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Summary of Tornadoes on February 17, 2008

| February 20, 2008 @ 7:47 pm | 1 Reply

Here is the summary of the tornadoes that affected Central Alabama on Sunday, February 17, 2008, released by the NWS in Birmingham around 6 pm. A great deal of hard work has gone into surveying the destruction caused by all of these tornadoes including four that fell in the EF2 and EF3 category or strong tornadoes. The Birmingham NWS staff should be congratulated for getting so much accomplished over the last couple of days. Be sure to check out the updated post just below this one on the record breaking February for Alabama.

-Brian-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008

…12 TORNADOES AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA FEBRUARY 17TH…

ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2008, A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW EJECTED OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TRACKED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON
FEBRUARY 17TH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE
MOISTURE CONTENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SURFACE DEW POINTS ROSE INTO THE 60S ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE
AREA. THE SKIES ACTUALLY CLEARED FOR A TIME IN MANY AREAS ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE 70S. AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PROVIDED UPPER LEVEL LIFT, MOISTURE WAS
PLENTIFUL AT SEVERAL LEVELS, AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WAS
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.

BEFORE NOON, A BROKEN SQUALL LINE, CONTAINING SUPERCELLS, DEVELOPED
ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND TRACKED EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS INTENSIFIED DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. BY SUNSET, DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO WEDOWEE.

TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
BETWEEN 530 AM AND 800 PM. A TOTAL OF 26 TORNADO WARNINGS AND 7
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED BETWEEN 1059 AM AND 505 PM
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY ASSESSMENT TEAMS HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING TORNADO DAMAGE PATHS:

EF-3 PRATTVILLE TORNADO:

AUTAUGA COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN AUTAUGA COUNTY AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF
A STRONG TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-3 ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 155
MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 14.5 MILES LONG AND WAS 440 YARDS
WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE WASTE
TREATMENT FACILITY SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 82, US HIGHWAY 31, AND COBBS
FORD ROAD. THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF PRATTVILLE SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE HIGHEST WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED ALONG COBBS
FORD ROAD/EAST MAIN STREET NEAR MCQUEEN SMITH ROAD AND IN THE SILVER
HILLS SUBDIVISION. AN ESTIMATED 200 RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND 40
BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER
SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. IN ADDITION…50
INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN
300 AND 305 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 231 PM UNTIL 330
PM.

ELMORE COUNTY…
THE PRATTVILLE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO ELMORE COUNTY NEAR MILLBROOK.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE HIGHWAY 14 BEFORE
LIFTING JUST WEST OF SPEIGNER LAKE. THE TORNADO EXHIBITED A
MOTION SHIFTED SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE NORTH AS IT MOVED THROUGH ELMORE
COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AND PRODUCED
GENERALLY LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS. A TORNADO
WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 231 PM UNTIL 330 PM. NO INJURIES WERE
REPORTED IN ELMORE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT
258 PM TO 311 PM.

EF-2 COLLIRENE TORNADO:

LOWNDES COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE
WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-2 ON THE
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS
AROUND 120 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 11 MILES LONG AND WAS
225 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
COLLIRENE COMMUNITY, APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES WEST OF HAYNEVILLE. THE
TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 80.
AT LEAST 11 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED WITH THREE OF THESE BEING
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR
UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN AND
NEAR THE COLLIRENE COMMUNITY. TEN INJURIES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS
TORNADO. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 145 PM UNTIL 245 PM.
THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 224 PM TO 237 PM.

EF-2 SUMMERFIELD TORNADO:

DALLAS COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN DALLAS COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE
RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-2 ON THE
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS
AROUND 120 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 7.6 MILES LONG AND 300
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WARRIOR
DRIVE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE PERRY COUNTY LINE. THIS LOCATION IS
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERFIELD. THE TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 219 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 230, MOVED RIGHT THROUGH SUMMERFIELD, CROSSED COUNTY ROAD
37, AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 37 AND
COUNTY ROAD 844. AT LEAST 7 HOMES AND 2 BUSINESSES WERE TOTALLY
DESTROYED. TWELVE TO FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED
TO VARYING DEGREES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR
WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM
1208 PM UNTIL 100 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO WAS
ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 1226 PM TO 1238 PM.

