRETOWER ROAD TORNADO (RUSSELL COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: NOV 17 2014 START TIME: 6:24 AM CST START LOCATION: 9 MILES SE OF SEALE START LAT/LON: 32.1990 / -85.0592 END DATE: NOV 17 2014 END TIME: 6:25 AM CST END LOCATION: 9 MILES SE OF SEALE END_LAT/LON: 32.2011 / -85.0564 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF FIRETOWER ROAD...THEN CROSSED THE ROAD AND DISSIPATED QUICKLY JUST TO THE NORTH. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO MAINLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE...HOWEVER ONE CONCENTRATED AREA AT THE CENTER OF THE PATH HAD A GROVE OF SMALL TO MEDIUM HARDWOOD TREES THAT WERE SNAPPED OVER. ONE LARGER HARDWOOD WAS UPROOTED IN THE SAME LOCATION. POWER LINES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN ALONG FIRETOWER ROAD. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE RUSSELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR ASSISTING IN THE COMPLETION OF THE RUSSELL COUNTY STORM SURVEY. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. AT THIS POINT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER TORNADO DAMAGE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. NO FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. YOU CAN ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY USING #BMXWX ON TWITTER. $$ JD/02
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:36:35 +0000
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