PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
417 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007
…UPDATED FOR THE MACON RUSSELL TORNADO…
…THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 11TH…
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS…BEFORE EXITING
INTO GEORGIA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED WERE
SUPERCELLS. THESE ARE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXHIBIT PERSISTENT ROTATION
AND HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL SURVEY SEVERAL
LOCATIONS THAT REPORTED POTENTIAL TORNADO DAMAGE. INFORMATION WILL BE
UPDATED FREQUENTLY WHEN NEW OR ADDITIONAL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE NEWEST INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED TOWARD THE TOP OF THIS
STATEMENT.
MACON COUNTY AND RUSSELL COUNTY TORNADO…
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 10…APPROXIMATELY 6.8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE OR 4.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARRIORSTAND.
THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN
MACON COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO RUSSELL COUNTY. THE TORNADO LIFTED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 51 AND COWPEN ROAD NEAR THE
UCHEE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 12.1 MILES LONG AND WAS
400 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER
SNAPPED OFF OR BLOWN OVER ALONG THE PATH. THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED AROUND 90 MPH…AN EF1 TORNADO…ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE
DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF0 DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
FROM APPROXIMATELY 554 PM UNTIL 616 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FOR MACON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES FROM 345 PM UNTIL 1000 PM. A
TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR MACON COUNTY FROM 509 PM UNTIL
730 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY FROM 555
PM UNTIL 730 PM.
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY TORNADO…
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAFAYETTE STREET AND
FULTON STREET…ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 280 IN DADEVILLE.
THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 0.4 MILES…AND LIFTED
NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT WHATLEY STREET. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. AT LEAST THREE HOMES WERE
DAMAGED DUE TO NUMEROUS UPROOTED TREES. SPENCER LUMBER COMPANY…
LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF FULTON STREET AND OAK STREET…SUSTAINED
DAMAGE INCLUDING ROOF DAMAGE TO METAL SHEDS ON THEIR PROPERTY. THE
HIGHEST WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH…OR AN EF1 TORNADO. THE
TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 518 PM UNTIL 519 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY FROM 411 PM UNTIL
10 PM CDT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 430 PM UNTIL 6 PM
CDT.
JEFFERSON COUNTY TORNADO…
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON TATE MILL ROAD…JUST NORTHWEST OF COUNTY
ROAD 140 OR WARRIOR JASPER ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST SOUTHEAST
AND LIFTED ON HUMBER ROAD IN THE BAGLEY COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF HOMES AND
AUTOMOBILES. ONE 18-WHEELER CARRYING A LOAD WAS OVERTURNED. ONE
OFFICE TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED. SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE EITHER
SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED. AT LEAST ONE OF THE TREES FELL ON A HOME AND
PRODUCED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS WITNESSED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE
AREA. THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 90 AND 95 MPH…AN EF1
TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 314 PM
UNTIL 316 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM
140 PM UNTIL 800 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 304 PM
UNTIL 330 PM.
HAIL STORMS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS…
LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE HAIL RANGED FROM PEA TO GRAPEFRUIT AND SOFTBALL SIZE. SEVERAL
HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES WERE DAMAGED BY THE LARGE HAIL. THE HAIL ALSO
COVERED THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS.
TO REPORT STORM DAMAGE…LARGE HAIL OCCURRENCES…OR TREE DAMAGE…
PLEASE CALL 1-800-856-0758.
