[SARC] SUMMARY OF FAY'S IMPACT ON CENTRAL ALABAMA
John Brown
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Fri Aug 29 08:48:26 CDT 2008
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> PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
> 730 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
>
> ...SUMMARY OF FAY'S IMPACT ON CENTRAL ALABAMA...
>
> TROPICAL STORM FAY FORMED FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15TH, OVER THE
> DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE STORM MOVED RATHER SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST
> AND DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN ON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI.
> FAY THEN TURNED NORTHWARD AND CROSSED THE WESTERN PART OF CUBA
> EARLY ON MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH.
>
> FAY THEN MADE FOUR DISTINCT LANDFALLS ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
> FROM AUGUST 19TH THROUGH AUGUST 23RD. AS FAY MEANDERED SLOWLY
> NORTHWARD, RAINFALL AMOUNTS ADDED UP QUICKLY. MEASUREMENTS OF 10 TO
> 20 INCHES WERE COMMON WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30
> INCHES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES ALSO AFFECTED THE PENINSULA
> DURING THIS TIME.
>
> FAY BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT ENTERED FAR SOUTHWESTERN
> ALABAMA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24TH. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
> AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA
> FROM FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND THROUGH TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. RAIN AMOUNTS
> OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WERE COMMON WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS JUST OVER 10
> INCHES.
>
> FAY FINALLY EXITED NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO THE APPALACHIANS EARLY
> WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH. FAY THEN DISSIPATED THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH
> OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY.
>
> BELOW ARE THE FIVE DAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED FROM FRIDAY AUGUST
> 22, 2008 AT 7 AM THROUGH WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2008 AT 7 AM. THE RAIN
> FELL IN ASSOCIATION WITH FAY'S REMNANTS. A MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAIN
> FELL ON TWO DAYS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD AND ON MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
> THESE REPORTS ARE SORTED BY COUNTY. THESE REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND
> HAVE NOT BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED;
>
> COUNTY LOCATION TOTAL RAINFALL (INCHES)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> AUTAUGA 1.1 NNE PRATTVILLE 11.53
> BARBOUR 0.2 SSW CLIO 10.27
> BARBOUR 1.0 SSE EUFAULA 9.99
> BIBB 4.8 SSW WILTON 6.52
> BLOUNT 6.7 NE SPRINGVILLE 8.58
> BLOUNT 5.3 SSW SPRINGVILLE 7.90
> BLOUNT 5.1 SW CLEVELAND 6.63
> BULLOCK 0.2 N UNION SPRINGS 6.90
> CALHOUN 1.6 W WEAVER 6.67
> CALHOUN 1.6 NNE JACKSONVILLE 5.54
> CALHOUN ANNISTON METRO AP (ANB) 7.02
> CHAMBERS 0.4 NNW VALLEY 11.87
> CHEROKEE 6.9 SSE MENTONE 6.39
> CHILTON 2.6 NNW CLANTON 7.56
> CLAY ASHLAND COOP 7.89
> CLEBURNE HEFLIN COOP 6.41
> COOSA 10 SW ALEXANDER CITY 9.81
> COOSA 9.2 S SYLACAUGA 6.19
> DALLAS 1.5 WSW SELMA 6.19
> ELMORE 9.9 NNE WETUMPKA 10.98
> ELMORE 5.2 SW ECLECTIC 9.45
> ELMORE 5.0 SE WETUMPKA 9.40
> ETOWAH GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AP (GAD) 6.19
> ETOWAH NOCCALULA FALLS 10.54
> ETOWAH SCROUGEOUT 9.27
> FAYETTE 6.4 S WINFIELD 3.48
> GREENE GAINESVILLE LOCK AND DAM 4.10
> HALE 1.9 NNW MOUNDVILLE 3.62
> JEFFERSON RUSSET WOODS SUBDIVISION 10.80
> JEFFERSON 2.3 SW TRUSSVILLE 9.54
> JEFFERSON 0.5 SE PINSON 8.94
> JEFFERSON 1.7 SE MOUNTAIN BROOK 8.25
> JEFFERSON BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AP (BHM) 7.28
> JEFFERSON PINSON COOP 8.56
> LAMAR 4.1 SSE VERNON 4.16
> LEE 0.6 ENE AUBURN 6.34
> LEE PITTS FIELD 5.51
> LOWNDES RF HENRY L AND D 5.72
> MARENGO DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM 6.94
> MARION 1.1 NW GUIN 2.48
> MONTGOMERY 4.0 ENE MONTGOMERY 7.58
> MONTGOMERY 4.0 ESE MONTGOMERY 6.25
> MONTGOMERY DANNELLY FIELD (MGM) 5.72
> PERRY UNIONTOWN COOP 5.92
> PICKENS 9.4 WSW ALICEVILLE 5.20
> PIKE 1.5 ESE TROY 9.57
> PIKE TROY MUNICIPAL AP (TOI) 8.14
> RANDOLPH 1.4 NE ROANOKE 6.01
> RUSSELL 13.2 SSW LADONIA 7.06
> RUSSELL 2.2 NNW PHENIX CITY 6.33
> ST. CLAIR 4.5 ENE ODENVILLE 8.88
> ST. CLAIR 2.0 ESE MOODY 7.85
> SHELBY 5.8 ENE LAKE PURDY 11.22
> SHELBY 1.7 E MEADOWBROOK 10.50
> SHELBY 3.5 NNW CALERA 9.73
> SHELBY 1.6 SSE ALABASTER 8.40
> SHELBY SHELBY COUNTY AP (EET) 8.88
> SUMTER 1.2 S LIVINGSTON 4.32
> TALLADEGA 2.8 SSE BON AIR 6.98
> TALLADEGA 7.0 NE VINCENT 6.52
> TALLAPOOSA 2.7 S ALEXANDER CITY 7.61
> TALLAPOOSA 3.1 N ALEXANDER CITY 6.70
> TALLAPOOSA ALEXANDER CITY (ALX) 5.81
> TUSCALOOSA 0.5 SSE LAKEVIEW 5.25
> TUSCALOOSA TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL AP (TCL) 3.57
> WALKER 2.8 SW JASPER 4.74
> WINSTON LYNN 5.25
>
>
> CENTRAL ALABAMA HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A DROUGHT OVER THE PAST
