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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
311 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2023


...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/12/2023 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2...

.UPDATE...AN EF2 TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN WINSTON COUNTY.
DETAILS ARE BELOW. EF2 DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN SELMA AND
GREENSBORO. AT LEAST EF3 DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN AUTAUGA 
COUNTY. SURVEYS ARE ONGOING ACROSS MANY AREAS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
ANY RESULTS OR INFORMATION FROM THOSE SURVEYS WILL BE SHARED
AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

.OVERVIEW...NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS OF
THURSDAY JANUARY 12TH, 2023. SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED
SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES WHICH CAUSED PATHS OF DAMAGE OVER SEVERAL 
AREAS. SOME DAMAGE PATHS CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. 
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCED DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OVER 
MANY AREAS, AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.


.TORNADO #1 DELMAR TORNADO (WINSTON COUNTY)...

RATING:                 EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.18 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   425 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             01/12/2023
START TIME:             08:05 AM CST
START LOCATION:         1 E DELMAR / WINSTON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON:          34.1658 / -87.5864

END DATE:               01/12/2023
END TIME:               08:18 AM CST
END LOCATION:           3 SE ASHRIDGE / WINSTON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON:            34.204 / -87.4334

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF DELMAR NEAR COUNTY RD 20 WHERE
TIMBER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN ADDITION TO MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR
TANYARD CREEK THEN CROSSING COUNTY RD 28 WHERE TREES WERE
UPROOTED. THE WIDTH HERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS WIDE. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO ADDITIONAL HEAVILY WOODED AREAS
NEAR CLEAR CREEK THEN IMPACTING A RESIDENCE ON COUNTY RD 432
UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES, CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND
OVERTURNING AN RV. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO GROW IN WIDTH AS IT
MOVED NORTHEAST, APPROXIMATELY 425 YARDS WIDE AS IT CROSSED
MACEDONIA RD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL TIMBER
DAMAGE IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA BEFORE IT IMPACTED A FARM NEAR
COUNTY RD 55 AND 3182. HERE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF DAMAGE OCCURRED
AS TWO LARGE CHICKEN COOPS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN ADDITION
TO AT LEAST 3 OTHER FARM BUILDINGS. NEARBY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
OCCURRED TO AT LEAST 4 RESIDENCES. ADJACENT TIMBER DAMAGE ALSO
OCCURRED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD HIGHWAY 195
WHERE IT DISSIPATED BEFORE CROSSING COUNTY RD 6 WHERE NO FURTHER
DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND. AROUND 25 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO
THE TORNADO. NWS BIRMINGHAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK DARONE JONES (NWS
MEMPHIS) AND ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ALEA) FOR THEIR 
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.

&&

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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.



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