Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 627 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR POSEY COUNTY INDIANA TORNADO THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE POSEY COUNTY INDIANA TORNADO. * EVENT TYPE.........EF2 TORNADO * EVENT DATE.........FRIDAY MARCH 2 2012 * EVENT TIME.........1237 PM CST TO 1243 PM CST BASED ON RADAR * EVENT LOCATION.....4.5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WADESVILLE TO 0.6 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BLAIRSVILLE * PEAK WIND..........125 MPH * AVG. PATH WIDTH....140 YARDS * PATH LENGTH........6 MILES * INJURIES...........NONE * FATALITIES.........NONE * DAMAGE DETAIL......ONE WOOD FRAME HOUSE DESTROYED SOUTHWEST OF WADESVILLE...WITH ROOF COMPLETELY REMOVED AND PART OF SOUTH WALL BLOWN OFF. RESIDENT OF HOME AVOIDED INJURY BY TAKING SHELTER IN BASEMENT AFTER SEEING DEBRIS IN AIR. THIS WAS LOCATION OF PEAK INTENSITY OF TORNADO. EYEWITNESSES OBSERVED A SWIRLING COLUMN OF DEBRIS BUT NOT A FUNNEL CLOUD. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES MODERATELY DAMAGED...WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND VARYING DEGREES OF ROOF DAMAGE. OVER 100 TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...INCLUDING 53 AT ONE RESIDENCE ALONE. A FEW GRAIN BINS DESTROYED. OIL TANKS BLOWN OVER...WITH AN ASSOCIATED LEAK OF CRUDE OIL. SEVERAL EQUIPMENT SHEDS DAMAGED. TWO TO THREE GARAGES DESTROYED...INCLUDING A CONCRETE BLOCK GARAGE. SURVEYORS.......BLANCHARD/YORK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 740 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NORTH OF OWENTON IN OWEN COUNTY OHIO LOCATION...5 MILES NORTH OF OWENTON IN OWEN COUNTY OHIO DATE...MARCH 2 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...425 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS PATH LENGTH...5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.60N / -84.89W ENDING LAT/LON...38.60N / -84.79W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...3 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR OWENTON IN OWEN COUNTY OHIO ON MARCH 2 2012. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OWEN COUNTY NORTH OF OWENTON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED NEAR A FARM SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 227 WHERE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A BARN AND HOUSE WERE OBSERVED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TODD ROAD AND HIGHWAY 127/36/227 WHERE THE EF2 DAMAGE OCCURRED...INCLUDING A HOUSE THAT HAD COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE ROOF AND PARTIAL EXTERIOR WALL COLLAPSE. NUMEROUS BARNS IN THE AREA WERE ALSO COMPLETELY DESTROYED. POWER POLES AND TREES WERE SNAPPED...AS WELL AS A SEMI-TRAILER OVERTURNED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ACROSS KEMPER LANE WHERE MORE BARNS WERE DESTROYED...AND NUMEROUS GROVES OF TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF JONESVILLE ROAD...AND THIS LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED DUE TO INACCESSIBLE TERRAIN. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA OF JONESVILLE ROAD CONSISTED OF MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS...TREE DAMAGE...AND MINOR ROOFING MATERIAL REMOVAL. BASED ON THIS SURVEY...THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF THIS TORNADO IS 125 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 730 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR OTWAY IN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO LOCATION...OTWAY IN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO DATE...03/02/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...546 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.8455N / -83.2138W ENDING LAT/LON...38.8663N / -83.1870W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR OTWAY IN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO ON 03/02/2012. FIRE STATION HEAVILY DAMAGED...2 HOUSES DAMAGED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 725 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 2NE WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO LOCATION...2NE WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO DATE...03/02/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...533 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...0.25 MILES PATH LENGTH...11 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.8110N / -83.5182W ENDING LAT/LON...38.8417N -83.3163W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...3 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR 2NE WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO ON 03/02/2012. TORNADO TRACK WAS ABOUT 11 MILES WITH TORANDO RANGING IN STRENGTH FROM EF0 TO EF2. AT LEAST 5 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...2 HOMES DAMAGED... 