> FEW YEARS. AREA RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS WERE RUNNING AT 10 TO
> 20 PERCENT OF NORMAL BEFORE THE TROPICAL RAINFALL OCCURRED. ALTHOUGH
> RAIN AMOUNTS WERE QUITE SIGNIFICANT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA, FLASH
> FLOODING WAS VERY LIMITED AND MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING WAS NOT A
> LARGE PROBLEM. THE CATOMA CREEK IN MONTGOMERY JUST TOPPED FLOOD
> STAGE AND PRODUCED ONLY MINOR FLOODING. SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS
> TOPPED CAUTION STAGES, BUT NO FLOODING WAS OBSERVED. LOCALIZED
> HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH RAIN RATES AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES AN HOUR, WAS
> OBSERVED IN SEVERAL SPOTS. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED QUITE A BIT OF
> NUISANCE FLOODING AREAWIDE. SOME FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED NEAR TROY
> (PIKE COUNTY), NEAR EUFAULA (BARBOUR COUNTY), NEAR ALABASTER (SHELBY
> COUNTY), NEAR TALLADEGA (TALLADEGA COUNTY), NEAR SPRINGVILLE (ST.
> CLAIR), AND NEAR BESSEMER AND NEAR PINSON (JEFFERSON COUNTY).
>
>
> AS TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON
> SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD, MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WIND
> GUSTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THE LOWER BOUND WINDS MAY
> HAVE KNOCKED DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND TREES DUE TO THE DROUGHT
> RELATED STRESS ON THE TREES COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
> COUNTIES THAT REPORTED TREE DAMAGE INCLUDED BARBOUR, LEE, PIKE,
> DALLAS, LOWNDES, MONTGOMERY, RUSSELL, AUTAUGA, SUMTER, ETOWAH,
> JEFFERSON, AND BLOUNT.
>
>
> PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING 11 TORNADOES OCCURRED IN
> ASSOCIATION WITH FAY'S REMNANTS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH MORE
> LOCATIONS THAT NEED FURTHER EVALUATION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
> TORNADOES WERE PRODUCED IN BANDING FEATURES ON MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.
> THE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXHIBITED LITTLE IF ANY LIGHTING
> AT ALL. MANY OF THE TORNADO OCCURRENCES WERE OBSERVED BY SEVERAL
> WITNESSES AND CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND FILM. THE TIMES LISTED ARE
> APPROXIMATED;
>
> TORNADO 1...AROUND 640 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 70
> MPH)...WINSTON COUNTY IN ARLEY. THIS BRIEF TORNADO WAS CAPTURED
> ON VIDEO IN ARLEY. SEVERAL STREET SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN. ONE SIGN
> WAS BLOWN INTO A POWER POLE SNAPPING THE POLE. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
> PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
> WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 2...AROUND 214 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 65
> MPH)...ELMORE COUNTY NEAR EMERALD MOUNTAIN. STORM SPOTTERS AND
> EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOLLOWED A ROTATING STORM THAT
> DROPPED A BRIEF TORNADO. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE
> PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS
> WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 3...AROUND 216 PM AUGUST 24TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 65
> MPH)...ELMORE COUNTY NEAR THE COOSA AND ELMORE COUNTY LINE ALONG
> THE COOSA RIVER. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
> FOLLOWED A ROTATING STORM THAT DROPPED A BRIEF TORNADO. NO DAMAGE WAS
> OBSERVED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN 0.1 MILES LONG
> AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 4...815 AM - 830 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND
> 75 MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR NEEDMORE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
> THE INTERSECTION OF NEEDMORE ROAD AND PIKE COUNTY ROAD 7749. THE
> TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO NEEDMORE
> ROAD...AND LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MINOR DAMAGE TO A ROOF OF
> A HOME. AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. AN AWNING OF A BARN HOUSING
> A TRACTOR WAS DESTROYED WITH SUPPORTS TOSSED AROUND 100 FEET...WITH
> PART OF AWNING TOSSED 100 FEET ALSO. AROUND ONE DOZEN HARDWOOD TREES
> SNAPPED ALOFT OR LOSS OF LIMBS. INSULATION FROM HOME FOUND 6 TO 8
> MILES NORTH OF THE HOME. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILES
> LONG AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 5...820 AM - 830 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 PEAK WINDS AROUND
> 80 MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR NEEDMORE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
> 2/10 MILE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NEEDMORE ROAD AND PIKE COUNTY
> ROAD 7749. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...ROUGHLY
> PARALLEL TO NEEDMORE ROAD...AND LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MINOR
> TO MAJOR DAMAGE TO TWO CHICKEN COOPS. A FEW HARDWOOD TREES
> WERE SNAPPED ALOFT. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.2 MILES LONG
