[SARC] UPDATED DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE COVINGTON AND CONECUH COUNTY TORNADO

[John Brown]

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> PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
> 557 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008
>
> ...UPDATED DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE COVINGTON AND CONECUH
> COUNTY TORNADO WHICH OCCURRED ON THURSDAY MAY 15TH 2008...
>
> ADDITIONAL SURVEY INFORMATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE EF0 TORNADO
> (ESTIMATED WINDS 81-85 MPH) BEGAN IN EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY JUST
> WEST OF THE CITY OF PAUL NEAR 1217 PM...THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST
> PASSING JUST EAST OF COHASSETT AND CROSSING U.S. HIGHWAY 84 NEAR THE
> CONECUH/COVINGTON COUNTY LINE WITH TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH.  THE
> TORNADO DOWNED TREES WEST OF RED LEVEL WITH ONE TREE FALLING ON THE
> ROOF OF A HOUSE.  THE TORNADO THEN PASSED NEAR THE CITY OF SOUTH
> NEAR 1235 PM BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF
> SOUTH...WITH THREE HOMES AND ONE MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED NEAR
> SOUTH.  THE LENGTH OF THE TORNADO'S PATH WAS 15 MILES AND THE
> MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS AROUND 100 YARDS.
>
> 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: BALDWIN, BUTLER, CHOCTAW, CLARKE, CONECUH, COVINGTON, 
> CRENSHAW, ESCAMBIA, MOBILE, MONROE, WASHINGTON, WILCOX.  IN FLORIDA: 
> ESCAMBIA, OKALOOSA, SANTA ROSA.  IN MISSISSIPPI: GEORGE, GREENE, PERRY, 
> STONE, WAYNE.
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