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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
802 PM CST Sun Jan 12 2020

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 1/11/20 SEVERE WEATHER...

...ADDED BARBOUR COUNTY TORNADO...

.OVERVIEW...

A dynamic January storm system brought severe thunderstorms to a 
large part of Central Alabama. A warm front moved northward and 
beyond Central Alabama. Anomalously high surface temperatures and 
moisture content was present in the developing warm sector of the 
storm system. A line of thunderstorms developing ahead of the cold
front and moved into west central Alabama late Saturday morning 
January 11. The storms quickly moved through Central Alabama and 
exited southeastern areas around sunset.

Although not every location experienced severe weather, widespread 
wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were observed. Many locations did 
experience severe weather with wind gusts over 58 mph. Trees were 
snapped off or uprooted in numerous locations. Many homes, 
automobiles, and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Most
likely, several locations received straight-line wind gusts of 
75 to 80 mph.

.TORNADO #1 Settlement Road Tornado (Pickens County)...

Rating:                 EF-2
Estimated Peak Wind:    134 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.33 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1056 yards
Fatalities:             3
Injuries:               7

Start Date:             Jan 11 2020 
Start Time:             11:10 AM CST
Start Location:         1.72 E Pickensville
Start Lat/Lon:          33.2379 / -88.1545 

End Date:               Jan 11 2020
End Time:               11:20 AM CST
End Location:           7.48 SW Reform
End Lat/Lon:            33.3253 / -88.1223 

Survey Summary:

A tornado touched down south of Highway 86, and just on the south 
side of Coleman Road. This location is about 2 miles east of 
Pickensville. From there, the tornado moved north northeast,
crossing Highway 86. Along Highway 86, there were at least 3 homes
damaged with 1 losing most of its roofing. Numerous hardwood and 
softwood trees were snapped off or were uprooted at this location.
The tornado continued north northeast across Turnipseed Road, 
causing significant tree damage. Next, the tornado moved along 
Settlement Road, nearly paralleling the road northward. At this 
point that the tornado was likely near its peak intensity. Numerous
homes were damaged or destroyed on the west side of Settlement Road,
while homes on the east side sustained generally minor damage. Of 
the homes destroyed, six were site-built homes. Four manufactured 
homes were completely destroyed, three of which had anchoring 
systems that failed. All four manufactured home frames were found 
considerable distances from the home sites. Three fatalities
occurred in two of these manufactured homes on Settlement Road. In 
addition, all of the injuries were also on Settlement Road. The 
tornado continued through the forest and crossed Pine Grove Road near
McDaniel Road. The farm at this location sustained significant 
damage with the home and at least two barns heavily damaged. Numerous
hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted or snapped as well. From 
here, the tornado continued north northeastward and began to weaken. 
It crossed Pearson Road, uprooting several trees before dissipating 
north of Pearson Road and west of Phoenix Road. At least 22 homes 
suffered varying degrees of damage. The tornado path length was 6.33 
miles long and was 1056 yards wide at its widest point.


.TORNADO #2 Threatt Road Tornado (Barbour County)...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    88 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.80 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   275 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             Jan 11 2020 
Start Time:             4:330 PM CST
Start Location:         1.31 SSW Bakerhill
Start Lat/Lon:          31.7633/ -85.3100 

End Date:               Jan 11 2020
End Time:               4:41 PM CST
End Location:           4.71 ENE Bakerhill
End Lat/Lon:            31.8093 / -85.2285

Survey Summary:

After reviewing the damage along with radar data, it was determined
by NWS Meteorologist that the damage was the result of a tornado. 
The tornado touched down near Threatt Road (County Road 18) just 
southwest of Bakerhill. One tree was uprooted and a dead tree was 
snapped at starting point. The tornado progressed northeast over 
County Road 79 where several trees were snapped off or were uprooted.
The tornado continued northeast where it crossed Highway 131. Here 
it tore tin sheathing, damaging an outbuilding and flipped over an
outdoor basketball goal. It also snapped and uprooted many trees. 
The tornado then continued northeast and crossed Five Mile Road 
(County Road 36) where more trees were uprooted near and just north 
of Christian Grove Church. The tornado then lifted east of Five Mile
Road over an open field. The end of the track was northeast of 
Bakerhill. The tornado path length was 5.80 miles long and was 275
yards wide at its widest point. Much thanks to Barbour County 
Emergency Management Agency for surveying the damage in Southern 
Barbour County. 

   
.THUNDERSTORM WIND #1 Forkland (Greene County)...

Peak Wind               *Estimated:  75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.03 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1700 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             Jan 11 2020
Start Time:             11:43 AM CST 
Start Location:         4.33 WSW Forkland
Start Lat/Lon:          32.6283 / -87.9471

End Date:               Jan 11 2020
End Time:               11:56 AM CST 
End Location:           1.33 NE Forkland
End Lat/Lon:            32.6703 / -87.8562

Survey Summary: 

An area of concentrated damage occurred in far southern Greene 
County near the town of Forkland. It was estimated that winds were 
between 65 and 75 mph in this area.  The concentrated area of damage
began near Parkers Fish Camp Road and the Tombigbee River, south of 
CR 69. The swath of damage continue northeastward generally along 
CR 69. The damage became more scattered east of the CR 41 and CR 28,
northeast of Forkland. The winds were estimated around 75 mph at the
very beginning of the path near the Tombigbee River and along Shep 
Cook Avenue. Numerous trees were snapped off, uprooted, or blown 
down along with swath. Five to ten homes suffered varying degrees of
damage, mainly from fallen trees. One mobile home was damaged. At 
least two vehicles were damaged from fallen trees. One very large
tree broke the water main to the City of Forkland and many thousands
of gallons of water spilled out of the water tower. A special thanks
to the Greene County Emergency Management Agency for support with
the survey. 
 
Note:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

75/Linhares

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