Two More EF3 Tornadoes Confirmed In Alabama

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

…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM DEKALB AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES…

A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS DEKALB
AND MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE…MARSHALL AND DEKALB EMA…AND ALABAMA EMA. INITIAL
FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

TORNADO 1:
THE FIRST TORNADIC STORM MOVED ACROSS MARSHALL AND DEKALB
COUNTIES. DUE TO DARKNESS…IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE
TWO SECTIONS OF THE SURVEYED DAMAGE ARE A SINGLE TRACK OR TWO
SEPARATE TRACKS. UNTIL A FINAL DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE…THE
DAMAGE AREAS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY SECTIONS. ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE
PLANNED MONDAY.

THE NUMBER OF INJURIES IS IN EXCESS OF 33.

SECTION 1: ALBERTVILLE TO GERALDINE
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 18.5 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 3/4 MILE

* SUMMARY: THIS SECTION TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF ALBERTVILLE…MOVED
ACROSS THE CITY…THEN MOVED NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TOWN OF
GERALDINE. THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT…
WITH DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS RESIDENCES…ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL…
SEVERAL LARGE RETAIL BUILDINGS. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO
OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE DAMAGE PATH. IN THE TOWN OF GERALDINE…
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED WHICH ALSO LED TO
SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES. THIS WAS NOTED ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 227 AND 52…JUST SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 75.

SECTION 2: NEAR MENTONE
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 2.0 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 MILE

* SUMMARY: THIS SECTION OF THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3 TO 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENTONE…BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 106 AND 117.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A TRAILER PARK (MORNING
GLORY COURT) WHERE SEVERAL SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED.

SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

TORNADO 2: MOUNT VERNON (NORTHEAST OF COLLINSVILLE)

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 04/24/10

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 150 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-3

* PATH LENGTH: 7.3 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE

* SUMMARY: AS PART OF A SEPARATE STORM…THIS TORNADO IMPACTED THE
AREAS FROM MOUNT VERNON TO DOG TOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST DEKALB
COUNTY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 80 AND 55 WHERE THE MCNUTT MEMORIAL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND A SMALLER HOUSE NEXT TO IT WERE BOTH
DESTROYED. OAK TREES NEARBY WERE DEBARKED AS WELL. STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 79 OCCURRED…JUST WEST
OF HIGHWAY 176. FARTHER WEST WHERE THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED
DOWN…SEVERAL SINGLE WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE DESTROYED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 60…BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 822 AND 892. NUMEROUS
LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.

SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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: COYNE/WHITE
NADLER/AMIN

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