We post this special statement from the NWS to give you an early look about Wednesday’s tornadoes. It will take several days to complete all of them:
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1200 PM CST THU NOV 16 2006
…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYS CONTINUE…
FOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS CONTINUE TO SURVEY
DAMAGE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. AS OF 1130 AM…FOUR TORNADOES HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED…ONE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST PIKE COUNTY…TWO IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY…AND THE OTHER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.
IN PIKE COUNTY…THE TORNADO TRACK WAS LOCATED WAS ABOUT 6.5 MILES
SOUTH OF BRUNDIDGE. BOTH THE PATH LENGTH AND INTENSITY HAVE YET TO
BE DETERMINED.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY…A TORNADO TRACK OF APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES
IN LENGTH AND 250 YARDS WIDE WAS DETERMINED NEAR THE TOWN OF
PINTLALA. THE INTENSITY HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE OTHER TORNADO
TRACK…INCLUDING THE DAMAGE IN THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS OF
MONTGOMERY…WAS APPROXIMATELY 4.3 MILES IN LENGTH…250 YARDS WIDE
AND RATED F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE (WINDS 113-157 MPH).
IN CHAMBERS COUNTY…THE TORNADO TRACK WAS LOCATED ABOUT
THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. IT WAS THREE-QUARTERS
OF A MILE LONG…SEVENTY-FIVE YARDS WIDE AND RATED F1 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE (WINDS 73-112 MPH).
AS SOON AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE…IT WILL BE UPDATED
IN THIS PRODUCT AS WELL AS ON OUR WEB SITE AT:
(HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX)
THERE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL MORE DAMAGE TRACKS…AND THE SURVEYS
MAY TAKE ANOTHER DAY OR TWO TO COMPLETE.
IN ADDITION…WE ASK THAT ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WITH DAMAGE FROM
YESTERDAY’S STORMS CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER AT 800-856-0758.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXACT LOCATION AND TYPE OF DAMAGE…AS WELL AS
WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
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STEFKOVICH
