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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1214 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/10/26 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT
OVERVIEW
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE MORNING OF JANUARY 10,
2026. SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A BOWING LINE SEGMENT MOVED
EASTWARD. A STORM SURVEY WAS PERFORMED IN ONE SLIGHTLY MORE
CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE IN AUTAUGA AND ELMORE COUNTIES
AUTAUGA/ELMORE COUNTIES THUNDERSTORM WIND
PEAK WIND: 60 MPH
DATE: 01/10/2026
START TIME: 8:55 AM CST
END TIME: 9:15 AM CST
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS METEOROLOGISTS PERFORMED A STORM SURVEY IN THE OLD KINGSTON AND
PINE LEVEL AREAS OF AUTAUGA COUNTY AND THE DEATSVILLE AND
HOLTVILLE AREAS OF ELMORE COUNTY. FINDINGS WERE CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF BROAD
ROTATION WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGE IN THE PINE
LEVEL AREA CONSISTED OF A FEW UPROOTED TREES OR BROKEN LIMBS
ALONG I-65, U.S. 31, CR 107, AND CR 40, WITH MINIMAL CONTINUITY
BETWEEN DAMAGE POINTS. ROOFING WAS BLOWN FROM A SMALL PRODUCE
STAND ON U.S. 31, JUST SOUTH OF THE CR 40 INTERSECTION. A FEW
LARGE CEDAR LIMBS FELL IN A CEMETERY, KNOCKING DOWN AT LEAST ONE
HEADSTONE. A SHED AND A TRAMPOLINE WERE DAMAGED ON CHANLEE DR,
ADJACENT TO CR 40. A FEW MORE DOWNED TREES WERE FOUND IN THE
DEATSVILLE AREA OF ELMORE COUNTY. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED
DOWNSTREAM OF DEATSVILLE. IN HOLTVILLE, ROOFING WAS BLOWN OFF A
HOME AND A BACKYARD SHED WAS FLIPPED ON HIGHWAY 111. ON ONE
SECTION OF LAKE REGION CIR, A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND FELL ON
POWER LINES. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL WILL
CONDUCT A DAMAGE SURVEY ON JANUARY 12, 2026 FOR THE AREAS NEAR OAK
LEVEL IN CLEBURNE COUNTY ALABAMA. THIS IS IN RELATION TO A TDS
AND REPORTED DAMAGE.
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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