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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
630 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009
…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM MARSHALL…JACKSON
AND DEKALB COUNTIES…
…THIS SURVEY IS A FOLLOW UP FROM THE INITIAL DAMAGE THAT WAS
SURVEYED IN NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY ON FRIDAY APRIL 10TH…
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS MARSHALL…
JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. INITIAL FINDINGS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/10/09
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 155 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3
* PATH LENGTH: 28 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 MILE
* INJURIES: 5
* SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GRANT. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE WATERFRONT
COMMUNITY NEAR HIGHWAY 79 AT APPROXIMATELY 306 PM CDT. SEVERAL
HOUSES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY
79…AND MANY TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO
CROSSED LAKE GUNTERSVILLE AND WIPED OUT SEVERAL BOAT DOCKS AND
BOAT HOUSES. IT THEN MOVED ACROSS PRESTON ISLAND WITH A WIDE
SWATH OF DAMAGE ON THE ISLAND. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE…AND AT LEAST TWO HAD COMPLETE ROOF COLLAPSE
AND PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ALONG A PATH ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
WERE DESTROYED IN THE MACEDONIA COMMUNITY ALONG WITH NUMEROUS
LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. SEVERAL TVA HIGH VOLTAGE
POWERLINE TOWERS WERE ALSO COLLAPSED. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED
POWELL…A DOUBLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS
FOUNDATION WITH TOTAL ROOF COLLAPSE AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION TO
THE FRONT OF THE HOME. JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 35…A
LARGE METAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT WAS SECURELY ANCHORED INTO
THE GROUND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. IN SYLVANIA…SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SEVERAL HOMES IN THE STONEBROOK SUBDIVISION.
ONE HOME WAS COMPLETED LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND DRIVEN
NEARLY 4 FEET INTO THE GROUND. SPORADIC DAMAGE CONTINUED JUST
TO THE EAST OF SYLVANIA UNTIL THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED
BETWEEN 335 AND 340 PM CDT…JUST SOUTH OF THE MAHAN CROSSROADS
COMMUNITY IN WEST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.
SURVEYED BY: NADLER/LATIMER/PRITCHETT/LEE/LAMB