EF-2 COTTONTON TORNADO:

RUSSELL COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN RUSSELL COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE
RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-2 ON THE
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS
AROUND 125 MPH. THE DAMAGE PATH IN ALABAMA WAS 7.8 MILES LONG AND
WAS ONE MILE WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 431 AND COUNTY ROAD 51 IN THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST TO AT LEAST THE
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR THE COTTONTON COMMUNITY. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 12. AT LEAST
TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND TWO FRAME HOUSES RECEIVED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR
UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE WAS FLIPPED OVER.
THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN RUSSELL COUNTY FROM 340 PM UNTIL 351
PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN AFFECT FROM 337 PM UNTIL 415 PM.

EF-1 WEDOWEE TORNADO:

RANDOLPH COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEY THE
DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN
DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO
HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE
ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS BETWEEN 90 TO 95 MPH. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 14.9 MILES LONG AND WAS 150 YARDS WIDE AT
ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 15 NEAR THE
PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WEDOWEE. THE STORM THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST DAMAGING FIVE HOMES, AT
LEAST TWO VEHICLES AND THREE BARNS. ONE SHOP AND NUMEROUS OTHER
OUTBUILDINGS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. ADDITIONALLY,
SEVERAL DOZEN TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG
THE PATH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 222 PM AND WAS APPARENTLY
ON THE GROUND AT THE GEORGIA STATE LINE AROUND 237 PM. A TORNADO
WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 208 PM UNTIL 257 PM. NO INJURIES WERE
REPORTED.

EF-1 CLANTON TORNADO AND WIND DAMAGE:

CHILTON COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE NEAR EXIT 205 ALONG INTERSTATE 65 IN CHILTON COUNTY. IT HAS
BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, BUT A SMALL TRACK TORNADO WAS ALSO DISCOVERED..
THIS DAMAGE ENCOMPASSED AN AREA NEARLY 2.75 MILES LONG BY 1.5 MILES
WIDE BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 7 AND COUNTY ROAD 41. HOWEVER THE SURVEY
ALSO FOUND A LOCALIZED AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THAT WAS THE RESULT
OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WEE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS
AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.1 MILES LONG AND 200
YARDS MILES WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY CONFINED
TO TREES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
OFF. IN ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY 15 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. THE WORST
DAMAGE WAS DUE TO A FEW TREES FALLING ONTO A MOBILE HOME ALONG COUNTY
ROAD 41. SEVERAL FAST FOOD RESTAURANT SIGNS AND A COUPLE OF ROAD
SIGNS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM
105 TO 106 PM, WHILE THE DAMAGING WINDS PRECEDED THIS TORNADO BY A
FEW MINUTES. TWO TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. THE
FIRST WAS ISSUED AT 1208 PM AND EXPIRED AT 100 PM. THE SECOND TORNADO
WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1253 PM AND EXPIRED AT 130 PM. IN ADDITION, A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1228 PM AND EXPIRED AT 130
PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

EF-1 SPRING HILL TORNADO:

PIKE COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN PIKE COUNTY AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A
TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND
100 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 8.3 MILES LONG AND 250 YARDS
WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO ENTERED PIKE COUNTY FROM COFFEE
COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSON, CROSSED STATE
HIGHWAYS 87 AND 167 AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 57. THIS STORM TRACKED ACROSS COUNTIES IN BOTH
MOBILE’S AND TALLAHASSEE’S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. ALTHOUGH THE STORM
PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE IN PIKE COUNTY, THE FINAL EF RATING, PATH
LENGTH AND PATH WIDTH WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE MAXIMUM ALONG THE
ENTIRE PATH OF THE TORNADO. IN PIKE COUNTY, ONE HOME AND ONE
CHURCH WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR
WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN PIKE
COUNTY FROM ABOUT 223 PM UNTIL 234 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 150 PM UNTIL 245 PM.

EF-1 GOODWATER TORNADO:

COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. HE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED
AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE
CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 95 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 10.7
MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG US HIGHWAY 280 NEAR THE BRADFORD
COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED STATE
HIGHWAY 9, COUNTY ROAD 77/83/85, GOODWATER ROAD, AND STATE HIGHWAY
63. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE TALLAPOOSA AND CLAY COUNTY LINE
NORTHEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 63. A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS EF-
0 AND LIMITED TO BROKEN LIMBS AND SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 77 AND STATE HIGHWAY
9. AT LEAST 6 HOMES SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE ALONG THE
PATH. AT LEAST THREE AUTOMOBILES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FALLEN
TREES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS WERE EITHER DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM
APPROXIMATELY 142 PM UNTIL 153 PM.

