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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
505 PM CST WED NOV 30 2022

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/29-30/22 TORNADO EVENT...

.OVERVIEW...SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND LINE SEGMENTS
RESULTED IN HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
FROM THE AFTERNOON ON NOVEMBER 29 TO THE EARLY MORNING OF NOVEMBER 30. 
FOUR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SO FAR WITH ADDITIONAL AREAS TO SURVEY 
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

.TORNADO #1 EUTAW-OAK VILLAGE TORNADO (GREENE AND HALE COUNTIES)...

RATING:                 EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  19.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/29/2022
START TIME:             09:45 PM CST
START LOCATION:         1 S I 20 REST AREA NEAR EUTAW / GREENE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON:          32.8445 / -87.9401

END DATE:               11/29/2022
END TIME:               10:13 PM CST
END LOCATION:           2 SSE MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT / HALE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            32.9362 / -87.627

SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS BIRMINGHAM STORM SURVEY TEAM ASSESSED DAMAGE FROM NEAR
EUTAW TO OAK VILLAGE TO STEWART AND FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH
AN EF-1 TORNADO. THE TORNADO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN
AN INACCESSIBLE AREA WEST OF EUTAW BEFORE SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING
GREEN COUNTY RD 131 WHERE IT IMPACTED THE SAGEWOOD APARTMENT
COMPLEX. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HERE WAS TO THE NORTHERN-
MOST UNIT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE WAS PEELED
AWAY AND BLOWN INTO THE NEARBY TREE LINE. ADJACENT UNITS ONLY
SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLES AND TO SIDING. NEARBY TIMBER
DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOT PARTICULARLY INTENSE, THOUGH THERE WAS A
VARIETY OF SPORADIC UPROOTS AND TRUNK SNAPS. IT WAS FOR THIS
REASON THAT AN EF-2 RATING WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO THE TORNADO
DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE UNIT. TIMBER AND
POWERLINE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH LOW-END EF-1.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD HWY 14 WHERE
ADDITIONAL TIMBER AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. SEVERAL
HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ON KIRKWOOD LN OR WERE MORE
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY TREE FALL. THE TORNADO CROSSED US HWY
11 CAUSING FURTHER TIMBER DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUE NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE BLACK WARRIOR ROVER. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES OF
TORNADO PATH THAT IS INACCESSIBLE FOR THIS REASON. THE NEXT
SECTION OF OBSERVABLE DAMAGE WAS IN HALE COUNTY IN THE OAK
VILLAGE COMMUNITY NORTHWEST OF AKRON. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR THE RIVER FRONT WHERE IMPRESSIVE TIMBER
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. TIMBER WAS OBSERVED TO BE BLOW DOWN ACROSS
THE RIVER AS WELL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD STEWART
WHERE ADDITIONAL TIMBER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG HWY 42. A HOME
SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE ON MILEOUS CHAPEL RD. NEAR THIS AREA TIMBER
DAMAGE BECAME VERY DIVERSE IN DIRECTION AND DAMAGE INTENSITY. IT
ALSO WAS AT ITS WIDEST POINT OF THE SURVEY, AROUND 1,200 YARDS.
BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE DAMAGE IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN
A MULTI VORTEX STATE. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND
BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS MINOR TIMBER DAMAGE OCCURRED ON MASSEY LOOP RD.
THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING AL HWY 69.

.TORNADO #2 TUTWILER RD TORNADO (WALKER COUNTY)...

RATING:                 EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    65 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/30/2022
START TIME:             12:28 AM CST 
START LOCATION:         1 WNW THE WYE / WALKER COUNTY / AL 
START LAT/LON:          33.6237 / -87.383

END DATE:               11/30/2022
END TIME:               12:30 AM CST
END LOCATION:           1 ESE THE WYE / WALKER COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            33.6122 / -87.3514

SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS BIRMINGHAM SURVEY TEAM WAS ABLE TO FIND VERY MINOR AND
SPATIALLY ISOLATED TIMBER DAMAGE ALONG TUTWILER RD. THIS WAS THE
ONLY DAMAGE OBSERVED ON THE SURVEY. RADAR INDICATED A TVS AND
SUBSEQUENT TDS NORTHWEST OF AL HWY 69 IN AN INACCESSIBLE AREA.
THE WEAK, BRIEF, NARROW TORNADO CAUSED LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.

