From the NWS BMX Survey Team…
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
410 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009
…TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA …
…SALEM TORNADO (LEE COUNTY)…
(ALL TIMES ARE IN CST)
EVENT TIME/DATE: 8:26-8:30 AM, FEBRUARY 28, 2009
EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 125-130
INJURIES/FATALITIES: SEVERAL UNSPECIFIED MINOR INJURIES
EVENT LOCATION COORDINATES: START N 32.5929, W 85.2461
END N 32.5972, W 85.2010
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 2.65 MILES
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 500 YARDS
WARNINGS: A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 7:53 AM UNTIL 8:45 AM
WATCHES: TORNADO WATCH #40 WAS IN EFFECT FROM 6:57 AM UNTIL 10:43 AM
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF US-280…
NEAR THE SALEM COMMUNITY. IT MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST…CROSSING THE
HIGHWAY…BEFORE LIFTING ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF SALEM. HUNDREDS OF
TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. AT LEAST 7 SITE
BUILT HOMES AND 10 MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. TWO CHURCHES
AND ONE SCHOOL WERE ALSO DAMAGED. ONE 18-WHEELER WAS OVERTURNED.
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