Severe Weather in South Alabama 10/22/07

[beachbum_al]

Looks tonight is going to be a bumping night in the Southeast. Mobile has had several tornado warning and one confirmed touchdown. MS is having their share of bad weather too.

Links to local stations down here with info and pictures.

http://wkrg.com/

[RL3AO]

[Brent]

Up in West Central Alabama now.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1141 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

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..REMARKS..

1052 PM TSTM WND DMG NEWBERN 32.59N 87.54W
10/22/2007 HALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 1 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 16. 15 HOUSES DAMAGED…3 TRAILERS
OVERTURNED…NUMEROUS DOWNED POWER LINES. POSSIBLE
TORNADO.

[SamSagnella]

Four tornadoes have so far been confirmed across the state of Alabama in association with yesterday's severe weather. In addition to the tornadoes (all rated E-F1), there were numerous reports of widespread tree and powerline damage across eight central Alabama counties.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...PRELIMINARY NWS DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS OF THE SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY
TORNADO OF 22 OCTOBER 2007...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONDUCTED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
OF THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY
LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...OCTOBER 22ND.

METEOROLOGISTS FROM NWS MOBILE FOUND THAT A TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED
DOWN JUST SOUTH OF MEMORY LANE NEAR CODEN. THIS AREA WAS WHERE
MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED. A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS BROADSIDED BY
THE TORNADO AND THE HOME WAS OVERTURNED AND DEMOLISHED. ANOTHER
MANUFACTURED HOME WAS PUSHED SEVERAL FEET BY THE WINDS BUT STAYED
ANCHORED INTO THE GROUND. A SHED WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE
WINDS. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THE AREA. TREES AND
POWER LINES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. SEVEN PEOPLE TOOK REFUGE IN A
BATHTUB, FORTUNATELY THEIR HOME ONLY SUFFERED SOME SIDING AND ROOF
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTH NORTHEAST, PARALLELING
WALKER ROAD AND LIFTED JUST SOUTH OF ROY E RAY ROAD. A COUPLE OF
HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND SHEDS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED ALONG
THIS TRACK. TREES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. AT THE END OF THE TRACK OF
THE TORNADO, JUST SOUTH OF ROY E RAY ROAD, SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED
ROOF AND EAVE DAMAGE. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO DAMAGED IN
THIS AREA. A RESIDENT SAID THE TORNADO STRUCK AROUND 436 PM CDT.

THE TORNADO WAS RATED AT AN EF1 (86 TO 109 MPH) ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. THE LENGTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK WAS THREE-QUARTERS OF
A MILE AND THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 200 YARDS. THERE WERE NO
INJURIES CAUSED BY THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO DAMAGED FIFTEEN TO
TWENTY RESIDENCES WITH ONE DESTROYED AND TWO SEVERELY DAMAGED.
OTHERS SUFFERED MINIMUM TO MODERATE DAMAGE.

A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THIS STORM AT 401 PM CDT.

WKRG-TV (Mobile, AL): Storm Chasers Catch Tornado on Tape

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
856 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...NWS SENDS STORM SURVEY CREWS CONFIRM TORNADO DAMAGE IN CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED 3 TORNADOES TUESDAY AFTER
SENDING CREWS TO SURVEY DAMAGE CAUSED BY STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH
CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

IN BIBB COUNTY...SURVEY CREWS FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO WEST
OF THE TOWN OF BRENT. THE PATH IS 7.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS AT
ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND MINOR DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES, THE MAJORITY
OF WHICH WAS AT THE END OF THE TORNADO TRACK ON BEAR CREEK ROAD. THE
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH.

IN LOWNDES COUNTY...A SURVEY CREW FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO
NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAYNEVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH IS 3.25 MILES
LONG AND 100 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND DAMAGE AT MT.
OLIVE CHURCH AND THE AUXILIARY MT. OLIVE CHURCH ON FREDERICK
DOUGLASS ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 80...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYNEVILLE. A WING OF THE AUXILIARY CHURCH HAD ITS ENTIRE ROOF
BLOWN OFF. MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. THE
TORNADO CROSSED U.S. HWY 80 ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LOWNESDBORO...AND
THEN CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 37 JUST NORTH OF HWY 80...BEFORE
DISSIPATING. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE
ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH IN THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH AREA.

IN HALE COUNTY...SURVEY CREWS FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO NEAR
THE TOWN OF NEWBERN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 9.4 MILES LONG AND 50
YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD
12...ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF LANEVILLE...AND ENDED ON COUNTY ROAD
24...1/2 MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 61 AND
COUNTY ROAD 24. APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE...11 OF
THOSE SEVERELY DAMAGED...ONE AIRPLANE HANGER SEVERELY DAMAGED...
ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. IN ADDITION...
20 VEHICLES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROAD 10 AND DODGE CITY ROAD.
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JBW

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            ..REMARKS..

1052 PM TORNADO NEWBERN 32.59N 87.54W
10/22/2007 F1 HALE AL NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ *** A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM SURVEYED THE AREA
            AND FOUND A PATH LENGTH OF 9.4 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 50
            YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. OVER 20 HOMES AND 20
            CARS WERE DAMAGED. ONE AIRPLANE HANGER DAMAGED. DAMAGE
            WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 12...COUNTY ROAD 10...COUNTY ROAD
            16...AND COUNTY ROAD 24. THERE WERE TWO INJURIES.

1210 AM TORNADO BRENT 32.94N 87.18W
10/23/2007 F1 BIBB AL NWS STORM SURVEY

            A NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO JUST
            WEST OF THE TOWN OF BRENT. THE PATH WAS 7.5 MILES LONG
            AND 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS LARGEST POINT. MINOR DAMAGE TO
            3 HOMES WAS FOUND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AS WELL AS POWER
            LINES AROUND THE BEAR CREEK ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 5.

0134 AM TORNADO 5 NE HAYNEVILLE 32.23N 86.52W
10/23/2007 F1 LOWNDES AL NWS STORM SURVEY

            A SURVEY CREW FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO NORTHEAST
            OF THE TOWN OF HAYNEVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH IS 3.25 MILES
            LONG AND 100 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND
            DAMAGE AT MT. OLIVE CHURCH AND THE AUXILIARY MT. OLIVE
            CHURCH ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS ROAD...ABOUT 5 MILES
            NORTHEAST OF HAYNEVILLE. MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
            IN THE SAME AREA. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
            TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH IN THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH
            AREA.


[baygirl_1]

It was wild around here Monday. My sister lives not far from where the tornado hit in the Coden area on Monday afternoon. Here's a link to pictures of the damage from the tornado:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/102207Tor/damage.shtml

[TnTornado]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5bSD5ueRsg

Here is a video of the Tornado I put on you tube. I'm a meteorology major at the University of South Alabama and the intercept team and I were lucky to catch this on video. (Larger view than above wkrg video). Notice the power flashes. About 20 seconds after the video ends another tornado forms to our north (see rotating wall cloud toward the end) I'm sorry to say the batteries went died and we couldn't catch it. That is where most of the Damage was. In the video we are roughly 1/4 mile from the tornado on HWY 188.