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3:30 CDT AL Press Conference - 4/29


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All posters please try to pull as much facts from the presser as possible.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

140 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...NWS BIRMINGHAM METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNOR

BENTLEY`S DAMAGE SURVEY AND PRESS CONFERENCE AT 330 PM TODAY...

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REQUESTS FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDIA TO FOLLOW NWS

TEAMS TO SURVEY DAMAGE. DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING REQUESTS...DAMAGE

AREAS THAT ARE STILL RESTRICTED...AND THE NEED FOR OUR SURVEYS TO BE

COMPLETED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE...ADDRESSING AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE

PRESS AS POSSIBLE IN ONE LOCATION IS THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS TO

MEET YOUR INFORMATION NEEDS AND ALLOWING US TO COMPLETE OUR DAMAGE

ASSESSMENTS.

METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE JIM STEFKOVICH WILL ACCOMPANY GOVERNOR

BENTLEY ON HIS TOUR AT THE SCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PRATT CITY AT

330 PM. HE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE

LATEST DAMAGE ASSESSMENT RESULTS...THE METEOROLOGY OF THE EVENT...

AND THE PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY USED TO ASSESS STORM DAMAGE

ACCURATELY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...CONTACT JIM STEFKOVICH... METEOROLOGIST

IN CHARGE AT 205 585 8635.

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6,000 people in the heart of the tornado path (population estimate for Tuscaloosa tornado)

446 people un-accounted for. Reports to dispatch for welfare check where calls didn't come back

Calls could be multiple

Person could be already located

Working to improve that number, just a raw number of welfare check requests to dispatch.

Called in two additional cadaver units for assistance with searching due to the difficulties/time required to search 'rubble.'

Agency in charge of coordinating volunteer efforts during disasters was destroyed.

EMA creating an 8-person volunteer coordination team starting Sunday...

995 injuries, 5.9 miles long. 1/4 - 1/2 mile wide.

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