EF-1 GAINO TORNADO:

BARBOUR COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSESSED THE DAMAGE
IN SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF A
TORNADO RANKING EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE…WITH ESTIMATED
WINDS UP TO 100 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 21.5 MILES LONG AND 75
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR RIVER
ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 10 WHERE IT SNAPPED TWO WOODEN POWER POLES. IT
THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS JOHN MARTIN ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 79 SOUTH AND HIGHWAY 30. ALONG THE
PATH NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 415 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 410 PM UNTIL 515 PM.
A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 405 PM UNTIL 445 PM. NO
INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

EF-0 MELLOW VALLEY TORNADO:

CLAY COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE
DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A WEAK TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED
AN EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE
CONSISTENT WITH WINDS BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
WAS 1.6 MILES LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FULLER ROAD WHERE MINIMAL TREE DAMAGE
OCCURRED AND ONE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. IT THEN TRACKED
NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING NEAR CATFISH ROAD. REDS CATFISH CABIN HAD A
SMALL PART OF THE ROOF TORN OFF. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG
THE SHORT PATH. ONE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY LIFTED INTO THE AIR AND
ROOF DEBRIS WAS DEPOSITED UNDERNEATH IT. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100
PEOPLE IN THE CATFISH RESTAURANT WHEN THE TORNADO HIT. THESE PEOPLE
WERE IN THE BASEMENT AFTER THE OWNER TOOK ACTION WHEN HEARING THE
WARNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT
203 PM AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ONLY A MINUTE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 127 PM UNTIL 230 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS
IN EFFECT FROM 140 PM UNTIL 215 PM.

EF-0 HACKNEYVILLE TORNADO:

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS
THE RESULT OF A WEAK TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-0 ON
THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH
WINDS AROUND 70 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 4.5 MILES LONG AND
WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
PEARSON CHAPEL ROAD NORTH OF BARNETT ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHEASTWARD AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF HACKNEYVILLE BEFORE IT CROSSED
COUNTY ROAD 5. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND A FEW TREES
WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OF LOST SOME LIMBS. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE
GROUND FROM ABOUT 147 PM UNTIL 153 PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS AFFECTED
THIS SAME AREA LATER IN THE DAY. MORE TREE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ABOUT
AN HOUR LATER JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO PATHS. OF NOTE, SEVERAL
DOCUMENTS FROM PRATTVILLE FELL OUT OF THE SKY IN AND AROUND THIS
LOCATION AFTER THE SECOND SET OF STORMS PASSED BY.

EF-0 BAKER HILL TORNADO:

BARBOUR COUNTY…
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSESSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
IN SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF A
TORNADO RANKING EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE…WITH ESTIMATED
WINDS UP TO 75 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE-HALF MILE LONG AND 300
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
EUBANKS ROAD (ALSO KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 12) WHERE IT DESTROYED A
BARN, TORE SHINGLES OFF A ROOF, UPROOTED A LARGE PINE TREE AND
DAMAGED A TIN ROOF. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG COUNTY ROAD 79
ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 79 SOUTH
AND HIGHWAY 18. ALONG THE PATH SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED AND SEVERAL ROAD SIGNS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE
OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 438 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS
IN EFFECT FROM 410 PM UNTIL 515 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT
FROM 405 PM UNTIL 445 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

NOTE: WHILE SURVEYING SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY, THE TEAM CAME UPON
ROOF REPAIR WORK BEING CONDUCTED ON A HOME NEAR A SUSPECTED TORNADO
TRACK FROM SUNDAYS STORMS. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE TEAM FOUND THAT
THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED TORNADO THAT
OCCURRED BACK ON JAN 11, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 AM. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED AS AN EF-1 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO
TRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE AT THE
WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION
OF CR 33 AND CR 72, WHERE IT DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME…AND
TORE OFF A COVERED DECK AND A PORTION OF THE ATTACHED ROOF OF
ANOTHER HOME. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE AREA. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD NEAR BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK
WITH LIMITED TREE DAMAGE. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 70 AND CR 41,
A PECAN TREE WAS PARTIALLY SNAPPED AND TWISTED, AND SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE WAS CAUSED ON ANOTHER HOME. TORNADO DEBRIS PUNCTURED THE ROOF
OF ANOTHER HOME ACROSS THE STREET. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD
FOR A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. A TOTAL OF 4 HOMES AND ONE MOBILE HOME WERE
DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO KNOWN INJURIES. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM 142 AM THROUGH 215 AM.

IF YOU ARE AWARE OF DAMAGE AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN LISTED ABOVE…
PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR YOUR
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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