Wednesday, January 25, 2012

KBMX [250532]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1132 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0225 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE GORDO 33.28N 87.82W
01/23/2012 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC

TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 140 AND HOLEMAN CHURCH ROAD. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0236 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE PANOLA 32.93N 88.24W
01/23/2012 SUMTER AL EMERGENCY MNGR

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME OFF OF MARBY HEIGHTS DRIVE.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0240 AM TORNADO 2 NNE LAKE LURLEEN STAT 33.33N 87.66W
01/23/2012 F3 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC

DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR KOFFMAN RANCH ROAD.
ONE WELL CONSTRUCTED SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOST ITS ENTIE
ROOF. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT ONE HALF MILE AND WAS 400
YARDS WIDE.

0245 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 S LAKE TUSCALOOSA BIN 33.35N 87.61W
01/23/2012 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC

LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON LARRY LAKE
ROAD...AS WELL AS A ROOF RIPPED OFF A HOME IN THE MOUNT
OLIVE AREA OF COKER.

0245 AM TORNADO 3 S LAKE TUSCALOOSA BIN 33.35N 87.61W
01/23/2012 TUSCALOOSA AL PUBLIC

TORNADO SPOTTED ON THE GROUND ON LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE
PATTON ROAD.

0300 AM TORNADO 4 ESE TURKEY CREEK AT T 33.40N 87.44W
01/23/2012 TUSCALOOSA AL NWS STORM SURVEY

F2 TORNADO ON WATERMELON ROAD. DOZENS OF PINES WERE
SNAPPED AND SEVERAL CAMPERS WERE ROLLED OVER. 3 H-FRAME
TRANSMISSION LINES WERE SNAPPED. THE PATH WAS ABOUT ONE
HALF MILE LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE.

0309 AM TORNADO 3 WNW BULL CITY 33.43N 87.31W
01/23/2012 F2 TUSCALOOSA AL NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 1 FATAL *** THE TORNADO STARTED IN EXTREME EASTERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND MOVED INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY.
NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED ALONG THE
PATH. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED WHEN A MOBILE HOME WAS
DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES RECEIVED VARYING
DEGREES OF DAMAGE.

0309 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE LAKE LURLEEN STATE 33.33N 87.63W
01/23/2012 TUSCALOOSA AL BROADCAST MEDIA

ROOF REPORTED OFF A HOME ON GRAY DRIVE IN THE MOUNT OLIVE
COMMUNITY. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0320 AM TORNADO 4 NNE LIVINGSTON 32.66N 88.17W
01/23/2012 F0 SUMTER AL EMERGENCY MNGR

SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED AND A SHED WAS
DESTROYED.THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AND THE WIDTH
WAS 50 YARDS. THIS OCCURRED NEAR HIGHWAY 11 AND COUNTY
ROAD 39.

0323 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW SHORT CREEK 33.50N 87.16W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC

REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR
SMITHVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH ON TOADVINE ROAD NEAR OAK
GROVE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0324 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW SHORT CREEK 33.51N 87.14W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON TAYLORS FERRY ROAD.

0331 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW SHORT CREEK 33.51N 87.14W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO

TREES DOWN ACROSS TAYLORS FERRY ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0343 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 W OAK GROVE 33.46N 87.18W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT

TREES DOWN BLOCKING CAMP OLIVER ROAD BY STRINGFELLOW HILL
ROAD WEST OF OAK GROVE.

0350 AM LIGHTNING HOOVER 33.38N 86.82W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC

HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING ON STONEBROOK CIRCLE NEAR
HOOVER.

0354 AM TORNADO FULTONDALE 33.62N 86.80W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

MAJOR STUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR THE 500 BLOCK OF
U.S. HIGHWAY 31 IN FULTONDALE.

0358 AM TORNADO 3 E FULTONDALE 33.62N 86.74W
01/23/2012 F3 JEFFERSON AL NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 1 FATAL, 100 INJ *** EF3 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 150
MPH TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PAWNEE VILLAGE ROAD AND MOVED
NORTHEAST THROUGH DOWNTOWN CENTER POINT, DAMAGING OR
DESTROYING NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES. IT CONTINUED
ALONG OLD SPRINGVILLE ROAD TOWARD CLAY REACHING ITS
MAXIMUM STRENGTH AS IT NEARED DEERFOOT PARKWAY. SEVERAL
HUNDRED HOMES WERE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED INTO ST CLAIR COUNTY AND LIFTED
NEAR HIDDEN VALLEY DRIVE. MAX PATH WIDTH WAS 800 YDS.
PATH LENGTH WAS 15.5 MILES.

0400 AM TORNADO 3 E FULTONDALE 33.62N 86.74W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC

PAWNEE VILLAGE ROAD COMPLETELY IMPASSIBLE IN TARRANT.

0400 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW SHORT CREEK 33.51N 87.14W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC

STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE 8800
BLOCK OF TAYLORS FERRY ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0405 AM HAIL CENTER POINT 33.64N 86.68W
01/23/2012 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON AL TRAINED SPOTTER

QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CENTER POINT.

0410 AM TORNADO CLAY 33.70N 86.60W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO

SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED IN THE PARADISE VALLEY AREA IN
CLAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0411 AM TSTM WND DMG CENTER POINT 33.64N 86.68W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL AMATEUR RADIO

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN CENTER POINT. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0415 AM TORNADO 3 NW TRUSSVILLE 33.67N 86.64W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR

TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR BALBOA COURT.

