Friday outbreak

[6SpeedTA95]

did I miss anything overnight?

[CrazyC83]

Nothing major - a few possible tornadoes, but no absolutely confirmed ones. (They are harder to confirm overnight)

New events go in the Saturday thread.

[conestogo_flood]

No one is posting.

Did you see on the Cnn's? Video of neighbourhoods just levelled.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

48 reports? Wow I thought they would be at least twice that.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1230 PM CDT SAT APR 8 2006 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM DICKSON AND CHEATHAM COUNTY DAMAGE SURVEYS... ..OTHER TORNADO SURVEYS CONTINUE TODAY AND SUNDAY

INITIAL REPORTS FROM CHEATHAM COUNTY...IN THE ASHLAND CITY AREA... INDICATE F1 TORNADO DAMAGE. A SURVEY FROM NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY INDICATES F3 TORNADO DAMAGE. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION INCLUDING PHOTOS AND STORM TRACKS WILL BE POSTED ON THE NASHVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE LATER THIS WEEKEND. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NASHVILLE IS ALSO CONDUCTING SURVEYS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE MIDSTATE. ONE TEAM IS WORKING IN THE GOODLETTSVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE AND GALLATIN AREA. A SECOND TEAM IS WORKING IN WARREN COUNTY. THE THIRD TEAM IS TRAVELING TO BENTON

[Gorky]

Aerial video from Gallatin for those who havn't seen it. A narrow but intense damage path. Many buildings jsut completely flattened

http://tinyurl.com/z57dy

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

If that is not f4 I don't know what is.

[CrazyC83]

F3 in Dickson County...not Gallatin. Gallatin has to be AT LEAST a strong F3, if not an F4.

[brunota2003]

F3 Severe tornado 158-206 mph Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in fores uprooted
F4 Devastating tornado 207-260 mph Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 Incredible tornado 261-318 mph Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel re-inforced concrete structures badly damaged.

most damage appears to be strong F3-weak F4 IMO but...some areas in isolated spots look like strong F4/weak F5 to my eyes...i was seeing automobile several hundred yards away from the parking lots and where it appeared houses were lifted and disintegrated some distance from their foundation, however...will have to see what the NWS says...going with weak F4...

[Extremeweatherguy]

some of that damage has to be F4 level

[wxmann_91]

some areas in isolated spots look like strong F4/weak F5 to my eyes

At most the damage looked like weak F4... IMO it would probably be rated upper-end F3. The damage looked a lot like Stoughton, and I think both cases the structures were pretty well-built.

[conestogo_flood]

In Gallatin have you seen that damage? Brick mansions completely gone! Some of the houses have major damage, some had total damage. That is F4 in my book.

[conestogo_flood]

Tornado reports are up to 52.

[CrazyC83]

More confirmations:

Two tornadoes in Cheatham County, both F1.

Two tornadoes in Warren County (that killed three - all in mobile homes), both F1.

Goodlettsville was an F3. (Seems quite high based on what I have seen)

Gallatin was at least an F3.

[Brent]

There were 4 more tornadoes confirmed in North Georgia... two in Polk County and two in Cobb County. F0-F1 intensity. There may be a couple of more still that the NWS didn't get to today(North Fulton County had some really bad damage that looked like a tornado).

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
745 PM CDT SAT APR 8 2006

...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY COMPLETED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE COUNTY WARNING AREA AFFECTED DURING THE
APRIL 7TH TORNADO OUTBREAK ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES HAVE COMPLETED DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
RELATED TO THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

HERE IS A DETAILED SUMMARY OF DAMAGE SURVEYED IN COLBERT...
LAWRENCE...CULLMAN...MADISON AND PART OF LINCOLN COUNTIES.

...MADISON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
A VERY BRIEF F-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 4 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF HAZEL GREEN ALABAMA NEAR THE ALABAMA/TENNESSEE STATE LINE. A FEW
TREES WERE TWISTED AND UPROOTED BY THE SHORT LIVED TORNADO AS
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE ALABAMA/TENNESSEE STATE LINE AND MOVED TO
ABOUT THREE MILES WEST OF VANNTOWN TENNESSEE. THE PATH LENGTH OF
THIS TORNADO WAS 150 YARDS AND THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 30 YARDS
WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED REACHING 60 MILES AN HOUR.

