F1 Tornado In Marengo County

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
215 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006

...F1 TORNADO IN MARENGO COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED DAMAGE
LOCATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT AN F1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN MARENGO COUNTY
FROM NEAR JEFFERSON STATION TO NEAR LINDEN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 28.
THE TORNADO PATH WAS 1.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 150 YARDS WIDE. THIS
TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 3 PM ON WEDNESDAY MAY 10TH AND DOWNED
NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 335 WAS IN EFFECT
FROM 145 PM THROUGH 9 PM CDT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
MARENGO COUNTY FROM 223 PM THROUGH 3 PM AND RE-ISSUED AT 255 PM
THROUGH 330 PM.


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