Storm Survey Data Rolling In

From the Birmingham NWS Office:

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
325 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

…STORM SURVEY FINDINGS…

SEVERAL TEAMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CALERA ARE
CONDUCTING GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEYS TODAY. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE
UPDATED ONCE THE SURVEY TEAMS CALL THE INFORMATION INTO THE WEATHER
OFFICE.

DALLAS COUNTY (RATED AN EF1): A TORNADO CROSSED OVER FROM WILCOX
COUNTY INTO DALLAS COUNTY SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF
ALBERTA. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 12.1 MILES LONG AND LIFTED AT THE
ALABAMA RIVER SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAZEN. THE DAMAGE
PATH WAS 450 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH. TWENTY SEVEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED OF WHICH 2
WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SIX OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DAMAGED.

JEFFERSON COUNTY (RATED AN EF1): A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
ADAMSVILLE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR ABEY ROAD AND
LIFTED ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 78 NEAR SOLOMON STREET. THE
PATH LENGTH WAS NEAR 1 MILE AND WAS 400 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH. DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED
AND SNAPPED…MANY TREES ON HOUSES. ONE HOME HAD A LARGE PORTION OF
ITS ROOF LIFTED OFF.

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY (RATED AN EF0): A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF SAMANTHA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LESUEUR ROAD
AND NAZARETH CHURCH ROAD AND TRACKED PARALLEL TO LESUEUR ROAD FOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER OF MILE. THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT
ITS WIDEST POINT AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 80
MPH. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY (RATED AN EF1): A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF BRADY MONTGOMERY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 43 JUST NORTH OF
SAMANTHA. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD FOR ONE AND A HALF
MILES AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF JOHN SWINDLE ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS 100
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AND A
BRICK HOME LOST A PORTION OF ITS ROOF.

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