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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
730 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
..SUMMARY OF FAY`S IMPACT ON CENTRAL ALABAMA:
TROPICAL STORM FAY FORMED FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15TH, OVER THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE STORM MOVED RATHER SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST
AND DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN ON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI.
FAY THEN TURNED NORTHWARD AND CROSSED THE WESTERN PART OF CUBA
EARLY ON MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH.
FAY THEN MADE FOUR DISTINCT LANDFALLS ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
FROM AUGUST 19TH THROUGH AUGUST 23RD. AS FAY MEANDERED SLOWLY
NORTHWARD, RAINFALL AMOUNTS ADDED UP QUICKLY. MEASUREMENTS OF 10 TO
20 INCHES WERE COMMON WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30
INCHES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES ALSO AFFECTED THE PENINSULA
DURING THIS TIME.
FAY BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT ENTERED FAR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24TH. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA
FROM FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND THROUGH TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. RAIN AMOUNTS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WERE COMMON WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS JUST OVER 10
INCHES.
FAY FINALLY EXITED NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO THE APPALACHIANS EARLY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH. FAY THEN DISSIPATED THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH
OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY.
BELOW ARE THE FIVE DAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED FROM FRIDAY AUGUST
22, 2008 AT 7 AM THROUGH WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2008 AT 7 AM. THE RAIN
FELL IN ASSOCIATION WITH FAY`S REMNANTS. A MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAIN
FELL ON TWO DAYS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD AND ON MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
THESE REPORTS ARE SORTED BY COUNTY. THESE REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND
HAVE NOT BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED;
COUNTY LOCATION TOTAL RAINFALL (INCHES)
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AUTAUGA 1.1 NNE PRATTVILLE 11.53
BARBOUR 0.2 SSW CLIO 10.27
BARBOUR 1.0 SSE EUFAULA 9.99
BIBB 4.8 SSW WILTON 6.52
BLOUNT 6.7 NE SPRINGVILLE 8.58
BLOUNT 5.3 SSW SPRINGVILLE 7.90
BLOUNT 5.1 SW CLEVELAND 6.63
BULLOCK 0.2 N UNION SPRINGS 6.90
CALHOUN 1.6 W WEAVER 6.67
CALHOUN 1.6 NNE JACKSONVILLE 5.54
CALHOUN ANNISTON METRO AP (ANB) 7.02
CHAMBERS 0.4 NNW VALLEY 11.87
CHEROKEE 6.9 SSE MENTONE 6.39
CHILTON 2.6 NNW CLANTON 7.56
CLAY ASHLAND COOP 7.89
CLEBURNE HEFLIN COOP 6.41
COOSA 10 SW ALEXANDER CITY 9.81
COOSA 9.2 S SYLACAUGA 6.19
DALLAS 1.5 WSW SELMA 6.19
ELMORE 9.9 NNE WETUMPKA 10.98
ELMORE 5.2 SW ECLECTIC 9.45
ELMORE 5.0 SE WETUMPKA 9.40
