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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1130 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
..STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN HOOVER ON TUESDAY...JULY 22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE THIS
MORNING THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT...JULY 21...IN HOOVER BETWEEN
700 PM AND 730 PM...AND DETERMINED THAT THIS DAMAGE WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 60 MPH.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA FROM BLUFF
PARK...TO GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB...TO THE RIVERCHASE AREA.
FOUR HOMES WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THE RAVE THEATER IN THE
PATTON CREEK SHOPPING CENTER HAD ITS AIR CONDITIONING UNIT BLOWN
OFF ITS ROOF...MINOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF...AND WATER
DAMAGE TO ONE OF ITS THEATERS. THE ROOF TO THE ROOMS TO GO
BUSINESS IN THE PATTON CREEK SHOPPING CENTER ALSO RECEIVED
MINOR DAMAGE. A WINDOW IN THE ATRIUM IN THE RIVERCHASE
GALLERIA WAS BLOWN OUT. SEVERAL TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES
WERE BLOWN DOWN ALSO...ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...IN
THE WATERFORD LANDING APARTMENT COMPLEX.
A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...WAS
IN EFFECT FROM 648 PM UNTIL 730PM.
SWU/JBW
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