In case you missed this earlier today, here is the NWS storm survey on the wind damage in northern Shelby county last Friday:
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
...SURVEY OF MICROBURST WIND DAMAGE EVENT IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY ON FRIDAY...AUGUST 5...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST SURVEYED THE STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURED IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF FRIDAY...AUGUST 5.
THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT RESULTED IN A LARGE AREA OF SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE IN THE GREYSTONE...BROOK HIGHLAND...INVERNESS...AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS...WITH SEVERAL POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY MORE CONCENTRATED DAMAGE.
THE WORST OF THESE POCKETS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 655 PM CDT...WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM MICROBURST REACHED GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 280 AND STATE ROUTE 119. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS IN THE VICINITY OF GREYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB...WHERE TWO CANVAS WITH METAL FRAME AWNINGS AT THE CLUB HOUSE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
SOME SHINGLES OFF THE HOMES... AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED....ALONG THE 11TH TEE BOX AND FAIRWAY. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE FAIRWAYS OF AT LEAST 3 OR 4 OTHER HOLES. TREES WERE ALL LARGE...OLDER OAK...AND PINE TREES...SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER...AND AT LEAST 50 FEET TALL. DAMAGE RANGED FROM TWIGS AND LARGE SIDE BRANCHES THAT WERE SNAPPED OFF...TO LARGE TREE TRUNKS THAT WERE BROKEN OFF HALF WAY UP...WITH A HANDFUL OF TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED INTACT. ALL TREE AND OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A EAST TO NORTHEAST TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION.
OTHER POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY MORE CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE...MOSTLY LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF...WITH AN OCCASIONAL UPROOTED TREE...INCLUDED THE AREA AROUND MEADOWLARK LANE...JUST OFF US-280...BEHIND LLOYDS RESTAURANT... AND THE NORTH END OF KERRY DOWNS NEIGHBORHOOD IN INVERNESS. THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT US-280 AND BROOK HIGHLAND PARKWAY WERE ALSO DOWNED AND ENDED UP STREWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES OCCURRED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SHELBY COUNTY AT 633 PM CDT AND EXPIRED AT 700 PM CDT.
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ALZ011>015-017>050-091200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
...SURVEY OF MICROBURST WIND DAMAGE EVENT IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY ON FRIDAY...AUGUST 5...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST SURVEYED THE STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURED IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF FRIDAY...AUGUST 5.
THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT RESULTED IN A LARGE AREA OF SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE IN THE GREYSTONE...BROOK HIGHLAND...INVERNESS...AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS...WITH SEVERAL POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY MORE CONCENTRATED DAMAGE.
THE WORST OF THESE POCKETS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 655 PM CDT...WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM MICROBURST REACHED GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 280 AND STATE ROUTE 119. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS IN THE VICINITY OF GREYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB...WHERE TWO CANVAS WITH METAL FRAME AWNINGS AT THE CLUB HOUSE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
SOME SHINGLES OFF THE HOMES... AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED....ALONG THE 11TH TEE BOX AND FAIRWAY. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE FAIRWAYS OF AT LEAST 3 OR 4 OTHER HOLES. TREES WERE ALL LARGE...OLDER OAK...AND PINE TREES...SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER...AND AT LEAST 50 FEET TALL. DAMAGE RANGED FROM TWIGS AND LARGE SIDE BRANCHES THAT WERE SNAPPED OFF...TO LARGE TREE TRUNKS THAT WERE BROKEN OFF HALF WAY UP...WITH A HANDFUL OF TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED INTACT. ALL TREE AND OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED IN A EAST TO NORTHEAST TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION.
OTHER POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY MORE CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE...MOSTLY LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN OFF...WITH AN OCCASIONAL UPROOTED TREE...INCLUDED THE AREA AROUND MEADOWLARK LANE...JUST OFF US-280...BEHIND LLOYDS RESTAURANT... AND THE NORTH END OF KERRY DOWNS NEIGHBORHOOD IN INVERNESS. THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT US-280 AND BROOK HIGHLAND PARKWAY WERE ALSO DOWNED AND ENDED UP STREWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES OCCURRED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SHELBY COUNTY AT 633 PM CDT AND EXPIRED AT 700 PM CDT.
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