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Hurricane Rita
UPDATED FOR ADDITIONAL 6 TORNADOES
...HURRICANE RITA REMNANTS...MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY PRODUCE
TORNADOES ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA...
THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA...WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE...SATURATED
LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS...AND INSTABILITY ALL COMBINED TO PRODUCE
SEVERAL TORNADOES IN AN NARROW BAND ACROSS WEST AND NORTHWEST
ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME...15 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS ON SUNDAY...SEPTEMBER
25. AT THIS TIME...ONLY TWO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THE TORNADO ACTIVITY. THESE INJURIES OCCURRED IN THE BUHL COMMUNITY
OF WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. MANY OF THESE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
CAPTURED ON FILM OR VIDEO.
TOTAL TORNADOES..........21
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY........10...3 F1`S AND 7 F0`S
PICKENS COUNTY...........2....2 F0`s
GREENE COUNTY............2....1 F1 AND 1 F0
WINSTON COUNTY...........3....1 F1 AND 2 F0`S
SUMTER COUNTY............1....1 F0
LAMAR COUNTY.............2....1 F1 AND 1 F0
FAYETTE COUNTY...........2....1 F1 AND 1 F0
MARION COUNTY............1....1 F1
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED IF ANY NEW INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.
TORNADO 1...(101 PM) LAMAR COUNTY
STORM SPOTTERS WITNESSED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN JUST
WEST OF CROSSVILLE. THE F0 TORNADO OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY
TO THE NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 18...JUST EAST OF HUDSON
ROAD. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED A FEW TREES
ALONG THE SHORT PATH. NO STRUCTURES WERE AFFECTED. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.1 MILES LONG AND 25 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
LAMAR COUNTY FROM 1116 AM TO 1215 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS
IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 2...(130 PM) MARION COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE
DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY AND DETERMINED THE
DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN JUST NORTH OF THE FAYETTE-MARION COUNTY LINE NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 69 AND COUNTY ROAD 27.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHWARD AND CROSSED COUNTY ROAD
27 A FEW TIMES. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST AS IT CROSSED
US 43/78 APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD.
THE DAMAGE WAS NOT INITIALLY REPORTED TO COUNTY OFFICIALS
OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TECHNICIAN WORKING ON
THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER AT WINFIELD NOTICED THE
DAMAGE WHILE SERVICING THE RADIO. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SNAPPED OFF OR BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO. THE TORNADO PRODUCED ONLY VERY LIGHT TREE DAMAGE
NEAR THE END OF THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY AN
OUTER BAND OF HURRICANE RITA. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS
2.5 MILES LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 3...(204 PM TO 212 PM) PICKENS COUNTY
AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE COCHRANE RECREATION
AREA ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER. THE WEAK TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST...CROSSED THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND LIFTED BEFORE
ENTERING THE CITY OF ALICEVILLE. THE TORNADO AFFECTED
MANY RURAL OPEN COUNTRYSIDE. SEVERAL TREES ALONG THE
PATH HAD THEIR TOPS SNAPPED OFF. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
WAS 5.2 MILES LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS
COUNTY FROM 147 PM TO 300 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 4...(222 PM TO 233 PM) LAMAR AND FAYETTE COUNTIES
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST OUTSIDE KENNEDY...WEST OF
COUNTY ROAD 2. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD AND
CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 2 AND COBB ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE
DOWNED...ONE TREE LANDED ON A HOME AND ONE BARN SUSTAINED
DAMAGE IN THIS AREA NEAR KENNEDY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST AND REMAINED BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 96 AND THE
COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED IN RURAL EASTERN
LAMAR COUNTY AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO FAYETTE COUNTY WHERE IT
CONTINUED TO SNAP OFF NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. THE
TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED HARMONY ROAD...COUNTY ROAD
1...COUNTY ROAD 4...ANTIOCH ROAD...AND COUNTY ROAD 6. THE
TORNADO LIFTED EAST OF BELK IN THE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE. AT
LEAST ONE CHURCH...ONE HOME...AND ONE MOBILE HOME
SUSTAINED DAMAGE SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BELK. THE TOTAL
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 6.2 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
LAMAR COUNTY FROM 215 PM TO 230 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS
IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY FROM 205 PM TO 245 PM. A
TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 5...(254 PM TO 255 PM) WINSTON COUNTY
AN FO TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 8
NORTHWEST OF THE BLACK POND COMMUNITY. THIS LOCATION IS
SOUTHEAST OF DOUBLE SPRINGS. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH. THE UNION GROVE
FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.75 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT
FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 6...(255 PM TO 257 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF COOPER ROAD AND
ROBERTSON ROAD NEAR DUNN CREEK. THE TORNADO TRAVELED JUST
EAST OF NORTH AND CROSSED ROBERTSON ROAD. AT LEAST TWO
HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OUT-BUILDINGS AND
BARNS WERE DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR
UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.6
MILES LONG AND 80 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A
TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM
243 PM UNTIL 345 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT
FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 7...(257 PM TO 302 PM) WINSTON COUNTY
AN F1 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 89 SOUTH
OF THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST
AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 278. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND THE HIGHWAY WAS TEMPORARILY
CLOSED. ONE MOBILE HOME HAD ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF. A FEW
OUT-BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS
2.5 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A
TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY FROM
300 PM UNTIL 345 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT
FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 8...(300 PM) FAYETTE COUNTY
STORM SPOTTERS WITNESSED A BRIEF F0 TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
JUST NORTH OF THE HUBBERTVILLE, JUST WEST OF STATE
HIGHWAY 129. THE TORNADO AFFECTED RURAL COUNTRYSIDE AND
LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO PATH WAS LESS
THAN 0.1 MILES LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE. A TORNADO WARNING
WAS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY FROM 241 PM TO 330 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700
PM.
