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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
814 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/08/2024 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2
HENAGAR TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 880 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 7
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 10:54 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSE PISGAH / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.6392 / -85.8424
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 11:20 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NW HAMMONDVILLE / DEKALB COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.6019 / -85.6716
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 425 AND 322, PRODUCING MINOR
DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A SMALL FARM BUILDING. THE TORNADO THEN OVERTURNED A
CAMPER AND INJURED TWO PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM ALONG COUNTY ROAD 422. ALSO AT
THIS LOCATION, A WELL-BUILT HOME WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED. A MOBILE HOME WAS
MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION HERE AS WELL, WITH A THIRD OF THE ROOF OF A HAY
BARN AND A HORSE TRAILER DESTROYED. PROJECTILES WERE FOUND IN THE FIELD
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HOME, WITH 2X4S IMPALED A FOOT TO 18" IN THE
GROUND AT THIS LOCATION. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST ALONG STATE ROAD 40, LARGE
100+ YEAR OLD OAK TREES THAT WERE 4-5 FOOT IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO
A HOUSE, COLLAPSING TWO EXTERIOR WALLS. WINDOWS WERE SUCKED OUT AT THIS
LOCATION AS WELL PRIOR TO THE TREES FALLING WHEN THE TORNADO PASSED JUST
NORTH OF THE HOUSE. UP THE STREET, A WELL-BUILT HOME SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE
WHEN THE TORNADO RIPPED THE GARAGE OFF OF THE HOUSE AND SHEARED IT TO THE
NORTH AND EAST INTO THE REST OF THE DWELLING. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION THAT
THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED WAS RATED FOR THIS TORNADO, 135MPH, WHICH IS THE TOP
WINDSPEED FOR AN EF-2 TORNADO. HAD ANCHOR BOLTS BEEN FOUND IN THE
FOUNDATION ANCHORING OF THE WALLS (IN LIEU OF THE NAILS THAT WERE FOUND
ATTACHING THE WALLS TO THE FOUNDATION), THE TORNADO WOULD HAVE BEEN
UPGRADED TO AN EF-3 TORNADO. WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE HOUSE WAS IN RELATIVELY
GOOD CONDITION, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ATTIC
FRAMING WAS ANCHORED WITH STRONGTIES, AND SO THE ROOF REMAINED INTACT OVER
A GOOD PORTION OF THE HOUSE OTHERWISE. AT THIS POINT, THE TORNADO WAS
LIKELY AT ITS WIDEST POINT, MEASURING HALF A MILE WIDE.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED SNAPPING AND UPROOTING SOFTWOOD TREES OVER THE
RELATIVELY RURAL LANDSCAPE ALONG MELTON DRIVE AND ELLIOT ROAD. IT WAS AT
THIS LOCATION WHERE THE ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO NUMEROUS TREES COVERING
THE ROADWAY, AND IT WAS ACTIVELY BEING REMOVED DURING OUR SURVEY. FURTHER
EAST/SOUTHEAST, THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF
CULVER/KEITH/LACEY ROADS, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MORE SOFTWOOD TREES. THE
TORNADO CROSSED STATE ROAD 40, PEELING BACK TIN ON SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES
BETWEEN SR40 AND VALLEY ROAD, CAUSING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF ONE OF
THE HOUSES TO BE COMPROMISED. ADDITIONAL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 714 AND 120 ALONG STATE ROAD
40 AS WELL, WITH THE LOSS OF SEVERAL ROOF PANELS TO A SHED STRUCTURE AT A
HOUSE LOCATED HERE.
THE LAST POINT OF THE TORNADO SURVEY ENDED WITH A LARGE OAK TREE THAT FELL
ONTO A HOUSE ON CR665 AND 670. FURTHER INVESTIGATION TOMORROW MAY LENGTHEN
THIS TORNADO TRACK, AS ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE STILL BEING
RELAYED. IMPASSABLE ROADS LED TO THE HASTENED END TO THIS TORNADO PATH THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE INVESTIGATED TOMORROW, MAY
10TH.
IT IS UNKNOWN IF ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INDICATORS WILL BE FOUND THAT WILL
UPGRADE THIS TORNADO. ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS WILL BE MADE TO SOLIDIFY THE
WIDTH/LENGTH MEASUREMENT OF THE TORNADO AS WELL PENDING FURTHER
INVESTIGATION TOMORROW. ALL INFORMATION INCLUDED AS OF 8PM TODAY IS VERY
PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE TOMORROW.