1 BRICK HOME DAMAGED...A DOZEN CATTLE KILLED AND MAJOR POWER TRANSMISSION POLES KNOCKED OVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 711 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 2 SW WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO LOCATION...2 SW WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO DATE...03/02/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...530 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...25 YARDS PATH LENGTH...50 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.7796N / -83.5716W ENDING LAT/LON...38.7800N / -83.5689W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR 2 SW WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO ON 03/02/2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 anyone have a tally on the EF count so far? Wiki (which I know isn't the most reliable) has it at Total 26 EF0 5 EF1 6 EF2 9 EF3 5 EF4 1 EF5 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Whole bunch rolling in from ILN. One of them was a high end EF3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 821 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MOSCOW IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...MOSCOW IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO DATE...MARCH 2 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...440 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...1/4 MILE PATH LENGTH...20 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.85N / -84.33 W ENDING LAT/LON...38.90N / -83.98 W * FATALITIES...3 * INJURIES...UNKNOWN * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR MOSCOW IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO ON MARCH 2 2012. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY IN SOUTHEAST CAMPBELL COUNTY KENTUCKY NORTHWEST OF PEACH GROVE...KENTUCKY...AND CROSSED THE OHIO RIVER AT MOSCOW...OHIO...AND CONTINUED ON THE GROUND ACROSS CLERMONT COUNTY AND LIFTED SOUTH OF HAMERSVILLE IN WESTERN BROWN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES ALONG ITS ENTIRE PATH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE VERY HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...WITH MANY LOSING ROOFS...HAVING COMPLETE EXTERIOR WALL FAILURE...AND EVEN SOME MODULAR HOMES WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND DESTROYED. ALSO OF NOTE ON THE SURVEY...WAS THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE AREA OF REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT /NON-TORNADIC/ WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE TORNADIC DAMAGE. THIS WAS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE OF THE RIVER...WEST OF PEACH GROVE. THIS WIND DAMAGE ALSO CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...AND CONSIDERABLE HOME AND TREE DAMAGE. THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE WITHIN THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION SUPPORTS WIND SPEED ESTIMATES UP TO 160 MPH...NEAR THE TOP OF THE EF3 CRITERIA. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 824 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LAUREL COUNTY KENTUCKY... A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-2 TORNADO IN LAUREL COUNTY ON MARCH 2 2012. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 4.3 MILES WEST OF EAST BERNSTADT AND THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 3.6 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF EAST BERNSTADT. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED 125 MPH. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL RESIDENCES AND CAUSED 5 FATALITIES. EVENT DATE: MARCH 2 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS: 125 MPH INJURIES/FATALITIES: 5 FATALITIES EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 705 PM EST AT 37.197228N/84.194806W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: 712 PM EST AT 37.235781N/84.091847W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH: 6.3 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH: 310 YARDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Has anyone seen a PNS out of FFC about the damage in Paulding County, GA? They put one out for Haralson County, GA rather quickly, but haven't been able to find one for Paulding(which actually sustained more damage). Would the weekend be hampering the survey crew from surveying the area or lack of multiple survey crews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Wilmington also confirmed a high-end EF3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Has anyone seen a PNS out of FFC about the damage in Paulding County, GA? They put one out for Haralson County, GA rather quickly, but haven't been able to find one for Paulding(which actually sustained more damage). Would the weekend be hampering the survey crew from surveying the area or lack of multiple survey crews? Even a routine survey can take the better part of a day, so it may just be a case of wrapping it up tomorrow. LMK is going back out again tomorrow to finish up surveys as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Wilmington also confirmed a high-end EF3. It was in crittenden county kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 902 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...MARCH 2 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...430 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...AT LEAST A QUARTER MILE PATH LENGTH...10 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.791N/84.633W ENDING LAT/LON...38.8324N/84.459W * FATALITIES...4 * INJURIES...SOME INJURIES DETAILS UNKNOWN * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY ON MARCH 2 2012. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO BEGINNING NEAR CRITTENDEN KENTUCKY IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...AND CONTINUING EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH PINER...FISKBURG AND MORNING VIEW IN SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY. IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...MINOR DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR ROUTE 491 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRITTENDEN. THE DAMAGE INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED THE AREA NEAR VIOLET ROAD AND BINGHAM LANE. SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED...CONSISTENT WITH EF0. AS THE STORM PROGRESSED TO THE HARVESTERS SUBDIVISION...NUMEROUS HOMES HAD ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF0 AND EF1...WITH MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. ON THE WEST END OF THE HARVESTERS SUBDIVISION...THERE WAS AN ISOLATED AREA WHERE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH END EF2 TO LOW END EF3. SEVERAL MULTI FAMILY HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED...WITH THE ENTIRE ROOF REMOVED AND AT LEAST ONE OUTER WALL COLLAPSED...BUT SEVERAL INNER WALLS REMAINED INTACT. SUCH DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 135 MPH. THE STORM CONTINUED THE EAST NORTHEAST PATH INTO SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY...WHERE THE 4 FATALITIES OCCURRED. HIGH END EF2 TO EF3 DAMAGE PERSISTED FROM DIXIE HIGHWAY...TO BAGBY ROAD...TO CARLISLE...PARKERS GROVE AND PAXTON ROADS TO ROUTE 17. WHILE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED EAST OF THIS AREA...IT WAS MORE CONSISTENT WITH EF0 TO EF1 DAMAGE TO THE CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY...FROM INTERSTATE 75 THROUGH PINER. SEVERAL BRICK FACADE AND SIDING HOMES HAD THE ENTIRE ROOF REMOVED...WITH WHOLE SECTIONS OF HOME WIPED FROM THE FOUNDATION. THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO HOMES WHICH WERE REMOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION. AT LEAST 3 VEHICLES WERE THROWN UP TO A QUARTER MILE OR MORE. SUCH DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH END EF3 DAMAGE...WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 160 MPH. THE TORNADO PATH CONTINUED EASTWARD TO THE LICKING RIVER/CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ITSELF...THERE WAS A WIDE AREA OF REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT /NON-TORNADIC/ WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE TORNADO PATH. THIS DAMAGE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...WITH HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR PUSHED OVER...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ROOF DAMAGE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 902 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...MARCH 2 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...430 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...AT LEAST A QUARTER MILE PATH LENGTH...10 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.791N/84.633W ENDING LAT/LON...38.8324N/84.459W * FATALITIES...4 * INJURIES...SOME INJURIES DETAILS UNKNOWN * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR CRITTENDEN AND PINER IN GRANT AND KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY ON MARCH 2 2012. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO BEGINNING NEAR CRITTENDEN KENTUCKY IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...AND CONTINUING EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH PINER...FISKBURG AND MORNING VIEW IN SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY. IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...MINOR DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR ROUTE 491 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRITTENDEN. THE DAMAGE INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED THE AREA NEAR VIOLET ROAD AND BINGHAM LANE. SOME ROOF DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED...CONSISTENT WITH EF0. AS THE STORM PROGRESSED TO THE HARVESTERS SUBDIVISION...NUMEROUS HOMES HAD ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF0 AND EF1...WITH MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. ON THE WEST END OF THE HARVESTERS SUBDIVISION...THERE WAS AN ISOLATED AREA WHERE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH END EF2 TO LOW END EF3. SEVERAL MULTI FAMILY HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED...WITH THE ENTIRE ROOF REMOVED AND AT LEAST ONE OUTER WALL COLLAPSED...BUT SEVERAL INNER WALLS REMAINED INTACT. SUCH DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 135 MPH. THE STORM CONTINUED THE EAST NORTHEAST PATH INTO SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY...WHERE THE 4 FATALITIES OCCURRED. HIGH END EF2 TO EF3 DAMAGE PERSISTED FROM DIXIE HIGHWAY...TO BAGBY ROAD...TO CARLISLE...PARKERS GROVE AND PAXTON ROADS TO ROUTE 17. WHILE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED EAST OF THIS AREA...IT WAS MORE CONSISTENT WITH EF0 TO EF1 DAMAGE TO THE CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHERN KENTON COUNTY...FROM INTERSTATE 75 THROUGH PINER. SEVERAL BRICK FACADE AND SIDING HOMES HAD THE ENTIRE ROOF REMOVED...WITH WHOLE SECTIONS OF HOME WIPED FROM THE FOUNDATION. THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO HOMES WHICH WERE REMOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION. AT LEAST 3 VEHICLES WERE THROWN UP TO A QUARTER MILE OR MORE. SUCH DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH END EF3 DAMAGE...WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 