Storm Survey Results

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
825 PM CDT WED NOV 16 2011

…SEVERAL SUPERCELLS AFFECTED CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY…

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16…AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. THE ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

TOMORROW, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011, TWO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
STORM SURVEY TEAMS WILL CONDUCT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS IN
MONTGOMERY…ELMORE…TALLAPOOSA…MACON…AND LEE COUNTIES. WE WILL
ISSUE ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFTER
THE INFORMATION FROM THESE SURVEYS IS COLLECTED.

…PRELIMINARY LEE COUNTY INFORMATION…

LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS DOCUMENTED THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE
THAT STRETCHED APPROXIMATELY 27 MILES NEAR AUBURN. ONE PERSON WAS
INJURED AS A RESULT OF THESE STORMS. NWS SURVEY TEAMS WILL BE
ON-SITE TOMORROW MORNING TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND CAUSE OF THIS
DAMAGE.

…SURVEYS COMPLETED…

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM ASSESSED THE DAMAGE
ACROSS SOUTHERN SUMTER AND WESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES AND FOUND TWO
SEPARATE TORNADO DAMAGE PATHS.

…TORNADO 1…
…SUMTER COUNTY TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2011
EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 120
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 1 INJURY
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME: 32.3633/-88.0894 AT 707 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME: 32.3763/-88.0689 AT 709 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 1.50
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 600 YARDS

AN EF-2 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN WHITFIELD AND MOVED
NORTHEAST…AND LIFTED NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 42. ALONG ITS SHORT
PATH…APPROXIMATELY 150 SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED…50 HARDWOOD
TREES WERE UPROOTED…AND FIVE OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. SIX HOMES
AND ONE DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 42 WHERE ONE INJURY OCCURRED.

…TORNADO 2…
…MARENGO COUNTY TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2011
EVENT TYPE: EF-0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 85
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME: 32.4813/-87.8567 AT 732 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME: 32.5032/-87.8174 AT 736 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 2.57
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 250 YARDS

AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN DEMOPOLIS ALONG MARIA AVE
AND MOVED NORTHEAST WHERE IT CROSSED JEFFERSON RD. IT LIFTED ALONG
US HIGHWAY 80…EAST OF US HIGHWAY 43. APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES IN THE
EDGEWOOD SUBDIVISION SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL BUSINESS
SIGNS ALONG US HIGHWAY 80 WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE CENTRAL FARMERS COOP
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A PORTION OF ITS ROOF WAS
REMOVED.

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