PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
935 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008
..STORM SURVEY IN MARSHALL COUNTY COMPLETED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE…WORKING WITH OFFICIALS
FROM MARSHALL COUNTY EMA…COMPLETED STORM SURVEYS OF THE DAMAGE IN
MARSHALL COUNTY FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY…APRIL 11.
THE SURVEYS CONCENTRATED ON TWO LOCATIONS…ALONG BALL PARK ROAD
NEAR THE TOWN OF UNION GROVE…AND RURAL AREAS SOUTHEAST OF GRANT.
NEAR UNION GROVE…SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED…ONE SHED WAS
DESTROYED…AND ONE RESIDENCE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE BACK
OF THE HOME. DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO WAS FOUND. THIS
TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF-0…WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE EXTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES…WITH A MAXIMUM
WIDTH OF 100 FEET.
NEAR GRANT…SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED…SEVERAL BARN STRUCTURES
LOST ROOFING MATERIAL…AND SOME HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.
THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO…RATED AS AN EF-0…WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 75 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE EXTENDED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES…WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 300 FEET.
