Walker County Tornado Rated EF3

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
415 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

…STORM SURVEYS TO BE CONDUCTED ON DAMAGE REPORTS FROM SATURDAY…

…PARISH TORNADO RATED AS AN EF-3…

MULTIPLE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS
DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT…WITH
CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL COUNTIES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AT
SEVERAL LOCATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE STORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

…WALKER/JEFFERSON/BLOUNT TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: 24 APRIL, 2010
EVENT TYPE: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 140
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:04 PM/33.7336N 87.2864W
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 10:55 PM/33.8532N 86.7931W
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 29.5 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 400 YARDS

WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 25/10:01PM TO 10:30PM
TORNADO WARNING 26/10:22PM TO 11:00 PM
WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #99 VALID FROM 715PM CDT TO 2 AM 25 APRIL 2010.

THIS LONG TRACK TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN PARRISH, AND
CONTINUED A PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTIES. A TOTAL OF 70 TO 80 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED, WITH ONE HOME DESTROYED. APPROXIMATELY
800 TO 1000 HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. THERE WAS ONE INDIRECT
FATALITY CAUSED WHEN A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE
GOING TO STORM SHELTER IN WALKER COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY
THROUGH MONDAY…AS SURVEY TEAMS REPORT BACK THEIR FINDINGS.

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF
ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES…PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE…OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING
HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758.

See images of the damage in Parrish below from Kevin Hall, who writes:

“Hello James,

Just wanted to share some of the damage from Parrish. My mom and sister lost both of their cars in the storm (the red and silver cars). They were totaled by 2 different trees.

Thanks for all you do…”

Images below are from Cordova… from a reader who lives in the Benchfield neighborhood…

And, the damage in the images below are from the same tornado as it moved through Corner in Jefferson County. The pictures are from Tiffany Little…

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