That long line of thunderstorms that caused a lot of anxious moments as it moved across Alabama today was still causing problems in Southeast Alabama early tonight. A Tornado Warning was posted for Macon County until 7 pm. The possible tornado was near Milstead moving east in the general direction of Tuskegee.
That long line of thunderstorms, early tonight, extended all the way from Richmond south and southwest to near Charlotte, Columbia, North Georgia south of Atlanta, to SE of Montgomery and north of Mobile.
There was quite a bit of hail in the Greater Birmingham area late this afternoon and the storms moved through. Probably the most damage was across the Tennessee Valley of Extreme North Alabama and South Tennessee. Scroll down to see a long list of damage reports from the National Weather Service in Huntsville. There was one fatality in Southern Tennessee
Cooler and much drier was spreading into Alabama from the west and northwest early tonight. Some spot reports at 6 pm, CST:
52 in Muscle Shoals, north wind, gusts 28 mph
56, Decatur, wind north gusts to 28, mostly cloudy
57, Huntsville, mostly cloudy, wind north 16, rain amount 0.54
67, Tuscaloosa, clear, wind NW 7, rain amount 0.26
65. partly cloudy, Birmingham, rain 0.53, high today a warm 81
72, mostly cloudy, Greenville, high 77, rain today 1.49 inches.
Here is the long list of damage reports from NWS, Huntsville
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
536 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
.TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON
.DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 12 ENE PHIL CAMPBELL 34.43N 87.51W
02/28/2011 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WINDS BLEW OFF A PORCH ROOF FROM A MOBILE HOME ONTO
AN ADJACENT VEHICLE. A TREE WAS ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED.
1122 AM TSTM WND GST 5 SE FLORENCE 34.74N 87.61W
02/28/2011 M53.00 MPH COLBERT AL ASOS
REPORTED 53 MPH WIND GUST AT KMSL.
1143 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSW ARDMORE 34.92N 86.89W
02/28/2011 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF PEELED OFF BARN.
1146 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE LEIGHTON 34.69N 87.52W
02/28/2011 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
THREE LARGE TREES CAUSE DAMAGE TO AWNING AT COLBERT
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
1146 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E COXEY 34.80N 87.14W
02/28/2011 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME NEAR US 72 ON SLEDGE RD. OTHER
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL POWER LINES
DOWN.
1202 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 W ATHENS 34.77N 87.12W
02/28/2011 LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGE…AND TREES DOWNED ON POPLAR CREEK RD WEST OF
ATHENS
1208 PM TSTM WND DMG RIPLEY 34.76N 87.12W
02/28/2011 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUTAGES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SNAKE RD AND
PARKER RD.
1235 PM TORNADO ESTILL SPRINGS 35.26N 86.13W
02/28/2011 FRANKLIN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES AND MULTIPLE
TREES DOWN ACROSS AREAS NEAR PLEASANT GROVE RD…TURKEY
CREED RD…AWALT RD…AND HWY 41A. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
1235 PM TORNADO 5 S TULLAHOMA 35.30N 86.23W
02/28/2011 FRANKLIN TN EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 FATAL *** ONE FATALITY REPORTED BY EMA AND RELAYED
BY MEDIA. ADDITIONAL DETAILS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
1235 PM TORNADO 5 S TULLAHOMA 35.30N 86.23W
02/28/2011 FRANKLIN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PART OF CAR LOT AND HOUSE NEAR HWY
130. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
1237 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE MERIDIANVILLE 34.84N 86.54W
02/28/2011 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN ON ROBERT STRONG DR AND
BALTIMORE HILL RD IN MOORES MILL COMMUNITY. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1242 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE HAZEL GREEN 34.98N 86.54W
02/28/2011 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE TO BARNS AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND HAZEL
GREEN IN NORTH MADISON COUNTY.
1245 PM TSTM WND DMG ELORA 35.01N 86.36W
02/28/2011 LINCOLN TN AMATEUR RADIO
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ELORA NEAR BORDERLINE RD.
1246 PM TORNADO 5 E LYNCHBURG 35.30N 86.27W
02/28/2011 MOORE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME NEAR PLEASANT GROVE RD.
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE MADISON 34.76N 86.73W
02/28/2011 MADISON AL AMATEUR RADIO
DAMAGE TO BUILDING ON HWY 72.
0121 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE SCOTTSBORO 34.67N 86.03W
02/28/2011 JACKSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TWO TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN ON COLLEGE STREET IN
SCOTTSBORO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0133 PM TSTM WND DMG ARAB 34.32N 86.50W
02/28/2011 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ARAB.
0143 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW GUNTERSVILLE 34.36N 86.31W
02/28/2011 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS SUNSET DR AND LURLEEN B
WALLACE DR.
0147 PM TSTM WND DMG GUNTERSVILLE 34.36N 86.29W
02/28/2011 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS GUNTERSVILLE STATE PARK.
0159 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSE HIGDON 34.82N 85.60W
02/28/2011 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS CR 811.
0200 PM TSTM WND GST DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/28/2011 E55.00 MPH MARSHALL AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
ESTIMATED WINDS OF AROUND 55 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL WERE
REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0211 PM HAIL 2 ESE FORT PAYNE 34.43N 85.69W
02/28/2011 M1.00 INCH DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON FRUIT FARM RD EAST OF FORT
PAYNE.
0211 PM HAIL 4 SSE RAINSVILLE 34.44N 85.83W
02/28/2011 E1.00 INCH DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PLEASANT HILL AREA.
0239 PM HAIL 1 S FAIRVIEW 34.23N 86.69W
02/28/2011 E1.75 INCH CULLMAN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR ANTIOCH.
