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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1044 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2010
…TODAY IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “DANNY” TORNADO OUTBREAK…
ON AUGUST 16TH 1985…A RARE TORNADO OUTBREAK OCCURRED ACROSS THE
CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DANNY WHICH
MADE LANDFALL NEAR LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE
ON THE 15TH. THE REMNANTS OF DANNY TRACKED INTO NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI ON THE 16TH DURING THE OUTBREAK…AND EVENTUALLY
TRACKED THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA ON THE 17TH. THIRTEEN TORNADO
TRACKS WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE 14 COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST
AREA SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE. THREE
REPORTS OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE WERE ALSO REPORTED.
AUGUST TORNADOES ARE QUITE RARE IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. IN THE 14
COUNTY WARNING AREA…ONLY 17 AUGUST TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
SINCE 1874. OF THE 17…ONLY 4 OTHER AUGUST TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
RECORDED ON 2 SEPARATE DAYS.
DETAILS ON ALL TORNADOES IN THE HUNTSVILLE WARNING/FORECAST AREA CAN
BE FOUND ON OUR WEB PAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE IN THE
TORNADO DATABASE SECTION. BELOW IS A BRIEF LISTING OF THE “DANNY”
TORNADO OUTBREAK.
— 8/16/1970 — “DANNY” TORNADO OUTBREAK
1100 AM CST
FRANKLIN AL THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE
1120 AM CST
LAWRENCE COUNTY F1
1135 AM CST
COLBERT AL F2
1140 AM CST
MORGAN-LIMESTONE AL F3
1233 PM CST
CULLMAN AL F1
1255 PM CST
CULLMAN AL F0
115 PM CST
CULLMAN-MORGAN AL F3
116 PM CST
LAUDERDALE AL F1
120 PM CST
CULLMAN AL F1
130 PM CST
JACKSON AL F0
145 PM CST
DEKALB AL THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE
208 PM CST
MADISON AL F2
220 PM CST
CULLMAN AL F2
330 PM CST
MADISON AL F1
400 PM CST
LINCOLN TN F2
OTHER AUGUST TORNADOES:
— 8/1/1970 —
F1 IN MORGAN COUNTY AL
F0 IN CULLMAN COUNTY AL
— 8/20/2004 —
1 F0 IN MOORE COUNTY TN
1 F0 IN JACKSON COUNTY AL
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