TORNADO 9...(305 PM TO 306 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF MORMON ROAD JUST
TO THE NORTH OF NORTHSIDE ROAD. THE TORNADO CROSSED
MORMON ROAD WHERE AT LEAST TWO HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF
DAMAGE. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG
THE PATH. THIS TORNADO WAS PRODUCED BY THE SAME STORM
THAT INITIATED THE TORNADO ON ROBERTSON ROAD. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.75 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS
WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT
FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 243 PM UNTIL 345 PM. A TORNADO
WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 10..(306 PM) WINSTON COUNTY
A BRIEF F0 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 17 JUST
EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 13. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF A FEW
TREE TOPS AND KNOCKED A FEW POWER LINES DOWN. THE TORNADO
DAMAGE PATH WAS 0.5 MILES LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON
COUNTY FROM 300 PM UNTIL 345 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 11..(339 PM) PICKENS COUNTY
STORM SPOTTERS IN WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY REPORTED A
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS
COUNTY NEAR THE TUSCALOOSA COUNTY LINE. THE F0 TORNADO
AFFECTED ONLY RURAL COUNTRYSIDE BUT A FEW TREES WERE
DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 1/4 OF A MILE LONG AND 25
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN
EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY FROM 314 PM UNTIL 345 PM. A
TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 12..(354 PM TO 355 PM) GREENE AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES
STORM SPOTTERS IN WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY OBSERVED
ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR THE SIPSEY RIVER. THE
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SIPSEY SWAMP IN
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY AND IN FAR WESTERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF A FEW TREES
ALONG THE SHORT PATH. THE F0 TORNADO PATH WAS 0.3 MILES
LONG AND 25 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO
WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY FROM 354 PM UNTIL
400 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY FROM 345 PM UNTIL 445 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 13..(355 PM TO 417 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
THE F1 TORNADO STARTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 140 JUST EAST OF
ELROD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ALONG THE SIPSEY
RIVER BASIN AND CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 21, STATE HIGHWAY 171
AND LIFTED EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 35. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE SIPSEY RIVER. THE
DAMAGE PATH WAS 13.8 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 345 PM UNTIL 445 PM. A TORNADO
WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 14..(405 PM TO 417 PM) **2 INJURIES** TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
THE F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 19
NEAR CORNELIUS CHURCH ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE BUHL
COMMUNITY. AT LEAST 3 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 2
SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE, AND 4 OTHERS HAD MINOR DAMAGE ON
MCALLISTER ROAD. TWO MALE OCCUPANTS OF A MOBILE HOME WERE
INJURED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN ALONG THE 6.7 MILE
PATH. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY FROM 345 PM UNTIL 445 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 15..(419 PM TO 426 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
THE F0 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF LAKE LURLEEN ROAD
NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LAKE. THE TORNADO DOWNED
NUMEROUS TREES AS IT CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 171. THE
HIGHWAY WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. THE TORNADO LIFTED
NORTHEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 171. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
WAS 5.8 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY FROM 345 PM UNTIL 445 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 16..(424 PM TO 431 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
AN FO TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 171 AND RUE
ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED US
HIGHWAY 43 BEFORE IT LIFTED NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE
TUSCALOOSA. AT LEAST ONE HOME SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND
SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO
DAMAGE PATH WAS 5 MILES LONG AND 60 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 345 PM UNTIL 445 PM. A TORNADO
WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 17..(537 PM TO 546 PM) GREENE COUNTY
AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 20
NEAR TRUSSELLS CREEK. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST ROUGHLY
PARALLEL TO TRUSSELLS CREEK AND LIFTED BEFORE THE TOWN OF
CLINTON. THE TORNADO PRIMARILY AFFECTED RURAL COUNTRYSIDE
IN WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY. THE TORNADO DID PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH AS HUNDREDS OF
TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 6 MILES LONG AND 250 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
GREENE COUNTY FROM 537 PM TO 600 PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS
IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 18..(552 PM TO 553 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
AN FO TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN
BUHL AND ROMULUS. THE TORNADO DAMAGED AT LEAST 3 HOMES
AND SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL TREES NEAR SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD.
THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS RURAL
COUNTRYSIDE. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.2 MILES LONG
AND 60 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING
WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 525 PM UNTIL 630
PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700
PM.
TORNADO 19..(559 PM TO 606 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
AN F1 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD
AND MOVED DUE NORTH. THE TORNADO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED
SEVERAL HOMES NEAR SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD AND SIPSEY LANE.
THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS
IN BUHL SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE 4.8 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO
WAS 125 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A TORNADO WARNING
WAS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 525 PM UNTIL 630
PM. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700
PM.
TORNADO 20..(614 PM) TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
A VERY WEAK F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTHERN
END OF LAKE LURLEEN. THE SHORT LIVED TORNADO WAS VISIBLE
TO MANY PEOPLE AND WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO. THE TORNADO
PULLED A SMALL AMOUNT WATER OUT OF THE LAKE AND DAMAGED A
FEW TREES. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 0.1 MILES LONG AND 10
YARDS WIDE. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 525 PM UNTIL 630 PM. A TORNADO
WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1105 AM UNTIL 700 PM.
TORNADO 21..(942 PM TO 946 PM) SUMTER COUNTY
AN FO TORNADO AFFECTED THE COATOPA COMMUNITY IN
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 28 AND COUNTY ROAD 23.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED MUNDY ROAD
SEVERAL TIMES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE
PATH. A FEW DOWNED TREES DAMAGED VEHICLES AND MOBILE
HOMES. THE PATH WAS 2.8 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. A
TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 650 PM UNTIL 200 AM.
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