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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
National Weather Service BIRMINGHAM AL
452 PM CST Sat Feb 5 2022

...NWS Damage Survey for 02/03/22 Tornado Event Update #3...

Update...The tornado count for this event now stands at five. Damage
surveys were completed Saturday afternoon in northwest and 
northeast Elmore County where two EF-0 tornadoes were confirmed. 
Three tornadoes were produced by a single storm, affecting parts 
of Sumter, Greene, Hale, Bibb, and Tuscaloosa Counties, with each 
tornado given a rating of EF-2. This damage was surveyed on 
Friday.

We continue to review data already collected and will assess any
additional reports of damage that are received.

.Tornado 1: Kinterbish Tornado (Sumter County)...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    120 mph
Path Length /statute/:  15.47 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   900 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             02/03/2022
Start Time:             12:52 PM CST
Start Location:         6 S Cuba / Sumter County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.3565 / -88.3857

End Date:               02/03/2022
End Time:               01:15 PM CST
End Location:           3 WNW Lilita / Sumter County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.5009 / -88.1832

Survey Summary:
The tornado began on Jarman Road in far southwest Sumter County
where some trees were snapped. It continued northeast and quickly
reached its maximum intensity near Jemison Street and Campbell
Street. Here numerous trees were downed and a home was shifted
off its foundation with collapse of some of its walls. The
tornado weakened by the time it crossed County Road 10, but
continued to cause timber damage on Johnson Street and Siloam
Road. Trees continued to be snapped and uprooted near the
intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 17, with a 300 yard wide
swath of downed trees reported by a landowner on Rumley Tower
Road. The tornado dissipated after crossing County Road 13.


.Tornado 2: Forkland-Sawyerville Tornado (Greene and Hale
Counties)...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    135 mph
Path Length /statute/:  25.95 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1700 yards
Fatalities:             1
Injuries:               8

Start Date:             02/03/2022
Start Time:             01:38 PM CST
Start Location:         2 E Tishabee / Greene County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.6331 / -87.9639

End Date:               02/03/2022
End Time:               02:16 PM CST
End Location:           Harper Hill / Hale County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.8585 / -87.6089

Survey Summary:
The tornado first touched down just south of Greene County Road
69 in the Charleston Swamp east of Tishabee and west of Riverwalk
Road.  The first damage produced was along CR 69, and was limited
to trees damaging homes.  Tree damage continued as the tornado
moved off to the north-northeast, crossing Al HWY 43 before
moving over inaccessible land between HWY 43 and the Black
Warrior River.  The tornado crossed into Hale County at
approximately 1:53 PM and intensified, uprooting and mowing down 
hundreds of trees as it moved along Bass Lane near the Black
Warrior.  The tornado then moved along Mason Bend Road on a
slightly diagonal angle uprooting and snapping numerous hardwood
and softwood trees, damaging or destroying several manufactured
homes, and causing a few minor injuries.  One unoccupied single-
wide manufactured home rolled over and landed upside-down on top
of a car.  From there it continued east-northeastward, crossing
Erie Rd and CR 92 with slightly less intense damage to trees.  As
it approached AL HWY 14 just north of Sawyerville, several homes
were damaged, and one double-wide was destroyed, causing several
injuries.  The tornado turned over a fish truck causing the load
of fish to be  across the road, and deposited two pickup trucks
in a pond.  The tornado continued east-northeastward snapping and
uprooting trees as it crossed CR 17.  As it approached CR 30, the
tornado reached its maximum intensity of about 135 mph.  A double-
wide manufactured home was torn from it's anchors, lofted and
tossed approximately 50 yards across the road, causing one
fatality and 2 serious injuries.  A site-built home diagonally
across the street sustained significant roof damage and broken
glass.  A double-wide home a few hundred yards south of the first
home was split in two, with one half of the home remaining
anchored while the other half appeared to roll away.  The tornado
then crossed wooded land and pastures on either side of Big Brush
Creek, before crossing CR 21, snapping and uprooting numerous
trees along the road.  Similar but less consistent damage
continued as it crossed Raspberry and Hubbard Roads before moving
over inaccessible woods and pastures along Five Mile Creek.  The
tornado continued to weaken as it crossed AL HWY 69 near Harper
Hill, causing only sporadic tree damage.  Based on radar data the
tornado quickly dissipated past this point and may have continued
a few hundred yards into woods somewhere between Harper Hills
Road and CR 31.


..Tornado 3: Low Gap Tornado (Hale, Bibb, and Tuscaloosa Counties)...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    125 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.08 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   400 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             02/03/2022
Start Time:             02:31 PM CST
Start Location:         3 ENE Phipps / Hale County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.9401 / -87.4512

End Date:               02/03/2022
End Time:               02:42 PM CST
End Location:           3 NNW Low Gap / Tuscaloosa County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            33.0309 / -87.405

Survey Summary:
The tornado started just southwest of Eagle Drive off of
CR49 where there is notable tree damage. The tornado crossed
CR49 just north of the intersection with Eagle Drive where it
uprooted a few trees and tore some sheet metal from the roof of a
barn. The tornado then crossed CR721 west of Low Gap where
widespread tree damage occurred. It continued onward, crossing
CR707 with trees down that had been blocking the. The tornado
track ended just across Lake Payne Road north of the fork with
Shiloh Fire Tower Loop Road.


.Tornado #4: Possum Trot Tornado (Elmore County)...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.13 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             02/03/2022
Start Time:             05:02 PM CST
Start Location:         2 WNW Holtville / Elmore County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.6449 / -86.3553

End Date:               02/03/2022
End Time:               05:05 PM CST
End Location:           2 SW Weoka Mills / Elmore County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.6659 / -86.3292

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado occurred just northeast of Deatsville on the
western side of the Coosa River in Elmore County. The tornado
began near Highway 111 and Todd Road where large branches and a
pine tree were downed. The tornado approached the south side of
the lake, crossing the western end of Shady Nook Drive where
additional timber damage occurred. The path crossed over two
homes at Shady Nook Drive, but no structural damage was seen. A
swath of uprooted and some snapped trees were observed along the
north side of the lake, from the water's edge northeastward to
Possum Trot Road. The last area of damage occurred at the end of
Marina Road along the Coosa River where a couple metal carports
were tossed and some tree damage was noted.


.Griffin Hall Road Tornado (Elmore County)...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    70 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.20 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             02/03/2022
Start Time:             05:33 PM CST
Start Location:         1 WSW Martin Dam / Elmore County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.6722 / -85.9251

End Date:               02/03/2022
End Time:               05:33 PM CST
End Location:           1 WSW Martin Dam / Elmore County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.6743 / -85.9228

Survey Summary:
A brief EF-0 tornado affected Griffin Hall Road near Red Hill in
Elmore County. Several trees were downed. One home suffered
damage from a fallen tree. One home had some shingle loss. One
outbuilding had metal paneling blown off and another had its roof
lofted toward the south. A faint TDS was also noted on radar.
Farther southwest along the track of the rotation, damage was
absent except toward Newman Road where some trees were downed,
seemingly related to a wind surging into the backside of the
storm.


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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

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