> AND WAS 75 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 6...1110 AM - 1120 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF1(PEAK WINDS AROUND
> 90 MPH)...ST. CLAIR COUNTY NEAR ST. CLAIR SPRINGS. THE TORNADO
> TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE SAINT CLAIR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
> FROM THERE IT MOVED NORTHWEST..ACROSS AL-23 AND INTERSTATE 59...TO
> JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AL-23 AND US-11. A FEW STRUCTURES
> HAD MINOR DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES. OTHERWISE...DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY
> SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH
> WAS 3.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 7...1122 AM - 1124 AM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS AROUND
> 90 MPH)...BLOUNT COUNTY NEAR INLAND LAKE. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
> NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE ON THE EASTERN END OF INLAND LAKE...DIRECTLY
> ACROSS THE LAKE FROM THE BOAT LAUNCH. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED
> NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE LAKE...ACROSS THE BOAT LAUNCH AREA...AND
> LIFTED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF THERE JUST OFF OF BOAT
> LANDING ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...TWO STRUCTURES
> SUSTAINED LIGHT DAMAGE AND SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. THE
> TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 60 YARDS WIDE
> AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 8...1200 PM -1215 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF2 (PEAK WINDS 110-120
> MPH)...CLEBURNE COUNTY NEAR FIVE POINTS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON
> US-431 ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH AL-281. THE
> TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHWESTWARD...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF US-431...
> AND LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING AL-281. ONE GAS STATION/CONVENIENCE
> STORE AND ONE AUTO BODY SHOP WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED...AND 100-200
> TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
> LENGTH WAS 0.4 MILES LONG AND WAS 400 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
> POINT.
>
> TORNADO 9...1200 PM - 1215 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 90
> MPH)...CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR THE SUGAR VALLEY SUBDIVISION. A BRIEF EF-1
> TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS FOUND IN THE SUGAR VALLEY SUBDIVISION...JUST
> OFF AL-22 IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF CALHOUN COUNTY. ONE HOUSE
> WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH
> LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST
> POINT.
>
> TORNADO 10...1216 PM - 1217 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF1 (PEAK WINDS 90-100
> MPH)...CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR CHOCCOLOCCO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON
> CROSS CREEK ROAD...JUST EAST OF CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN
> MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD...
> AND LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHOCCOLOCCO ROAD AND COBB ROAD.
> ONE AUTO SHOP WAS DESTROYED...TWO HOUSES SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE...
> ONE HOME HAD LIGHT DAMAGE...AND 50-100 TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR
> WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 1.1 MILES LONG AND
> WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> TORNADO 11...550 PM - 600 PM AUGUST 25TH...EF0 (PEAK WINDS AROUND 75
> MPH)...PIKE COUNTY NEAR ENON. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND LIFTED
> NEAR ENON...ON COUNTY ROAD 6649. SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE
> UPROOTED. SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS OF PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF WITH
> ONE PINE TREE SNAPPED OFF ALOFT. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS
> 0.1 MILES LONG AND WAS 25 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
>
> DISCLAIMER...ALL INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT SHOULD BE LOOKED ON AS
> PRELIMINARY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THESE DATA MAY BE CHANGED WHEN A MORE
> THOROUGH INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
>
>
>
> 75/LINHARES
>
> SINCE THE NWS DID NOT SPECIFY THE SPECIFIC COUNTIES FOR WHICH THIS
> BULLETIN WAS INTENDED, WE HAVE RESTRICTED IT TO ALL COUNTIES FOR
> WHICH THE ISSUING WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE. INCLUDING:
>
> IN ALABAMA: AUTAUGA, BARBOUR, BIBB, BLOUNT, BULLOCK, CALHOUN, CHAMBERS,
> CHEROKEE, CHILTON, CLAY, CLEBURNE, COOSA, DALLAS, ELMORE, ETOWAH, FAYETTE,
> GREENE, HALE, JEFFERSON, LAMAR, LEE, LOWNDES, MACON, MARENGO, MARION,
> MONTGOMERY, PERRY, PICKENS, PIKE, RANDOLPH, RUSSELL, SHELBY, ST CLAIR,
> SUMTER, TALLADEGA, TALLAPOOSA, TUSCALOOSA, WALKER, WINSTON.
>
>
>
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