.TORNADO #3 FLATWOOD-WILLOW SPRINGS TORNADO (ELMORE AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES)...

RATING:                 EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.92 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   650 YARDS
FATALITIES:             2
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             11/30/2022
START TIME:             03:14 AM CST
START LOCATION:         3 W BOYLSTON / ELMORE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON:          32.4385 / -86.3318

END DATE:               11/30/2022
END TIME:               03:28 AM CST
END LOCATION:           1 ESE BLUE RIDGE / ELMORE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            32.4758 / -86.1688

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN SOUTHWEST ELMORE COUNTY WEST OF THE ALABAMA
RIVER PARKWAY WHERE AN OUTBUILDING AND RETAINING WALL WERE
DAMAGED. IT CROSSED THE ALABAMA RIVER INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY
NORTH OF THE TOLL BRIDGE DOWNING TREES NORTH OF THE ALABAMA RIVER
PARKWAY. IT CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD, DOWNING TREES ALONG
COOSADA FERRY ROAD. IT STRENGTHENED AS IT REACHED WILLIAMS DRIVE,
WHERE PART OF THE ROOF OF A SHOP WAS REMOVED AND AN UNANCHORED
MANUFACTURED HOME WAS ROLLED OVER WITH THE OCCUPANT SUFFERING
MINOR INJURIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP AND UPROOT TREES
ALONG WILLIAMS DRIVE, WHILE A MANUFACTURED HOME AND A RESIDENCE
SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. JUST WEST OF FRANSON ROAD TWO MANUFACTURED
HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS BLOWN DOWNSTREAM. ONE
MANUFACTURED HOME HAD SOME EVIDENCE OF STRAPS BUT THE OCCUPANCY
STATUS OF BOTH ARE UNKNOWN. AS THE TORNADO MOVED INTO THE
FLATWOOD COMMUNITY, MANY HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE AND DAMAGE FROM
FALLING TREES. UNFORTUNATELY AN UPROOTED TREE FELL ON A
MANUFACTURED HOME, RESULTING IN TWO FATALITIES AND ONE SERIOUS
INJURY. THE CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO SUFFERED
COLLAPSE OF ALL EXTERIOR WALLS. THE TORNADO CROSSED LOWER
WETUMPKA ROAD TWICE, CONTINUING TO SNAP AND UPROOT TREES AND
CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE, WITH ONE HOME SUFFERING COMPLETE ROOF LOSS. A
COUPLE WOODEN TRANSMISSION LINE POLES FELL NORTH OF ANDERSON
ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER BACK INTO
ELMORE COUNTY. AN IMPRESSIVE SWATH OF TREES WERE DOWNED ON THE
WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 231. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD
ALONG JASMINE HILL ROAD AND WILLOW SPRINGS ROAD, WHERE SEVERAL
HOMES WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLING TREES. THE TORNADO FINALLY
DISSIPATED SOUTH OF WILLOW SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF ROSS RIDGE LANE.

.TORNADO #4 NEW QUARTER ROAD TORNADO (ELMORE COUNTY)...

RATING:                 EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  6.26 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/30/2022
START TIME:             03:38 AM CST
START LOCATION:         3 NE WARE / ELMORE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON:          32.4892 / -86.0017

END DATE:               11/30/2022
END TIME:               03:49 AM CST
END LOCATION:           1 WSW REEVES AIRPORT / ELMORE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            32.5071 / -85.8966

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN SOUTHEAST ELMORE COUNTY ALONG ROCK SPRINGS
ROAD NORTH OF RIFLE RANGE ROAD, DOWNING BRANCHES AND CAUSING
DAMAGE TO AN OUTBUILDING. IT CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
INACCESSIBLE FOREST, BEFORE SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES ALONG
DARK CORNERS ROAD AND NEW QUARTER ROAD. PART OF THE ROOF OF A
HOME WAS REMOVED ALONG NEW QUARTER ROAD WITH ONE EXTERIOR WALL
COLLAPSING. IT CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD DOWNING MORE TREES ALONG
RIFLE RANGE ROAD BEFORE DISSIPATING PRIOR TO REACHING HIGHWAY
229.

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EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.


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