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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
248 PM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007
…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEYS FIND EF0 AND EF1 TORNADOES
AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE…
AN NWS STORM SURVEY CREW WAS SENT TO MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES.
THEY SURVEYED AN AREA IN MARION COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HALEYVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.52 MILES AND THE PATH
WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWNED ON HWY 129 AND
THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A FARMHOUSE ALONG THE PATH. SOME DEBRIS WAS ALSO
THROWN 300 FT BEYOND THE END OF THE PATH. THE ESTIMATED WIND SPEED
WAS 80 MPH…MAKING THIS AN EF0 TORNADO.
A SECOND AREA WAS SURVEYED IN THE TOWN OF PEBBLE ABOUT 5.25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HALEYVILLE. APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN SHINGLES WERE BLOWN
OFF OF A ROOF…ONE CEDAR TREE AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE ALSO
BLOWN DOWN. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO AN AREA 300 YARDS LONG BY 300
YARDS WIDE..AND WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WIND SPEED WAS
ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.
THEY ALSO SURVEYED AN AREA ABOUT 8.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALEYVILLE.
NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED IN BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. THE DAMAGE
BEGAN IN NORTHERN WINSTON COUNTY AND ENDED IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE
COUNTY. THE PATH WAS 0.15 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. THE
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS 90 MPH…MAKING THIS AN EF1 TORNADO.
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