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Huntsville, AL

Weather Forecast Office

November 10, 2002 Storm Survey

Weather.gov > Huntsville, AL > November 10, 2002 Storm Survey
 

Severe Weather Setup
Surface Analysis at 7 AM on 11/10/2002. Surface Analysis at 7 AM on 11/11/2002.
 

Strong Dynamics/Winds Aloft

500 MB Flow

850 MB Flow
Radar/Watch Summary
Composite Radar Imagery at 6:32 PM. Composite Rdar Imagery at 7:00 PM.
Composite Radar Imagery at 802 PM. Composite Radar Imagery at 904 PM.
Statistics/Damage Pictures
Summary Statistics for WFO Huntsville:
  • 1 EF3 Tornado
  • Hail Reports - 4 (0.75 inches in diameter)
  • Wind Damage Reports - 4
Summary Statistics for AL:
  • 10 Tornadoes (3F3's,2 F2's, 5 F1's) 
  • Wind Damage Reports - 9
  • Hail Reports - 12 

Hail Size (Inches in  Diameter)

  • 0.75" -  8
  • 0.88" -  2
  • 1.00" -  2
Summary Statistics for TN:
  • 15 Tornadoes (2 F3's, 4 F2's, 5 F1's, 4 F0's)
  • Wind Damage Reports -  74
  • Hail Reports - 53

Hail Size (Inches in Diameter)

  • 0.75" -  19
  • 0.88" -  4
  • 1.00" -  14
  • 1.25" -  1
  • 1.75" -  13
  • 2.00" -  1
  • 2.75" -  1

 

 Location/Clickable Detailed
Summary Link

EF Scale/Max
Wind Speed  Range (mph) 

Injuries/
Fatalities

Path Length (Miles)

Path Width (Feet) 

Starting Lat/.Long

Ending Lat/.Long

Start Time/End Time

Hanceville

(Cullman County)

EF 3 / 158-206 mph

1 / 0

72.6 miles

 3525 feet

33.75/-87.75

34.15/-86.6

8:15 PM

****  This tornado began in Fayette county and traveled through Walker and Winston counties before impacting Cullman county.

 
Cullman County Tornado Damage
These pictures were taken during a damage survey in Cullman County on November 12, 2002 by NWS Huntsville personnel. (The actual tornado struck the area on November 10.) The tornado entered the southwest part of Cullman County near Smith Lake and continued to the Cullman Golf Course before briefly lifting. Sporadic damage was found thereafter before the tornado dissipated near Holly Pond. The tornado was rated an F-3 at its strongest point just northwest of the town of Bremen.

 

 

      
       
       
       
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