Tornado Reports from 4/29/04
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 5:10 pm
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 230 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2005 ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SHELBY COUNTY APRIL 30... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE NEAR COLUMBIANA AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN F0 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 70 MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIANA...JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 25 ACROSS THE TRAIN TRACKS. THE TORNADO SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AND KNOCKED OVER SEVERAL POWER LINES ALONG ITS FAIRLY SHORT PATH. FALLEN TREES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ONE HOME, PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW OTHER HOMES, DESTROYED AT LEAST 4 VEHICLES AND DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 25 AND HEADED EASTWARD ACROSS MAINLY RURAL FARM LAND. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 5 WHERE A GARAGE SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.75 MILES LONG AND 125 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO STARTED AT 522 AM CDT AND ENDED AT 523 AM CDT. Code: Select all
422 NOUS44 KBMX 010356 PNSBMX BHMPNSBMX ALL TTAA00 KBHM DDHHMM ALZ011>015-017>050-020000 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1055 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2005 .NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT F0 TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE NORTHPORT AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY...APRIL...30... NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY TODAY ACROSS AREAS JUST NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF NORTHPORT TO THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF LAKE TUSCALOOSA IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS AREA HAD EXPERIENCED AN F0 TORNADO...WITH WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH... DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY...APRIL...30... A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AROUND 416 AM CDT ABOUT ONE HALF MILE WEST OF THE CR 86...U.S. 43 INTERSECTION...AROUND 2.5 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF NORTHPORT. THIS TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHEAST...CROSSING STATE ROAD 69... AND COUNTY ROAD 47...BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE END OF COUNTY ROAD 87... AROUND 424 AM CDT. THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 6.75 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED...ALONG WITH SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWNED...ALONG ITS PATH. THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE END OF ITS PATH...FROM FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF LAKE TUSCALOOSA TO NEAR THE END OF COUNTY ROAD 87. IN THIS AREA...SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE...WITH TWO HOMES RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE DUE TO LARGE TREES FALLING ON THEM. NO DEATHS OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY FROM 348 AM CDT TO 445 AM CDT ON SATURDAY. A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 945 PM CDT FRIDAY TO 500 AM CDT SATURDAY...INCLUDING TUSCALOOSA AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA. Code: Select all
827 NOUS44 KBMX 010014 PNSBMX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 715 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2005 TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN SHELBY COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE THAT AFFECTED THE HELENA, PELHAM, ALABASTER AND CHELSEA AREAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF AN F0 TORNADO. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF CR 93 NEAR THE CAHABA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IN HELENA. THE TORNADO MOVED GENERALLY EASTWARD AND CROSSED CR 17, CR 58, US 31, I-65 AND CR 11 BEFORE ENDING NEAR CR 39. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 11.4 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 504 AM CDT TO 518 AM CDT. THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS MINOR WITH ONLY A FEW TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF WEST OF CR 17 IN HELENA. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED CR 17, IT INTENSIFIED AND CAUSED ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM NEAR SCURLOCK ROAD AND CR 17 EASTWARD ALONG CR 58 TO NEAR CR 95. SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS WERE AFFECTED INCLUDING BRAELINN VILLAGE, AUTUMN RIDGE, NAVAJO HILLS AND PORT SOUTH. NUMEROUS HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND BROKEN WINDOWS. MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE DUE TO FALLEN TREES. SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED US 31 NEAR WALMART, SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN. A FEW HOMES WERE DAMAGED ON CARROLL STREET AND DAVENPORT STREET JUST EAST OF US 31. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TORNADOES PATH, THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND MAINLY AFFECTING ONLY TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED WEATHERLY AND THE BALLANTRAE GOLF COURSE BEFORE ENDING JUST EAST OF CR 39 NEAR HIDDEN RIDGE. The two Shelby County tornadoes were less than 3 miles from me on the Shelby/Talladega Countly Line. The funnel was still developed as I got a vivid display of it as the roared over my house around 5 am!