...MADISON COUNTY...
ANOTHER VERY BRIEF F-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF HAZEL GREEN...ALONG CHARLEY PATTERSON ROAD NEAR THE
SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY. A ROOF WAS PEELED FROM A MOBILE HOME AND
INSULATION TOSSED INTO SOME NEARBY TREES. HOWEVER...THERE WAS NO
OTHER DAMAGE TO NEARBY STRUCTURES. THE RESIDENT OF THE HOME WAS
INSIDE AT THE TIME...AND WAS AWAKENED BY THE STORM BUT UNHARMED. THE
FIRST REPORT OF THE DAMAGE WAS CALLED INTO THE MADISON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AROUND 745 PM CDT. A TORNADO WARNING HAD
BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY AT 721 PM CDT. MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER SHORT LIVED F-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE
65 ALONG INTERSTATE 565 ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF HUNTSVILLE NEAR
GREENBRIER ROAD. THIS TORNADO WAS VERY BRIEF AND WAS CONFIRMED BY
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE ONLY BRIEF
DAMAGE WAS TO A ROAD SIGN THAT WAS BLOWN OVER. THE PATH LENGTH OF
THIS TORNADO WAS AROUND 30 YARDS...WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WITH THIS TORNADO WAS 60 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND THE MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
HOWEVER...NO OTHER WIND OR TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED OR FOUND BY
THE SURVEY TEAM AT THIS TIME IN MADISON COUNTY.

...CULLMAN COUNTY...
AN F-1 TORNADO STRUCK A CHICKEN FARM APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF THE CITY OF CULLMAN...NOT FAR FROM THE PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY.
TWO WELL-BUILT CHICKEN HOUSES WERE COLLAPSED AND STRIPPED OF THEIR
METAL ROOFING...AND A THIRD CHICKEN HOUSE WAS MODERATELY DAMAGED.
METAL ROOFING WAS FLUNG INTO NEARBY TREES AND TWISTED AROUND THEIR
BRANCHES...APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 YARDS AWAY. A SMALL WOODEN SHED
WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED...AND A FEED BIN ATTACHED TO THE FIRST
CHICKEN HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY TOPPLED OVER. A BRANCH WAS THROWN AS A
PROJECTILE INTO THE WINDOW OF A NEARBY RESIDENCE...BUT THE
INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE HAD TAKEN SHELTER IN THE BASEMENT AFTER
RECEIVING A TORNADO WARNING ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. THE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS IN LENGTH...AND APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS WIDE.
MAXIMUN WIND SPEEDS OF THIS TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED AT 80 MILES AN
HOUR. ESTIMATED TIME OF THE TOUCHDOWN WAS AROUND 11 PM CDT. A
TORNADO WARNING HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR CULLMAN COUNTY AT 1036 PM CDT.

...COLBERT COUNTY...
A SHORT LIVED F-0 TORNADO OCCURRED INITIALLY ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF
CHEROKEE ALABAMA. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS AROUND 50
YARDS WITH A PATH WIDTH ALSO OF 50 YARDS.

A SECOND TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 90 MILES AN
HOUR OCCURRED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCUMBIA. INITIALLY...THIS
F-1 TORNADO HAD A WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND PRODUCED THIS DAMAGE ALONG
A 200 YARD PATH LENGTH BEFORE WEAKENING TO AN F-0 TORNADO. A GAS
STATION SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...WHERE A 50 FOOT BILLBOARD WAS
TWISTED BACKWARDS AND SEVERAL OF THE GAS PUMPS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED.
ONE OF THE GAS PUMPS WAS DISLODGED FROM THE PAVEMENT. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED THROUGH TUSCUMBIA...WITH F-0 DAMAGE OCCURRING. THE TORNADO
FINALLY DISSIPATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA. MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS OF THE F-0 TORNADO WAS AROUND 70 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH
TUSCUMBIA AND INTO MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA.

