July, 14th, 2015: LaGrange EF0 Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
721 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/14/2015 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1

.LAGRANGE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JULY 14 2015
START TIME:             618 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         POPLAR CREEK LOOP WEST OF COUNTY LINE ROAD
START LAT/LON:          34.6032/-87.5256

END DATE:               JULY 14 2015
END TIME:               623 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           CR 136 WEST OF CR 135
END LAT/LON:            34.5813/-87.4871

SURVEY_SUMMARY:

SURVEYED BY: A TORNADO TOUCHED TOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
COLBERT COUNTY IN THE LAGRANGE COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE SAME PARENT
CIRCULATION THAT PRODUCED THE SHEFFIELD/TUSCUMBIA TORNADO. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG POPLAR CREEK LOOP WEST OF CR 48 (COUNTY
LINE ROAD). HERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD LARGE SECTION OF
BRANCHES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST CROSSING
COUNTY LINE ROAD. DAMAGE TO MAINLY SOFTWOOD TREES WAS NOTED ALONG
WOLF SPRINGS ROAD AS THE TORNADO STRADDLED THE BRING CROSSING
INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OVER STILLHOUSE
HOLLOW BEFORE PRODUCING MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG COUNTY ROADS
135 AND 136. IT APPEARS AS IF THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

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.