Marion County Tornado Stats

Our Fall severe weather season got off to a bit of an early start yesterday. The NWS at Birmingham has confirmed at least one tornado in Marion County. Here is there Public Information Statement about it. It takes a good deal of time to survey these storms, so additional findings may be coming later.

-Brian-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009

…STORM DAMAGE FINDINGS FROM FRIDAY OCTOBER 30 2009…

…CONFIRMED TORNADO DAMAGE FOUND IN MARION COUNTY…

A VERY MOIST AND WARM AIR MASS DEVELOPED ACROSS WEST ALABAMA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD A STRONG COLD FRONT. MANY OF THE CELLS THAT
DEVELOPED WERE ROTATING ALOFT WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. DESPITE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AND SHEAR…
THE AIR MASS ALOFT WAS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR DEEP UPDRAFTS AND MANY
OF THE ROTATING CELLS DID NOT CONTAIN LIGHTNING…AND ONLY ONE
REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

…THORN HILL TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: 30 OCTOBER 2009
EVENT TYPE: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 100
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 524 PM / 34.1692, -87.6718
EVENT END TIME/LOCATION COORDINATES: 530 PM / 34.2036, -87.6457
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 2.8
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 200

WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 165 IN EFFECT FROM 510 PM UNTIL 545 PM.
WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH 785 IN EFFECT FROM 1223 PM UNTIL 7 PM.

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MARION
COUNTY ROAD 19 AND ALABAMA ROAD 129 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF THORN HILL.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED TO THE NORTHEAST AND CROSSED OVER ALABAMA
ROAD 129 BEFORE LIFTING. ALONG THE PATH…THE TORNADO DAMAGED THE
ROOFS OF 4 HOMES…AS WELL AS 3 OUTBUILDINGS. ALSO ALONG THE PATH
WERE 20 HARDWOOD TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED AND ANOTHER 5 THAT WERE
SNAPPED IN HALF.

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.

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