160 MPH. THE TORNADO PATH CONTINUED EASTWARD TO THE LICKING RIVER/CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. IN ADDITION TO THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ITSELF...THERE WAS A WIDE AREA OF REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT /NON-TORNADIC/ WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE TORNADO PATH. THIS DAMAGE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...WITH HUNDREDS OF TREES SNAPPED OR PUSHED OVER...AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD ROOF DAMAGE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. Thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Even a routine survey can take the better part of a day, so it may just be a case of wrapping it up tomorrow. LMK is going back out again tomorrow to finish up surveys as well. That's what I thought, but wanted to get someone else's opinion. I figured they are stretched a bit thin because of the widespread outbreak. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 943 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MENIFEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-3 TORNADO IN MENIFEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES ON MARCH 2 2012. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIBA IN MENIFEE COUNTY AT 539 PM EST. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...AND HIT WEST LIBERTY AT ABOUT 558 PM EST...CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ACROSS MORGAN COUNTY BEFORE EITHER LIFTING OR MOVING OUT OF MORGAN COUNTY AT ABOUT 612 PM EST. THE EXACT END POINT FOR THIS TORNADO IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. EVENT DATE: MARCH 2 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-3 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS: 140 MPH INJURIES/FATALITIES: 2 FATALITIES IN MENIFEE COUNTY AND 6 FATALITIES IN MORGAN COUNTY EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 539 PM EST AT 37.905022N/83.614639W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: YET TO BE DETERMINED DAMAGE PATH LENGTH: 34 MILES IN MENIFEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES DAMAGE WIDTH: MAXIMUM 1 MILE WIDTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 943 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MENIFEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... I'm pretty amazed West Liberty "only" saw 140 mph winds. That couplet had potential to be much, much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'm pretty amazed West Liberty "only" saw 140 mph winds. That couplet had potential to be much, much worse. From what I saw, the West Liberty damage was borderline EF2-3. In fact, of the four *official* fatalities from Morgan County, only one was from West Liberty proper. The damage outside of West Liberty, and especially in Menifee County, was much worse, as well as the damage near Salyersville (which IMO looked almost EF4ish in areas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'm pretty amazed West Liberty "only" saw 140 mph winds. That couplet had potential to be much, much worse. Multiple people thought it would drop at least an EF4. That couplet was nasty. Here's a flyover of West Liberty. Some areas do look pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 From what I saw, the West Liberty damage was borderline EF2-3. In fact, of the four *official* fatalities from Morgan County, only one was from West Liberty proper. The damage outside of West Liberty, and especially in Menifee County, was much worse, as well as the damage near Salyersville (which IMO looked almost EF4ish in areas). I agree that Saylersville looked worse off, and indeed JKL has rated that high end EF3 with max winds of 160 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1030 PM EST Sat Mar 03 2012 ...Preliminary survey results from Southern Indiana and Trimble County in Kentucky... Narrative: These are the preliminary results of multiple storm survey teams that investigated the tornado damage caused over southern Indiana and into Trimble county in Kentucky. Complicating the assessment was the fact that two separate supercell thunderstorms tracked over the area, each producing a tornado along their path. Between the towns of New Pekin and Henryville, the storms followed essentially the same path, separated by approximately 10 minutes. The first storm was the more powerful of the two, producing the EF-4 damage to homes and a large junior-senior high school in Henryville. Further EF-4 damage was found near Chelsea in Jefferson county Indiana. Near Pekin in Indiana EF-3 damage was found. In Trimble county south of Milton two tornados, one rated EF-2 and another EF-3 caused damage. Again, these findings are preliminary and are complicated by the long distance involved. More details will follow, including path length, width, and timing information as well as even EF-rating, after additional storm survey teams are dispatched on Sunday and as storm damage pictures are more thoroughly assessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I agree that Saylersville looked worse off, and indeed JKL has rated that high end EF3 with max winds of 160 mph. