Cullman County Tornado Rated EF2

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
121 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM CULLMAN COUNTY…

A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS CULLMAN
COUNTY HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL.
INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10
* EVENT TIME: 713 PM CDT

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-2

* PATH LENGTH: 6 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 300 YARDS

* SUMMARY: AN EF-2 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 31 JUST
SOUTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD 601 INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
ROOFS TO TWO BUSINESSES IN THE PHELAN COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO
THEN MOVED NORTHEAST AND DOWNED SEVERAL POWER LINES AND SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED OVER 100 TREES INCLUDING PINE AND OAK TREES. MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON A HOUSE ON COUNTY ROAD 601 AND A
CARPORT WAS DESTROYED ON COUNTY ROAD 622 LOOP. BEFORE THE
TORNADO CROSSED THE BROGLEN RIVER…OVER 20 PINE TREES WERE
SNAPPED. TWO CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED AND SEVERAL TREES
WERE DOWNED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 747 IN THE WELTI COMMUNITY. TIN
ROOF DEBRIS FROM THE CHICKEN HOUSES WAS THROWN OVER ONE MILE
ALONG THE TORNADO PATH. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED ON COUNTY
ROAD 643 BUT NOT BEFORE CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE TO A BARN AND
KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES.

THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.

SURVEYED BY: KNS/JLL

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