July, 14th, 2015: Madison EF1 Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1253 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/14/2015 TORNADO EVENT...

.MADISON COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.91 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JULY 14 2015
START TIME:             635 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         ON BEADLE LANE JUST EAST OF WALL TRIANA HWY
START LAT/LON:          34.6115/-86.7527

END DATE:               JULY 14 2015
END TIME:               637 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           ALONG HAROLD MURPHY DRIVE A QUARTER MILE WEST
                        OF ZIERDT ROAD
END LAT/LON:            34.6010/-86.7429

A TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AND TWISTED A METAL BILLBOARD SIGN. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED
SOUTHEAST INTO THE RIVER LANDING SUBDIVISION...CAUSING DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES. A MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ROOFS AND FENCES.
THIS INCLUDED MISSING SHINGLES...AND SOME GUTTERS AND SIDING WERE
PEELED BACK. OTHER DAMAGE TO SMALL PLASTIC SHEDS WAS NOTED AND
LARGE PORTIONS OF FENCES WERE DESTROYED AND LOFTED INTO SURROUNDING
HOMES. NO DAMAGE TO TREES WAS NOTED BECAUSE THIS WAS A FAIRLY NEW
SUBDIVISION.

SURVEYED BY: DARDEN/KULA/STUMPF/MURPHY

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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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