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1045 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES AND EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN MARTIN COUNTY... A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS CONFIRMED A LONG TRACKED TORNADO MOVED ACROSS MAGOFFIN...JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES ON MARCH 2 2012. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF3 INTENSITY IN MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES AND EF2 IN MARTIN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO CROSSED THE TUG FORK RIVER NEAR BEAUTY KENTUCKY AND MOVED INTO WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENDING. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF CUTUNO IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY AROUND 651 PM EST. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...AND HIT SALYERSVILLE AT EF3 STRENGTH AROUND 703 PM EST...CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED EAST NORTHEAST MAINTAINING EF3 INTENSITY...AND LIKELY REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 160 MPH IN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO BECAME WEAKER AS IT MOVED INTO AND ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY...WITH MAXIMUM INTENSITY IN MARTIN COUNTY AT EF2. THE TORNADO EXITED KENTUCKY AROUND 738 PM EST. EVENT DATE: MARCH 2 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-3 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS: 160 MPH INJURIES/FATALITIES: 2 FATALITIES IN JOHNSON COUNTY EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 651 EST AT 37.717317N/83.219967W EVENT END TIME/LOCATION IN KENTUCKY: 738 PM EST 37.832617N/82.403883W DAMAGE PATH LENGTH IN KENTUCKY: 45 MILES DAMAGE WIDTH: MAXIMUM WIDTH 0.75 MILES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1125 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR KERMIT IN MINGO COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA LOCATION...KERMIT IN MINGO COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DATE...MARCH 02 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...745 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...250 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1 MILE BEGINNING LAT/LON...37.49N / 82.23W ENDING LAT/LON...37.50N / 82.22W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR KERMIT IN MINGO COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ON MARCH 2 2012. A STORM SURVEY WAS PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE PRODUCED BY A TORNADIC SUPERCELL NEAR KERMIT IN MINGO COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. A CONFIRMED TORNADO COMING OUT OF MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY CROSSED OVER THE TUG FORK RIVER AND LIFTED JUST AS IT ENTERED WEST VIRGINIA. THE ESTIMATED PATH OF THE TORNADO AS IT MOVED OUT OF KENTUCKY WAS 250 YARDS. AS THE FUNNEL QUICKLY MOVED EAST...IT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN A QUARTER OF A MILE INTO ITS TRACK ON A RIDGELINE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF KERMIT. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FACING SLOPE OF THE RIDGE. ALSO NOTED ALONG THIS RIDGE WAS SCATTERED DEBRIS CARRIED OVER THE RIVER FROM THE TOWN OF LOVELY IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. AFTER CONTACT WITH THE RIDGE...THE TORNADO LIFTED BACK UP AND TRAVELED EAST RIDING JUST ABOVE THE RIDGELINE. FINALLY...AS THE FUNNEL CONTINUED TO LIFT IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A RAILROAD COMMUNICATION TOWER. THE ELEVATION OF THE RIDGE THE TOWER WAS POSITIONED ON WAS ESTIMATED AT 1380 FEET...AND THE TOWER STOOD AN ADDITIONAL 280 FEET. THIS FREE STANDING TOWER WAS FULLY COLLAPSED OVER THE BACK SIDE OF THE RIDGE. TREES AROUND THE TOWER APPEARED TO BE LARGELY UNSCATHED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PORTION OF THE REMAINING TORNADO DESTROYED THE TOWER BEFORE COMPLETELY LIFTING UP AND DISSIPATING. EF2 DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE TOWER WITH WINDS APPROXIMATELY 125 MPH. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RLX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1009 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012...CORRECTED DATE AND TIME OF EVENT ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR COVE GAP IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... LOCATION...NEAR COVE GAP IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DATE...MARCH 02 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...655 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...138 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...27 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON... ENDING LAT/LON... * FATALITIES...2 IN BLAINE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KY * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ..SUMMARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR COVE GAP IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ON MARCH 03 2012. A TORNADIC SUPERCELL MOVED FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY KY ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY INTO LINCOLN COUNTY. THE FIRST INDICATION OF A TORNADO IN WAYNE COUNTY WAS NEAR GLENHAYES WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN PASSED NEAR DUNLOW. THE SURVEY TEAM WAS UNABLE TO TRAVEL INTO DUNLOW BECAUSE OF FLOODED ROADS AND DOWNED POWERLINES. THE SURVEY TEAM WILL MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT REACHING THE DUNLOW AREA ON SUNDAY. THE NEXT INDICATION OF A TORNADO WAS ALONG ROUTE 37 NEAR KIAHSVILLE AND COVE GAP. