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644 NOUS44 KBMX 012059 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-020900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 359 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/01/12 TORNADO EVENT... ...EARLY MORNING TORNADO CONFIRMED IN COOSA COUNTY... .OVERVIEW...A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A SURFACE TRACKING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA PROVIDED SUFFICIENT LIFT AND SHEAR FOR AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO TO FORM ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .PENTONVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: OCT 01 2012 START TIME: 447 AM CDT START LOCATION: 0.9 MI SW OF PENTONVILLE START LAT/LON: 32.8089 -86.2405 END DATE: OCT 01 2012 END TIME: 449 AM CDT END LOCATION: 0.5 MI W OF PENTONVILLE END_LAT/LON: 32.8157 -86.2367 SURVEY_SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE REPORTS IN ELMORE AND COOSA COUNTIES AND DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE IN COOSA COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN ELMORE COUNTY WAS MINIMAL AND SPARSE...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FALLEN ROTTED TREES. IN COOSA COUNTY...THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD (CR) 45 SOUTH OF SHADY GROVE CHURCH IN A THIN STAND OF TREES BETWEEN THE ROAD AND A PASTURE. IT PROCEEDED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH...UPROOTING TREES IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN IN THE VICINITY OF SHADY GROVE CEMETERY. IT UPROOTED 3 LARGE PINES AS IT CROSSED CR 14...THEN DAMAGING A SMALL BARN AND OUT BUILDINGS DUE TO UPROOTED OAK TREES BEFORE MOVING INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED SPORADICALLY ALONG THE PATH...WITH ONE AREA OF CONCENTRATED DAMAGE DEEP IN THE WOODS. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED RAPIDLY AND DISSIPATED OVER WOODED LAND BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM CROSSED CR 8. SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. RICK CARDWELL FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING THIS DAMAGE SURVEY. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ JD/02
357 NOUS44 KBMX 012108 CCA PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-020900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 359 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/01/12 TORNADO EVENT... ...EARLY MORNING TORNADO CONFIRMED IN COOSA COUNTY... .OVERVIEW...A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA PROVIDED SUFFICIENT LIFT AND SHEAR FOR AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO TO FORM ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .PENTONVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: OCT 01 2012 START TIME: 447 AM CDT START LOCATION: 0.9 MI SW OF PENTONVILLE START LAT/LON: 32.8089 -86.2405 END DATE: OCT 01 2012 END TIME: 449 AM CDT END LOCATION: 0.5 MI W OF PENTONVILLE END_LAT/LON: 32.8157 -86.2367 SURVEY SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE REPORTS IN ELMORE AND COOSA COUNTIES AND DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE IN COOSA COUNTY. THE DAMAGE IN ELMORE COUNTY WAS MINIMAL AND SPARSE...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FALLEN ROTTED TREES. IN COOSA COUNTY...THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD (CR) 45 SOUTH OF SHADY GROVE CHURCH IN A THIN STAND OF TREES BETWEEN THE ROAD AND A PASTURE. IT PROCEEDED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH...UPROOTING TREES IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN IN THE VICINITY OF SHADY GROVE CEMETERY. IT UPROOTED 3 LARGE PINES AS IT CROSSED CR 14...THEN DAMAGING A SMALL BARN AND OUT BUILDINGS DUE TO UPROOTED OAK TREES BEFORE MOVING INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED SPORADICALLY ALONG THE PATH...WITH ONE AREA OF CONCENTRATED DAMAGE DEEP IN THE WOODS. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED RAPIDLY AND DISSIPATED OVER WOODED LAND BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM CROSSED CR 8. SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. RICK CARDWELL FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING THIS DAMAGE SURVEY. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ JD/02