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Supercell Thunderstorms - March 13, 2006
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
423 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006
...TWO SUPERCELLS PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
TWO SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA...FROM APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM. SUPERCELLS ARE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXHIBIT STRONG UPDRAFTS AND CONTAIN PERSISTENT
ROTATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE TYPICALLY THE MOST DAMAGING AND
CAN PRODUCE STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. A
BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED BEHIND THESE SUPERCELLS...BUT
THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MAINLY PEA SIZED HAIL AND A BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOUR. SUPERCELL 1 STARTED IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHERE IT
PRODUCED AT LEAST FOUR TORNADOES IN MONTGOMERY...WEBSTER...AND CLAY
COUNTIES. THE STORM THEN ENTERED LAMAR COUNTY NEAR SULLIGENT...AND
DISSIPATED IN ETOWAH COUNTY NEAR RAINBOW CITY. SUPERCELL 1 ALSO
PRODUCED TWO WEAK TORNADOES IN CULLMAN COUNTY. SUPERCELL 2 FORMED IN
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ENTERED LAMAR COUNTY NEAR MILLPORT AND
DISSIPATED IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY NEAR MOODY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF
WESTERN AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AT 2:05 PM AND WAS VALID UNTIL 8:00
PM. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR NORTH AND EAST ALABAMA FROM
5:55 PM AND WAS VALID UNTIL 11:00 PM. ALL LOCATIONS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 WERE INCLUDED IN A TORNADO WATCH AT SOME POINT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS PERFORMED GROUND AND AERIAL
SURVEYS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. GENERALLY MINOR DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN
SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. NO MAJOR DAMAGE OR
INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.
VIEW LOCAL STORM REPORTS...HERE
8 TORNADOES OCCURRED WITH THESE 2 SUPERCELLS.
LAMAR COUNTY...VIEW PICTURES AND MAPS HERE
...SUPERCELL 1 MOVED ACROSS THE ALABAMA STATE LINE INTO
LAMAR COUNTY. AT 4:06 PM...AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY
4 MILES FROM THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND ONE AND ONE HALF
MILES SOUTH OF SULLIGENT LAKE. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD
WHERE IT PARTIALLY DAMAGED TWO BARN ROOFS ALONG ITS PATH. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. THE TORNADO DAMGE PATH WAS LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE SUPERCELL HAD A FUNNEL CLOUD OR WALL CLOUD DURING ITS LIFE ACROSS
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY BUT NO EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS
DISCOVERED.
SUPERCELL 2 PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR KENNEDY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 17 AND STATE HIGHWAY 96, ABOUT
1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENNEDY. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED
COUNTY ROAD 49 BEFORE IT LIFTED JUST EAST OF HOWELL ROAD AND STATE
HIGHWAY 96. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM 515 PM UNTIL 519 PM.
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE PATH AND A FEW MOBILE HOMES
SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 2.5 MILES LONG AND 75
YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
FAYETTE COUNTY...VIEW PICTURES AND MAP HERE
...SUPERCELL 1 MOVED ACROSS FAR NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY AND PRODUCED
TWO TORNADOES. AT 4:45 PM...AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR NORTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTY ABOUT 1.8 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD. THE TORNADO STARTED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 21 AND COUNTY ROAD 49...MOVED
NORTHEAST...AND ENDED NEAR US HIGHWAY 43 AND BENTON ROAD AT 4:47 PM.
ONE MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED AND SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE
DAMAGE PATH WAS 1 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
AT 4:55 PM...AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES
EAST OF GLEN ALLEN IN FAR NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. THE TORNADO
TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD WHERE IT UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS
PATH. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 65 AND COUNTY ROAD 53 BEFORE
ENDING NEAR ELDRIDGE ROAD AT 4:57 PM. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.5
MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
WALKER COUNTY...VIEW PICTURES AND MAP HERE
...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE RECEIVED AS
SUPERCELL 1 MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY. AT 5:39 PM...AN F1
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES EAST OF THE CURRY
COMMUNITY ALONG BURROWS CROSSING ROAD. THE TORNADO COMPLETELY
DESTROYED ONE BARN AND SHEET METAL WAS STREWN DOWNSTREAM OVER 300
YARDS. ONE OTHER BARN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND A FEW TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AT 5:41 PM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
BLOOMING GROVE ROAD AND DRIUMMOND ROAD. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.2
MILES LONG AND 25 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
BLOUNT COUNTY...VIEW PICTURES AND MAP HERE
...SUPERCELL 1 CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED ONE MORE BRIEF
TORNADO IN FAR WESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY. AT 6:15 PM...A BRIEF TORNADO
OCCURRED ALONG INTERSTATE 65 IN FAR NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY. THE
TORNADO WAS WITNESSED BY MANY MOTORISTS AS IT CROSSED THE HIGHWAY.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR EXIT 289 AND DAMAGED ONE MOBILE HOME
AND KNOCKED OVER SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 0.1 OF A MILE LONG AND 25 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...VIEW PICTURES AND MAP HERE
...SUPERCELL 2...STORM SPOTTERS TRACKED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND FROM NEAR COUNTY
ROAD 35 IN FAR NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY TO NEAR NEW HOPE ROAD IN
FAR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. AFTER AN IN DEPTH SEARCH, THE TORNADO
ONLY BROKE A FEW LIMBS OFF OF TREES AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE.
THE TORNADO OCCURRED FROM APPROXIMATELY 543 PM UNTIL 548 PM. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 3.4 MILES
LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
SUPERCELL 2 MOVED ACROSS FAR NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY NEAR THE FAYETTE AND WALKER COUNTY LINES. AT APPROXIMATELY
5:54 PM...AN FO TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL NORTHERN
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY JUST EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 43. THIS LOCATION IS 9.5
MILES NORTH OF SAMANTHA. THE TORNADO PRODUCED LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE. A
STORM SPOTTER CAPTURED IMAGES OF THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
PATH WAS 0.1 MILES LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TUSCALOOSA POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR THERE CONTINUED DEDICATION AND SUPPORT OF STORM EVALUATION.
FOR ADDITIONAL STORM SURVEY OR PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...VISIT THE
BIRMINGHAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX.
DAMAGE PHOTOS AND RADAR IMAGES WILL BE ADDED AS TIME PERMITS.
75/LINHARES
JONES/90
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