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AS WELL AS NUMEROUS STRUCTURES BEING DAMAGED. A FEW MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE DESTROYED. IN ADDITION...ONE TWO-STORY HOUSE LOST THE ROOF...SEVERAL OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS AND AN INTERIOR WALL. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY...WHERE TREE DEBRIS WAS SEEN ALONG ROUTE 10 NEAR RANGER. HOWEVER...THE TEAM COULD NOT FIND THE LOCATION WHERE THE DEBRIS ORIGINATED. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF IN THE PRICE AREA. THE LAST INDICATION OF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS ALONG ROUTE 46 JUST SOUTH OF PALERMO. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. IN ADDITION... THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A FEW RESIDENCES. A SURVEY TEAM WILL BE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KY ON SUNDAY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RLX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 EF3s FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Something tells me a couple of these EF-3s will be upgraded, especially when looking at the damage photos and aerials of some of these areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 104 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...CLIPPED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF A LONG TRACK SUPERCELL THAT BEGAN IN MARENGO COUNTY AND ENDED IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. THE SURVEY CREWS HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF THREE DISTINCT TORNADO TRACKS ALONG THE STORM`S PATH. TORNADO 1...LITTLE OAKMULGEE CREEK TORNADO (PERRY...DALLAS...AND AUTAUGA COUNTIES) EVENT DATE: MARCH 2, 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-1 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 105 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 32.5486/-87.1531 AT 915 PM EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: 32.6350/-86.8455 AT 937 PM DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 19.2 DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 750 WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FROM 838 PM UNTIL 1000 PM. WATCHES: TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FROM 435 PM UNTIL 5 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...NORTHERN DALLAS...AND NORTHWESTERN AUTAUGA COUNTIES AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF AN EF-1 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL SOUTHEAST PERRY COUNTY ALONG OSCAR PRICE ROAD JUST NORTHEAST OF SUTTLE. IN PERRY COUNTY...DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND ONE HUNTING CAMP MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 219 NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 6 AND INTO NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY ACROSS OAKMULGEE CREEK...WHERE AT LEAST 1000 TREES WERE SNAPPED IN A WIDE SWATH NEAR COUNTY ROAD 282. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED TO PAUL M GRICE STATE PARK AND BUSTED OUT WINDOWS AND TORE SHINGLES OFF AT THE PARK CENTER...TOPPLED 2 CAMPERS...AND SNAPPED HUNDREDS MORE TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD HIGHWAY 22 AND COUNTY ROAD 294 WHERE A BRICK HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND HUNDREDS MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP AND UPROOT MANY MORE TREES ACROSS NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. IT THEN CROSSED MULBERRY CREEK INTO NORTHWEST AUTAUGA COUNTY JUST NORTH OF VINE HILL WHERE IT SNAPPED DOZENS OF TREES. IT SNAPPED A FEW MORE TREES BEFORE IT LIFTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 31 JUST NORTH OF BETHEL GROVE. THE TORNADO TRACKED OVER 19 MILES ACROSS SOUTHEAST PERRY...NORTHERN DALLAS AND NORTHWEST AUTAUGA COUNTIES BEFORE IT LIFTED. AT ITS WIDEST POINT...THE TORNADO WAS NEAR 750 YARDS IN WIDTH. TORNADO 2...VERBENA-NIXBURG TORNADO (CHILTON AND COOSA COUNTIES) EVENT DATE: MARCH 2, 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 125 INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 32.7254/-86.5337 AT 1001 PM EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: 32.8493/-86.0729 AT 1033 PM DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 28.0 DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 700 WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FROM 945 PM UNTIL 1042 PM. WATCHES: TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FROM 435 PM UNTIL 5 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN CHILTON AND COOSA COUNTIES AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN EF-2 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH OF EXIT 200...WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. IT QUICKLY STRENGTHENED AND GREW TO ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 700 YARDS AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 503. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ACROSS US HIGHWAY 31 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 526 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF VERBENA. