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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR WINSTON COUNTY TORNADO DAMAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2005
AS OF 612 PM CDT...THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST FINDINGS FROM THE
SURVEY TEAMS:
TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. ONE WAS AN F0 AND
ANOTHER WAS AN F1 ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE (F0 TO F5).
THE F0 TORNADO TRACKED WAS 1/4 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF DOUBLE SPRINGS...ONE AND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE EAST OF
THE THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 195 AND COUNTY ROAD 8. THE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN WAS BRIEF...WITH A TOUCHDOWN AT 305 PM CDT...LIFTING BY
306 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...WITH A
TRAMPOLINE LIFTED INTO A POWER LINE THAT WAS STILL STANDING. MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO THE UNION GROVE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH OCCURRED...
ALONG WITH A FEW TREES DOWNED...AND A FLAG POLE BENT IN HALF...
IN WILLIAMS CEMETERY.
THE F1 TORNADO...WHICH LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW...WAS TWO
AND ONE HALF MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 258 PM CDT...AND LIFTED AT 302 PM CDT.
TORNADO CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED...
MAKING U.S. HIGHWAY 278 IMPASSIBLE. THIS TORNADO ALSO TORE THE ROOF
OFF A MOBILE HOME...AND DEPOSITED IT SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF FEET TO THE
NORTH. IT ALSO DESTROYED HALF OF A FARM SHED...DEPOSITING SEVERAL PIECES
OF ITS ROOF SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST.
NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. A TORNADO
WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR WINSTON COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT UNTIL 345 PM
CDT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 819 WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA FROM 1105 AM CDT TO 700 PM CDT.
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. 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.
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.
$$
JBW/BMX STORM SURVEY TEAM
PNSBMX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR WINSTON COUNTY TORNADO DAMAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 PM CDT TUE SEP 26 2005
AS OF 612 PM CDT...THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST FINDINGS FROM THE
SURVEY TEAMS:
TWO SEPARATE TORNADOES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. ONE WAS AN F0 AND
ANOTHER WAS AN F1 ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE (F0 TO F5).
THE F0 TORNADO TRACKED WAS 1/4 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF DOUBLE SPRINGS...ONE AND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE EAST OF
THE THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 195 AND COUNTY ROAD 8. THE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN WAS BRIEF...WITH A TOUCHDOWN AT 305 PM CDT...LIFTING BY
306 PM CDT. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...WITH A
TRAMPOLINE LIFTED INTO A POWER LINE THAT WAS STILL STANDING. MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO THE UNION GROVE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH OCCURRED...
ALONG WITH A FEW TREES DOWNED...AND A FLAG POLE BENT IN HALF...
IN WILLIAMS CEMETERY.
THE F1 TORNADO...WHICH LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW...WAS TWO
AND ONE HALF MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 258 PM CDT...AND LIFTED AT 302 PM CDT.
TORNADO CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES TO BE DOWNED...
MAKING U.S. HIGHWAY 278 IMPASSIBLE. THIS TORNADO ALSO TORE THE ROOF
OFF A MOBILE HOME...AND DEPOSITED IT SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF FEET TO THE
NORTH. IT ALSO DESTROYED HALF OF A FARM SHED...DEPOSITING SEVERAL PIECES
OF ITS ROOF SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST.
NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES OCCURRED IN WINSTON COUNTY. A TORNADO
WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR WINSTON COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT UNTIL 345 PM
CDT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 819 WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA FROM 1105 AM CDT TO 700 PM CDT.
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. 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.
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.
$$
JBW/BMX STORM SURVEY TEAM