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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2009
…UPDATED DUNAVANT TORNADO INFORMATION…
…DAMAGING WINDS AND POTENTIAL TORNADOES SUNDAY MAY 3 2009…
A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A
DERECHO IS A WIDESPREAD AND LONG-LIVED STRAIGHT LINE WIND STORM
ASSOCIATED WITH A FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE. A DERECHO PRODUCES A
LONG-LIVED GUST FRONT THAT PRODUCES STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND
WINDS OVER 58 MPH. THE DERECHO ON SUNDAY PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL
COUNTIES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE.
A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF THE DERECHO.
SUPERCELL STORMS ARE PERSISTENTLY ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PRODUCE ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER. A FEW TORNADOES MAY HAVE
DEVELOPED ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SUPERCELLS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISPATCHED TWO STORM ASSESSMENT
TEAMS TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY. ONE TEAM WILL WORK ITS WAY
FROM BIBB AND SHELBY COUNTY UP TO CHEROKEE COUNTY. ANOTHER TEAM
WILL WORK FROM SUMTER AND MARENGO COUNTY INTO CHILTON COUNTY.
…DUNAVANT TORNADO (SHELBY COUNTY)…
EVENT DATE: SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009
TYPE: EF-1 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 90-100 MPH
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION & TIME: 33.4894/-86.5762
EVENT END LOCATION & TIME: 33.4986/-86.5499
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 1.64 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 300 YARDS
START TIME: 203 PM CDT
END TIME: 205 PM CDT
WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 123-230 PM
WATCHES: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 233 1135
AM UNTIL 500 PM
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 470 AND TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE IT CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY
25 JUST NORTH OF DUNAVANT. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR WERE
UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.64 MILES LONG AND
WAS 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
…SUNSHINE TORNADO (HALE COUNTY)…
EVENT DATE: SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009
TYPE: EF-1 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 90-95 MPH
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION & TIME: 32.5614/-87.5510
EVENT END LOCATION & TIME: 33.5614/-87.5510
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 0.05 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 50 YARDS
START TIME: 132 PM CDT
END TIME: 132 PM CDT
WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 128-145 PM
WATCHES: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 233 1135
AM UNTIL 500 PM
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 10 WEST OF STATE
HIGHWAY 61. THIS LOCATION IS SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NEWBERN IN THE
SUNSHINE COMMUNITY. THE ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF ONE BARN AND ANOTHER
STRUCTURE HAD PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE. A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
ALONG THE SHORT PATH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS ONLY 0.05 MILES
LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
…BROOK HIGHLAND TORNADO (SHELBY COUNTY)…
EVENT DATE: SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009
TYPE: EF-0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 75 MPH
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION & TIME: 33.4364/-86.6736
EVENT END LOCATION & TIME: 33.4418/-86.6695
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 0.45 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 150 YARDS
START TIME: 155 PM CDT
END TIME: 155 PM CDT
WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 123-230 PM
WATCHES: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 233 1135 AM
UNTIL 500 PM
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE SHORT PATH. AT LEAST 20
HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE MAINLY LOSS OF SHINGLES. DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED ON ASHINGTON DRIVE, ASHINGTON CIRCLE, CANNOCK DRIVE,
BROOKHIGHLAND DRIVE, WINGFIELD DRIVE, AND KESTEVEN DRIVE. THE
TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 0.45 MILES AND WAS 150 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT.
…WOLF CREEK TORNADO (ST. CLAIR COUNTY)…
EVENT DATE: SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009
TYPE: EF-1 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 90-100 MPH
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION & TIME: 33.5107/-86.4024
EVENT END LOCATION & TIME: 33.6002/-86.3096
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 8.18 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 800 YARDS
START TIME: 227 PM CDT
END TIME: 238 PM CDT
WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNING 202-300 PM
WATCHES: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 233 1135 AM
UNTIL 500 PM
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CAMP CREEK ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 27. THE
TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AND GENERALLY PARALLELED COUNTY ROAD 27
AND WOLF CREEK. THE TORNADO LIFTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PELL CITY NEAR
INTERSTATE 20 AND US HIGHWAY 78. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES WERE
SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE PATH. MANY FALLEN TREES AND POWER POLES LANDED
ON HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 8.18 MILES LONG AND
WAS 800 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
ALL INFORMATION IN THE STATEMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY
UNTIL ALL THE DATA IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED.
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.
