Preliminary Local Storm Reports
Thursday, March 26, 2009
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
352 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM TORNADO 3 WNW ASHCRAFT CORNER 33.54N 87.95W
03/26/2009 F1 LAMAR AL NWS STORM SURVEY
A STORM SURVEY BY NWS EMPLOYEES CONFIRMED THAT AN EF1
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PORTION
OF LAMAR COUNTY AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD UNTIL LIFTING
IN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ALABAMA
HIGHWAY 159 AND SUMMERS ROAD. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED, ONE
BUSINESS WAS DAMAGED AND FIVE OUTBUILDINGS WERE EITHER
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH,
THE PATH LENGTH WAS 3 1/3 MILES AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AT
ITS WIDEST POINT.
0330 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW FAYETTE 33.63N 87.91W
03/26/2009 FAYETTE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME ON BRAZAEL RD AND ANOTHER HOME
ON JUNKINS RD...EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION.
0345 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE WARD 32.39N 88.26W
03/26/2009 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN AND CR 9 NEAR THE MISSION COMMUNITY...WINDS
ESTIMATED 50 MPH.
0345 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE WARD 32.39N 88.26W
03/26/2009 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON CR 9 NEAR THE MISSION COMMUNITY...WINDS
ESTIMATED 50 MPH.
0345 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE WARD 32.39N 88.26W
03/26/2009 SUMTER AL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON CR 9 NEAR THE MISSION COMMUNITY...WINDS
ESTIMATED 50 MPH.
0407 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 S OAKMAN 33.68N 87.39W
03/26/2009 WALKER AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 69 NEAR BLUE WATER TRACE RD.
0415 AM TSTM WND DMG PARRISH 33.73N 87.28W
03/26/2009 WALKER AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN THE
CITY.
0435 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SSE ALTOONA 34.00N 86.32W
03/26/2009 ETOWAH AL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON WARRIOR VALLEY RD
AND MOODY CHAPEL RD...TIME ESTIMATED.
0450 AM TORNADO 3 SW ALABASTER 33.21N 86.86W
03/26/2009 F0 SHELBY AL NWS STORM SURVEY
NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.THREE HOMES DAMAGED
FROM FALLING TREES.
0505 AM TSTM WND GST 2 N CALERA 33.13N 86.75W
03/26/2009 E55.00 MPH SHELBY AL NWS STORM SURVEY
LARGE MOVEABLE AGGREGATE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM PUSHED PAST
EMERGENCY STOP CAUSING SUPERSTRUCTURE TO BUCKLE AND
COLLAPSE.
0505 AM TSTM WND DMG HELENA 33.29N 86.85W
03/26/2009 SHELBY AL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROY DR AND WAGE ST.
0506 AM TSTM WND DMG ALABASTER 33.25N 86.82W
03/26/2009 SHELBY AL NWS EMPLOYEE
A STORM SURVEY BY NWS EMPLOYEES CONFIRMED THAT A EF0
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF KENT DAIRY
ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 17 JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF
MAYLENE. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EASTWARD CREATING SPORADIC
DAMAGE UNTIL IT LIFTED JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65.
NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND THREE HOMES
WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLEN TREES. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT
75 MPH, THE PATH LENGTH WAS 3 3/4 MILES AND THE PATH
WIDTH WAS 35 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
0512 AM TSTM WND DMG ALABASTER 33.25N 86.82W
03/26/2009 SHELBY AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME ON 5TH AVE SE.
0520 AM HAIL 6 NNW CHELSEA 33.40N 86.67W
03/26/2009 E0.25 INCH SHELBY AL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED IN THE EAGLE POINT COMMUNITY.
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG BIRMINGHAM 33.53N 86.80W
03/26/2009 JEFFERSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
18 WHEELER OVERTURNED ON INTERSTATE 65 IN
DOWNTOWN...WINDS ESTIMATED 50 TO 55 MPH.
0544 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE GADSDEN 33.99N 85.99W
03/26/2009 ETOWAH AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON GARMON RD...WHORTEN BEND
RD...AND RIVER CLIFF DR.
0548 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE GADSDEN 34.01N 86.00W
03/26/2009 ETOWAH AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON E CHERRY ST.
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