PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
730 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) BIRMINGHAM SURVEYS ARE ONGOING...
AS OF 730 PM...THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY
TEAMS:
TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. BOTH WERE F0 ON
THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE (F0 TO F5). ONE TORNADO TRACK WAS 1/4 MILE
LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE LOCATED ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
DOUBLE SPRINGS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 195 AND COUNTY ROAD
8. THE OTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW AND WAS
TWO MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE.
AN F0 TORNADO TRACK WAS FOUND IN THE COATOPA COMMUNITY IN EASTERN
SUMTER COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON. THE TRACK
WAS ABOUT 2.8 MILES LONG...AND NO MORE THAN 50 YARDS WIDE. THE PATH
BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 28 AND COUNTY ROAD
23...AND ENDED NEAR THE EASTERN INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 23 AND
MUNDY ROAD.
AFTER EXTENSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND SURVEYS ACROSS WESTERN TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY...AT LEAST 8 SEPARATE TORNADO TRACKS WERE DISCOVERED.
PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGEST THAT 2 F1'S AND 6 F0'S OCCURRED. FURTHER
REVIEW OF SURVEY PHOTOS AND RADAR DATA IS ONGOING AND A LIST OF THE
TRACK LOCATIONS AND FINAL RATINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TUESDAY
MORNING. AT THIS TIME...ONLY TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH THE
TORNADOES IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. ONE MAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. BOTH
INJURIES OCCURRED NEAR THE BUHL COMMUNITY. THE TORNADOES ALSO
AFFECTED THE LAKE LURLEEN AREA WHERE SEVERAL FAMILIES FROM LOUISIANA
HAVE BEEN HOUSED. NONE OF THESE TEMPORARY RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED. A
SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO THE TUSCALOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
PROVIDING THE AERIAL SURVEY.
EXTENSIVE SURVEYS WERE DONE ACROSS NORTHERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES...BUT NO OBSERVABLE DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND IN
EITHER LOCATION. SURVEYS ARE ALSO ONGOING IN LAMAR...NORTHERN
FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES.
AT LEAST ONE SURVEY IS PLANNED FOR PICKENS COUNTY ON TUESDAY...AND
OTHERS MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED
AS INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BE GATHERED.
IF ANYONE HAS RECEIVED OR KNOWS ABOUT ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR AREA OF
WESTERN ALABAMA...PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER AT
1-800-856-0758.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
730 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) BIRMINGHAM SURVEYS ARE ONGOING...
AS OF 730 PM...THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY
TEAMS:
TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. BOTH WERE F0 ON
THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE (F0 TO F5). ONE TORNADO TRACK WAS 1/4 MILE
LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE LOCATED ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
DOUBLE SPRINGS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 195 AND COUNTY ROAD
8. THE OTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW AND WAS
TWO MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE.
AN F0 TORNADO TRACK WAS FOUND IN THE COATOPA COMMUNITY IN EASTERN
SUMTER COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON. THE TRACK
WAS ABOUT 2.8 MILES LONG...AND NO MORE THAN 50 YARDS WIDE. THE PATH
BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 28 AND COUNTY ROAD
23...AND ENDED NEAR THE EASTERN INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 23 AND
MUNDY ROAD.
AFTER EXTENSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND SURVEYS ACROSS WESTERN TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY...AT LEAST 8 SEPARATE TORNADO TRACKS WERE DISCOVERED.
PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGEST THAT 2 F1'S AND 6 F0'S OCCURRED. FURTHER
REVIEW OF SURVEY PHOTOS AND RADAR DATA IS ONGOING AND A LIST OF THE
TRACK LOCATIONS AND FINAL RATINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TUESDAY
MORNING. AT THIS TIME...ONLY TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH THE
TORNADOES IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. ONE MAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. BOTH
INJURIES OCCURRED NEAR THE BUHL COMMUNITY. THE TORNADOES ALSO
AFFECTED THE LAKE LURLEEN AREA WHERE SEVERAL FAMILIES FROM LOUISIANA
HAVE BEEN HOUSED. NONE OF THESE TEMPORARY RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED. A
SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO THE TUSCALOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
PROVIDING THE AERIAL SURVEY.
EXTENSIVE SURVEYS WERE DONE ACROSS NORTHERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES...BUT NO OBSERVABLE DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND IN
EITHER LOCATION. SURVEYS ARE ALSO ONGOING IN LAMAR...NORTHERN
FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES.
AT LEAST ONE SURVEY IS PLANNED FOR PICKENS COUNTY ON TUESDAY...AND
OTHERS MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED
AS INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BE GATHERED.
IF ANYONE HAS RECEIVED OR KNOWS ABOUT ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR AREA OF
WESTERN ALABAMA...PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER AT
1-800-856-0758.