RAVENSCRAFT/AMIN/DEKALB EMA/JACKSON EMA
UPDATE #1: UPDATED FOR ADDITIONAL SURVEY RESULTS FROM MADISON COUNTY
OLD TOWN TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.38 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 09:28 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE HUNTSVILLE / MADISON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.7377 / -86.5817
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 09:32 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE HUNTSVILLE / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.7206 / -86.5468
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WALKER
AVE NE. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS INDICATED BY SNAPPING OF
LARGE BRANCHES AND SIGNIFICANT LEAF LITTER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST RESULTING IN SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED
BETWEEN WALKER AVE NE AND RANDOLPH AVE SE. THIS TRACK CONTINUED
SOUTHEAST JUST NORTH OF GOVERNORS DR SE WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL
TREES BOTH UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. BETWEEN HOLMES AVE AND NEAR SUN
VALLEY RD SE APPEARS TO BE THE LOCATION WHERE THE TORNADO REACHED
ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF EF1 AS INDICATED BY THE VARIOUS UPROOTED
AND SNAPPED TREES NEAR SE CALIFORNIA ST AND THROUGH THE MAPLE
HILL CEMETERY. FURTHER ALONG THIS SOUTHEAST TRACK, THE TORNADO
WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS IT TRACKED NORTH OF THE MEDICAL DISTRICT
WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OF LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND LEAF LITTER
OBSERVED. WHILE OUR LAST DAMAGE POINT IS JUST NORTH OF GOVERNORS
DR SE, RADAR DATA INDICATES THE TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST OVER MONTE SANO. WE HAVE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
DRONE AND SATELLITE DATA TO FURTHER REFINE THE ENDING OF THIS
TORNADO TRACK AND SUPPLEMENT THIS SURVEY. SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS
NOTED JUST SOUTH OF GOVERNORS DR SE HOWEVER THIS WAS IDENTIFIED
AS WIND DAMAGE FROM INFLOW WINDS INTO THE SUPERCELL. THANK YOU TO
MADISON COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.
DARISH/CARMER/MAGEE
MCMULLEN COVE TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 122 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.87 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 275 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 09:44 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W GURLEY / MADISON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.6996 / -86.4389
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 09:48 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 W GURLEY / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.7015 / -86.4245
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST
NORTH OF LITTLE COVE ROAD. OUR INITIAL POINTS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN
WERE INDICATED BY SIDING PEELED OFF OF A GARAGE AND SHEARING OF
LIMBS OFF OF TREE TOPS. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED GENERALLY EAST
AND CONTINUED TO DISTRIBUTE LEAF LITTER AND SNAP SMALL BRANCHES
BEFORE BEGINNING TO PEEL SOME SIDING ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE
TORNADO THEN INTENSIFIED AND CAUSED PARTIAL UPLIFT OF ROOFS ON
THE EASTERN SIDE TO FOUR HOUSES ON KENHURST LN SE. THE SOURCE OF
ROOF FAILURE FOR THESE HOMES CAME FROM THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
ROOF. THE TORNADO WAS ABLE TO LIFT THE ROOF FROM OVERHANGS FACING
EASTWARD AND THEN FURTHER LIFT ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE ROOF.
ROOF CONSTRUCTION APPEARED PRIMARILY VIA NAILS AND 2X4 WITH
SIMPSON STRONG TIES NOTED ALONG THE BASE OF THE ROOF. BASED ON
THESE POINTS OF STRONGEST INTENSITY, THE TORNADO WAS DEEMED A LOW-
END EF2. ROOFING MATERIAL WAS LOFTED ONE BLOCK EAST ON ABBY GLEN
WAY, WHERE THERE WAS ALSO ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHINGLE DAMAGE. NO
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BEYOND THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST LIES UNACCESSIBLE RURAL AREAS WHICH WE
COULD NOT SURVEY. ADDITIONAL SATELLITE DATA HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO
FURTHER ANALYZE THE EXTENT OF THIS TORNADO TRACK AND FURTHER
UPDATES TO THE END POINT MAY BE REQUIRED. THANK YOU TO MADISON
COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.
DARISH/CARMER/MAGEE
BRIGADOON TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 136 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0.13 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/08/2024
START TIME: 08:23 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 SE ROGERSVILLE / LIMESTONE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.7499 / -87.1944
END DATE: 05/08/2024
END TIME: 08:30 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 N HILLSBORO / LIMESTONE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.7556 / -87.1561
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER JUST EAST OF WHERE THE ELK
RIVER MEETS THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE INLAND AT THE
BRIGADOON NEIGHBORHOOD. PUBLIC PHOTOS AND VIDEOS CONFIRM THE TORNADO
WAS OVER WATER BEFORE IT MOVED ON LAND. IT FIRST CAUSED DAMAGE AT
INVERNESS PLACE AND THIS IS WHERE THE HOMES WITH THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF
DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE HOME THAT HAD THE GREATEST DAMAGE HAD ALL
EXTERIOR WALLS FACING THE RIVER COLLAPSED, THE ROOF OF THE MAIN
PART OF THE HOUSE COMPLETELY GONE AND THE TWO STORY FOUR CAR
GARAGE WAS COLLAPSED WITH THE ROOF ALSO GONE. THE FRONT OF THE
HOUSE AND INTERIOR ROOMS REMAINED IN TACT. THIS DAMAGE IS
CORRELATED WITH LOW END EF3 DAMAGE. HOMES NEARBY HAD SUBSTANTIAL
ROOF DAMAGE, DAMAGED VEHICLES, AND OTHER VARIOUS EXTERIOR DAMAGE.
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. MOVING FURTHER INTO THE SUBDIVISION, THERE WAS ROOF AND
EXTERIOR HOME DAMAGE TO A LESSER EXTENT, FENCES KNOCKED OVER BY
OTHER DEBRIS AND BROKEN WINDOWS. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN A FIELD
OUTSIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION.
SAARI/SMITH
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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