A THIRD TORNADO REACHING A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 90 MILES AN HOUR
BEGAN A NEARLY CONTINUOUS 10 MILE PATH IN SOUTHEAST COLBERT COUNTY. THE
F-1 TORNADO BEGAN ITS PATH FROM COLBERT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL...CONTINUING EAST AND NORTHEAST TO THE COLBERT HEIGHTS HIGH
SCHOOL. THE TORNADO FIRST PRODUCED DAMAGE AT A BALL FIELD NEAR THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...WHERE THE FENCE WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...A MANUFACTURED HOME SUFFERED
EXTENSIVE ROOF AND PORCH DAMAGE. MOST OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN AS MUCH
AS 100 YARDS BEHIND THE HOME. AT COLBERT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL...
DAMAGE INCLUDED A SCOREBOARD...WHICH WAS BLOWN AND TWISTED OFF OF
ITS BASE AND A NEARBY BASEBALL DUGOUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LOST ITS
ROOF. ALSO...A LARGE ANTENNA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS TWISTED IN TWO.

THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO AN F-0 INTENSITY ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF
COLBERT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS CONTINUOUS LIGHT TREE DAMAGE
ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO UNTIL IT MOVED THROUGH THE LEIGHTON
ALABAMA COMMUNITY. NEAR LEIGHTON...THE TORNADO REACHED F-1 INTENSITY
AGAIN WITH WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT A MAXIMUM OF 80 MILES AN HOUR. A
LARGE BARN SUFFERED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE JUST WEST OF LEIGHTON. THE
ROOF OF THIS BARN WAS BLOWN 200 YARDS FROM THE STRUCTURE. CORN STALKS
FROM A NEARBY FIELD WERE FOUND EMBEDDED BETWEEN THE REMAINING WALLS
IN THE BARN. THE TORNADO UPROOTED FIVE LARGE OAK TREES IN LEIGHTON
ALABAMA...BEFORE ABRUPTLY DISSIPATING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

...LAWRENCE COUNTY...
A BRIEF F-0 TORNADO OCCURRED ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF HATTON ALABAMA.
THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN...WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS
ESTIMATED AT AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS
TORNADO WAS 30 YARDS AND THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS ALSO AT 30
YARDS.

A SECOND WEAK F-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF
MOUNT HOPE ALABAMA. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED MINOR TREE DAMAGE WITH
MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE PATH LENGTH
OF THE TORNADO WAS 60 YARDS AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS AT 50 YARDS.

A THIRD WEAK F-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CADDO ALABAMA...
WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOULTON ALABAMA. THIS TORNADO
ALSO PRODUCED MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND ROOF DAMAGE TO A MANUFACTURED
HOME. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF THIS TORNADO WAS 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE
PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 100 YARDS AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 60
YARDS.

$$

GATLIN/KULA/CARCIONE/TROUTMAN

[conestogo_flood]

Tornado reports up to 60.

[JenyEliza]

There were 4 more tornadoes confirmed in North Georgia... two in Polk County and two in Cobb County. F0-F1 intensity. There may be a couple of more still that the NWS didn't get to today(North Fulton County had some really bad damage that looked like a tornado).

Yep...its a real mess here (in some places). I am amazed, absolutely amazed we didn't end up with trees on our house. Our neighbors weren't as lucky as we were...there were trees down on houses, cars, streets, power lines...everywhere.

There were 6 large trees down behind my office building (which is not very far from one of the confirmed twisters).

WOW. What a wild, sleep deprived night it was, and a huge mess for those whose property was damaged. Fortunately, we're only looking at property damage, not lives lost.

Thank you, God.

[CrazyC83]

I'm wondering what is taking the Jackson office so long to confirm their tornadoes? There were at least 7 - possibly more - tornadoes in their area, yet they haven't done a single survey.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Any word on how strong the straight line winds were from those storms up in Atlanta? Sounds like they had to have been at least 60-70mph (or a little higher) to have all that damage.