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO 125 MPH AND DESTROYED ONE HOME AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ANOTHER...AS WELL AS MOWING DOWN HUNDREDS OF TREES AROUND THE TWO HOMES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP AND UPROOT TREES AND IT NEARED COUNTY ROAD 524...WHERE IT ALSO DESTROYED TWO SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN AND AROUND VERBENA. AS IT CROSSED INTO COOSA COUNTY...THE TORNADO WAS CONSIDERABLY WEAKER AND NARROW. A WEAK BUT CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY...THEN CROSSED US 231 SOUTH OF PENTONVILLE...WHERE A GROVE OF PINES WERE SNAPPED. THE WEAK TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS AL HIGHWAY 9 NORTH OF NIXBURG...WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW PINE TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATED SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 63 IN RURAL COOSA COUNTY NORTHEAST OF NIXBURG. TORNADO 3...EAGLE CREEK TORNADO (TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES) EVENT DATE: MARCH 2, 2012 EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 125 INJURIES/FATALITIES: 2 INJURIES/1 FATALITY EVENT START TIME/LOCATION: 32.8666/-85.9669 AT 1040 PM EVENT END TIME/LOCATION: 33.0000/-85.4487 AT 1114 PM DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 31.3 DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 1000 WARNINGS: TORNADO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FROM 1034 PM UNTIL 545 PM. WATCHES: TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FROM 435 PM UNTIL 5 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN EF-2 TORNADO. THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST WEST OF HWY 63 IN WESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...WHERE IT UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SCORES OF TREES. IT CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD AND PASSED JUST NORTH OF WIND CREEK STATE PARK...WHERE IT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE BETWEEN HWY 128 AND THE SHORES OF LAKE MARTIN. THE TORNADO CROSSED LAKE MARTIN AND CAME ASHORE IN THE RIVER BEND SUBDIVISION WHERE IT AGAIN SNAPPED OR UPROOTED HUNDREDS OF TREES. IT THEN CROSSED HWY 280 JUST WEST OF MIDWAY AND PRODUCED MINOR TREE DAMAGE...AND THEN CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD WHERE IT PASSED NORTH OF JACKSONS GAP. AS IT TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF EAGLE CREEK...THE TORNADO PATH WIDENED TO OVER ONE QUARTER MILE. IT DESTROYED ONE DOUBLE-WIDE AND THREE SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THIS LOCATION. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE DOUBLE-WIDE EVACUATED THE HOME PRIOR TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR HOME AND SAFELY RODE OUT THE STORM IN A STURDY SHELTER. AS THE STORM CROSSED AL 49...IT LOFTED AND DESTROYED A SINGLE-WIDE AND CAUSED THE STORM`S ONLY FATALITY. THE TORNADO PATH BROADENED TO APPROXIMATELY 1000 YARDS AS IT CROSSED ELDER RD. FARTHER TO THE EAST...APPROXIMATELY 14 HOMES RECEIVED MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE AND SCORES OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ON BUTTSTON ROAD JUST NORTH OF DENVER RD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO EASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...THE WHERE IT BECAME VERY BROAD AND STRETCHED UP TO 800 YARDS WIDE. DUE TO THE ERRATIC DAMAGE PATTERN...IT APPEARED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE VORTICES AND THIS CAUSED POCKETS OF MORE INTENSE DAMAGE WITHIN THE BROAD CIRCULATION. THE BROAD CIRCULATION CONTINUED INTO WESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY WHERE IT MAINTAINED A HALF MILE PATH WIDTH AS IT CROSSED CR 55 NEAR SANDY CREEK AS A STRONG 120 MPH EF-2. THOUSANDS OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE UNIFORMLY SNAPPED ACROSS THIS PATH WITH A MORE DEFINITIVE CORE TO THE TRACK AT THIS LOCATION. AFTER IT CROSSED CHATTAHOSPEE CREEK...IT PASSED JUST NORTH OF TRAMMEL CROSSROADS WHERE A SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN AND NARROW AS IT CONTINUED INTO CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY BEFORE IT LIFTED JUST EAST OF HWY 77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 One thing I'm a little worried about for these people as well is that the temps in Kentucky are going to get down to 19 with 1-3" of snow tonight. That will definitely slow down cleanup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 831 NOUS44 KMRX 041911 AAA PNSMRX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 210 PM EST SUN MARCH 4 2012 ...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY ACROSS HAMILTON COUNTY CONFIRMED A TORNADO AT HARRISON...TENNESSEE IN HAMILTON COUNTY... A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUES AN ASSESSMENT OF TORNADO DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ON MARCH 2ND IN HAMILTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE TORNADO THAT PRODUCED DAMAGE IN HAMILTON COUNTY...OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF HARRISON AT THE MARINA AND ON HUNTER ROAD. THE TORNADO RATING HAS NOW BEEN INCREASED TO AN EF-3 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 165 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY: GEORGE MATHEWS...METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE...AND DOUG SCHNEIDER...SENIOR FORECASTER...WITH THE MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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