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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
754 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010
…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM DEKALB AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES…
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS DEKALB
AND MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FROM MARSHALL AND
DEKALB COUNTIES. INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
EVENT 1: NEAR GERALDINE AND CHIGGER HILL
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/26/10
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-1
* PATH LENGTH: 4.25 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 175 YARDS
* SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROADS 389 AND 391. TREES WERE SNAPPED IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH THE
LOSS OF A ROOF ON A BARN. SIMILAR DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG COUNTY
ROADS 23 AND 9 IN THE TORNADO PATH. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY
WEAKENED…PRODUCING LITTLE DAMAGE UNTIL CROSSING HIGHWAY 227.
BEGINNING IN THAT AREA AND EXTENDING TO COUNTY ROAD
329…SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. ONE LOCATION
SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME THAT WAS PUSHED FROM ITS
FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION…A NEARBY WORKSHOP SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE
ALONG WITH AN RV…BOAT…AND TWO VEHICLES.
EVENT 2: NEAR THE MCVILLE COMMUNITY
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/26/10
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-0
* PATH LENGTH: .9 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS
* SUMMARY: LIGHT…SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED ALONG HAMBY ROAD BY A
WEAK TORNADO. DAMAGE WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO LOSS OF ROOF MATERIALS
ON BARNS…AND LIGHT TREE DAMAGE. ONE LARGE TREE WAS SNAPPED BY THE
TORNADO.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.
SURVEYED BY: COYNE/LEE