ETOWAH GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AP (GAD) 6.19
ETOWAH NOCCALULA FALLS 10.54
ETOWAH SCROUGEOUT 9.27
FAYETTE 6.4 S WINFIELD 3.48
GREENE GAINESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 4.10
HALE 1.9 NNW MOUNDVILLE 3.62
JEFFERSON RUSSET WOODS SUBDIVISION 10.80
JEFFERSON 2.3 SW TRUSSVILLE 9.54
JEFFERSON 0.5 SE PINSON 8.94
JEFFERSON 1.7 SE MOUNTAIN BROOK 8.25
JEFFERSON BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AP (BHM) 7.28
JEFFERSON PINSON COOP 8.56
LAMAR 4.1 SSE VERNON 4.16
LEE 0.6 ENE AUBURN 6.34
LEE PITTS FIELD 5.51
LOWNDES RF HENRY L AND D 5.72
MARENGO DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM 6.94
MARION 1.1 NW GUIN 2.48
MONTGOMERY 4.0 ENE MONTGOMERY 7.58
MONTGOMERY 4.0 ESE MONTGOMERY 6.25
MONTGOMERY DANNELLY FIELD (MGM) 5.72
PERRY UNIONTOWN COOP 5.92
PICKENS 9.4 WSW ALICEVILLE 5.20
PIKE 1.5 ESE TROY 9.57
PIKE TROY MUNICIPAL AP (TOI) 8.14
RANDOLPH 1.4 NE ROANOKE 6.01
RUSSELL 13.2 SSW LADONIA 7.06
RUSSELL 2.2 NNW PHENIX CITY 6.33
ST. CLAIR 4.5 ENE ODENVILLE 8.88
ST. CLAIR 2.0 ESE MOODY 7.85
SHELBY 5.8 ENE LAKE PURDY 11.22
SHELBY 1.7 E MEADOWBROOK 10.50
SHELBY 3.5 NNW CALERA 9.73
SHELBY 1.6 SSE ALABASTER 8.40
SHELBY SHELBY COUNTY AP (EET) 8.88
SUMTER 1.2 S LIVINGSTON 4.32
TALLADEGA 2.8 SSE BON AIR 6.98
TALLADEGA 7.0 NE VINCENT 6.52
TALLAPOOSA 2.7 S ALEXANDER CITY 7.61
TALLAPOOSA 3.1 N ALEXANDER CITY 6.70
TALLAPOOSA ALEXANDER CITY (ALX) 5.81
TUSCALOOSA 0.5 SSE LAKEVIEW 5.25
TUSCALOOSA TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AP (TCL) 3.57
WALKER 2.8 SW JASPER 4.74
WINSTON LYNN 5.25
CENTRAL ALABAMA HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A DROUGHT OVER THE PAST
FEW YEARS. AREA RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS WERE RUNNING AT 10 TO
20 PERCENT OF NORMAL BEFORE THE TROPICAL RAINFALL OCCURRED. ALTHOUGH
RAIN AMOUNTS WERE QUITE SIGNIFICANT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA, FLASH
FLOODING WAS VERY LIMITED AND MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING WAS NOT A
LARGE PROBLEM. THE CATOMA CREEK IN MONTGOMERY JUST TOPPED FLOOD
STAGE AND PRODUCED ONLY MINOR FLOODING. SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS
TOPPED CAUTION STAGES, BUT NO FLOODING WAS OBSERVED. LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH RAIN RATES AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES AN HOUR, WAS
OBSERVED IN SEVERAL SPOTS. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED QUITE A BIT OF
NUISANCE FLOODING AREAWIDE. SOME FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED NEAR TROY
(PIKE COUNTY), NEAR EUFAULA (BARBOUR COUNTY), NEAR ALABASTER (SHELBY
COUNTY), NEAR TALLADEGA (TALLADEGA COUNTY), NEAR SPRINGVILLE (ST.
CLAIR), AND NEAR BESSEMER AND NEAR PINSON (JEFFERSON COUNTY).
AS TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD, MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THE LOWER BOUND WINDS MAY
HAVE KNOCKED DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND TREES DUE TO THE DROUGHT
RELATED STRESS ON THE TREES COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
COUNTIES THAT REPORTED TREE DAMAGE INCLUDED BARBOUR, LEE, PIKE,
DALLAS, LOWNDES, MONTGOMERY, RUSSELL, AUTAUGA, SUMTER, ETOWAH,
JEFFERSON, AND BLOUNT.
PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING 11 TORNADOES OCCURRED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH FAY`S REMNANTS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH MORE
LOCATIONS THAT NEED FURTHER EVALUATION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
TORNADOES WERE PRODUCED IN BANDING FEATURES ON MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
THE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXHIBITED LITTLE IF ANY LIGHTING
AT ALL. MANY OF THE TORNADO OCCURRENCES WERE OBSERVED BY SEVERAL
WITNESSES AND CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND FILM. THE TIMES LISTED ARE
APPROXIMATED;
TORNADO 1...AROUND 640 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 70
MPH)...WINSTON COUNTY IN ARLEY. THIS BRIEF TORNADO WAS CAPTURED
ON VIDEO IN ARLEY. SEVERAL STREET SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN. ONE SIGN
WAS BLOWN INTO A POWER POLE SNAPPING THE POLE. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 2...AROUND 214 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 65
MPH)...ELMORE COUNTY NEAR EMERALD MOUNTAIN. STORM SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOLLOWED A ROTATING STORM THAT
DROPPED A BRIEF TORNADO. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 3...AROUND 216 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 65
MPH)...ELMORE COUNTY NEAR THE COOSA AND ELMORE COUNTY LINE ALONG
THE COOSA RIVER. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
FOLLOWED A ROTATING STORM THAT DROPPED A BRIEF TORNADO. NO DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG
AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 4...815 AM - 830 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND
75 MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR NEEDMORE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF NEEDMORE ROAD AND PIKE COUNTY ROAD 7749. THE
TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO NEEDMORE
ROAD...AND LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MINOR DAMAGE TO A ROOF OF
A HOME. AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. AN AWNING OF A BARN HOUSING
A TRACTOR WAS DESTROYED WITH SUPPORTS TOSSED AROUND 100 FEET...WITH
PART OF AWNING TOSSED 100 FEET ALSO. AROUND ONE DOZEN HARDWOOD TREES
SNAPPED ALOFT OR LOSS OF LIMBS. INSULATION FROM HOME FOUND 6 TO 8
MILES NORTH OF THE HOME. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILES
LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 5...820 AM - 830 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 PEAK WINDS AROUND
80 MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR NEEDMORE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
2/10 MILE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NEEDMORE ROAD AND PIKE COUNTY
ROAD 7749. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...ROUGHLY
PARALLEL TO NEEDMORE ROAD...AND LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MINOR
TO MAJOR DAMAGE TO TWO CHICKEN COOPS. A FEW HARDWOOD TREES
WERE SNAPPED ALOFT. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.2 MILES LONG
AND WAS 75 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 6...1110 AM - 1120 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF1(PEAK WINDS AROUND
90 MPH)...ST. CLAIR COUNTY NEAR ST. CLAIR SPRINGS. THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE SAINT CLAIR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
FROM THERE IT MOVED NORTHWEST..ACROSS AL-23 AND INTERSTATE 59...TO
JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AL-23 AND US-11. A FEW STRUCTURES
HAD MINOR DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES. OTHERWISE...DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY
SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH
WAS 3.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 7...1122 AM - 1124 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS AROUND
90 MPH)...BLOUNT COUNTY NEAR INLAND LAKE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE ON THE EASTERN END OF INLAND LAKE...DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE LAKE FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED
NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE LAKE...ACROSS THE BOAT LAUNCH AREA...AND
LIFTED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF THERE JUST OFF OF BOAT
LANDING ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...TWO STRUCTURES
SUSTAINED LIGHT DAMAGE AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 60 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 8...1200 PM -1215 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF2 (PEAK WINDS 110-120
MPH)...CLEBURNE COUNTY NEAR FIVE POINTS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON
US-431 ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH AL-281. THE
TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHWESTWARD...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF US-431...
AND LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING AL-281. ONE GAS STATION/CONVENIENCE
STORE AND ONE AUTO BODY SHOP WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED...AND 100-200
TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
LENGTH WAS 0.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 400 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
POINT.
TORNADO 9...1200 PM - 1215 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 90
MPH)...CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR THE SUGAR VALLEY SUBDIVISION. A BRIEF EF-1
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS FOUND IN THE SUGAR VALLEY SUBDIVISION...JUST
OFF AL-22 IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF CALHOUN COUNTY. ONE HOUSE
WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
POINT.
TORNADO 10...1216 PM - 1217 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS 90-100
MPH)...CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR CHOCCOLOCCO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON
CROSS CREEK ROAD...JUST EAST OF CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD...
AND LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD AND COBB ROAD.
ONE AUTO SHOP WAS DESTROYED...TWO HOUSES SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE...
ONE HOME HAD LIGHT DAMAGE...AND 50-100 TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR
WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 1.1 MILES LONG AND
WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
TORNADO 11...550 PM - 600 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 75
MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR ENON. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND LIFTED
NEAR ENON...ON COUNTY ROAD 6649. SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE
UPROOTED. SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS OF PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF WITH
ONE PINE TREE SNAPPED OFF ALOFT. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS
0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 25 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
DISCLAIMER...ALL INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT SHOULD BE LOOKED ON AS
PRELIMINARY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THESE DATA MAY BE CHANGED WHEN A MORE
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
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75/LINHARES
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