0417 AM TORNADO MARGARET 33.69N 86.47W
01/23/2012 ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC

PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON ROULAIN ROAD IN THE MARGARET
COMMUNITY.

0427 AM TORNADO 4 NE TRUSSVILLE 33.68N 86.54W
01/23/2012 JEFFERSON AL PUBLIC

MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN TRUSSVILLE WITH
MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED.

0429 AM TORNADO 5 SSW SPRINGVILLE 33.71N 86.51W
01/23/2012 ST. CLAIR AL PUBLIC

MAJOR STRUCTUAL DAMAGE REPORTED ON OLD SPRINGVILLE ROAD.
INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

0433 AM TORNADO 5 N MARION 32.71N 87.31W
01/23/2012 F1 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY

AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 110 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
NORTH OF MARION ALONG COUNTY ROAD 7, TRACKED NORTHEAST
ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 16 AND LIFTED AFTER CROSSING ALABAMA
ROAD 175. ALONG ITS 2.1 MILE PATH, SCORES OF TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. MAX PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YDS.

0436 AM TSTM WND DMG SPROTT 32.68N 87.22W
01/23/2012 PERRY AL PARK/FOREST SRVC

POSSIBLE TORNADO - CR HWY 183- MANY TREES BLOCKING HWY
SPROTT TO SR 82 - OAKMULGEE DAMAGE AS WELL

0437 AM TORNADO 4 NW SPROTT 32.72N 87.27W
01/23/2012 F2 PERRY AL NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 1 INJ *** AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN PERRY COUNTY
AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST,
DESTROYING A CHURCH BEFORE MOVING INTO CHILTON COUNTY. AS
THE TORNADO TRACKED NEAR MAPLESVILLE, SEVERAL DOZEN HOMES
AND BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN A
RADIO TOWER EAST OF MAPLESVILLE. IT TOOK A TURN TO THE
LEFT AND TRACKED SOUTH OF LOMAX, DAMAGING SEVERAL HOMES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH.
PATH LENGTH WAS 39.5 MILES. MAX PATH WIDTH WAS 880 YDS.

0437 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW SPROTT 32.72N 87.29W
01/23/2012 PERRY AL EMERGENCY MNGR

MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON THE
INTERSECTION OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY 5 AND COUNTY ROAD 16.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0505 AM TORNADO MAPLESVILLE 32.79N 86.88W
01/23/2012 CHILTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR

MAJOR STRUCTUAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN MAPLESVILLE WITH
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES.

0537 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE CHILDERSBURG 33.30N 86.29W
01/23/2012 TALLADEGA AL 911 CALL CENTER

ONE HOME HAD ONE-FIFTH OF ITS ROOF PEELED OFF. A DOZEN
PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR LEE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 76.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0547 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE CHILDERSBURG 33.31N 86.28W
01/23/2012 TALLADEGA AL EMERGENCY MNGR

TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ALABAMA HIGHWAY 76 NEAR
DESOTO CAVERNS PARK.

0619 AM TORNADO 4 W CLANTON 32.83N 86.70W
01/23/2012 CHILTON AL AMATEUR RADIO

WKLF RADIO STUDIO DESTROYED...AND 302 FOOT TRANSMISSION
TOWER WAS TOPPLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY
22 AND COUNTY ROAD 37.

0739 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 S ALEXANDER CITY 32.86N 85.94W
01/23/2012 TALLAPOOSA AL NWS STORM SURVEY

WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH DOWNED DOZENS OF TREES NEAR
WIND CREEK STATE PARK AND JACKSONS GAP IN A SWATH OF WIND
DAMAGE 10.7 MILES LONG. THE MOST HEAVILY DAMAGED AREA WAS
ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE MARTIN AT WIND CREEK STATE PARK.


0741 AM TSTM WND DMG WIND CREEK STATE PARK 32.86N 85.94W
01/23/2012 TALLAPOOSA AL EMERGENCY MNGR

SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 63 SOUTH NEAR WIND
CREEK STATE PARK.

0748 AM TORNADO 4 NW MILLBROOK 32.52N 86.41W
01/23/2012 F1 ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE
PATH. SEVERAL FENCES WERE DOWN AND METAL BUILDINGS WERE
RIPPED APART. 10 TO 15 HOMES SUFFERED SHINGLE AND SIDING
DAMAGE. ONE APRTMENT BUILDING HAD ITS METAL ROOF TORN OFF
AND ONE AUTO SHOP HAD ITS DOORS BLOWN IN.

0800 AM TSTM WND DMG ELMORE 32.54N 86.32W
01/23/2012 ELMORE AL EMERGENCY MNGR

MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 14.

0945 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NE BIG SPRINGS 33.29N 85.30W
01/23/2012 RANDOLPH AL EMERGENCY MNGR

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISES THAT A CULVERT ON COUNTY
ROAD 622 IS WASHED OUT.

1015 AM FLOOD 2 N NEW SITE 33.06N 85.78W
01/23/2012 TALLAPOOSA AL 911 CALL CENTER

FEW ROADS IN THE AREA BETWEEN NEW SITE AND GOLDVILLE
FLOODED.


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