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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
740 PM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...FURTHER PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEYS 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 MORE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS 
RELATED TO THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. 

AS OF MONDAY EVENING...APRIL 10TH...18 CONFIRMED TORNADOES HAVE BEEN FOUND 
ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE DAMAGE THAT 
OCCURRED RANGED FROM THE F-0 TO F-1 DAMAGE ON THE FUJITA 
SCALE...RANGING FROM 60 TO 90 MPH. 

FURTHER DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED TODAY IN LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN 
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND IN LIMESTONE AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES 
IN NORTH ALABAMA. 

HERE IS A DETAILED SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE. 

...LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

A BRIEF AND SHORT-LIVED F-0 TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE TOUCHED 
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 231 ON CHESTNUT RIDGE ON THE LINCOLN AND MOORE 
COUNTY TENNESSEE LINE. THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH AND PATH WIDTH 
OF 30 YARDS. TWO TREES WERE DOWN DUE TO THE TORNADO. 

ANOTHER BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED F-0 TORNADO WITH MAXMIMUM WIND SPEEDS 
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 50...AND 
CONTINUED EAST FOR 200 YARDS BEFORE DISSIPATING. THE PATH WIDTH OF 
THIS TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO PRODUCED TREE DAMAGE WEST AND 
EAST OF HIGHWAY 50...ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE 
TENNESSEE NEAR MULBERRY...AS FOUR TREES WERE DAMAGED. 

A SEPARATE THIRD TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF 
FAYETTEVILLE TENNESSEE NEAR THE CHAMP COMMUNITY AND DESTROYED A LARGE POLE 
BARN AND KNOCKED DOWN FIVE TREES. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F-0 WITH 
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 50 YARDS AND 
THE PATH WIDTH WAS 30 YARDS. 

IN MOORE COUNTY...A SHORT LIVED F-0 TORNADO WITH WIND SPEEDS AT A 
MAXIMUM OF 60 MILES AN HOUR TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF 
MOTLOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LYNCHBURG 
TENNESSEE. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS AT 70 YARDS AND THE 
PATH WIDTH WAS AT 50 YARDS.  

...LIMESTONE COUNTY...
A F-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AT 80 MILES AN HOUR TOUCHED 
DOWN IN THE SUGAR CREEK ESTATES COMMUNITY ALONG SUGAR CREEK IN 
WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO MAINTAINED A PATH LENGTH OF 
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. FIFTEEN 
LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY THE TORNADO.  

...LAUDERDALE COUNTY...
A SMALL AND SHORT-LIVED F-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 60 
MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE ST FLORIAN COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE 
MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE ALABAMA. THIS TORNADO HAD A 30 MILE PATH 
LENGTH AND WIDTH AND KNOCKED DOWN TWO TREES BEFORE QUICKLY 
DISSIPATING. 

...PREVIOUS STORM SURVEY FROM SUNDAY...APRIL 9TH...

HERE IS A DETAILED SUMMARY OF DAMAGE IN LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTIES.

...LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTIES...
AN F-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHEAST LAWRENCE COUNTY ABOUT THREE 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE ALABAMA. THIS TORNADO INITIALLY PRODUCED 
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 90 MILES AN HOUR AND DEMOLISHED A 
LARGE BARN. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO AT THIS POINT WAS AT 100 YARDS. 
THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO AN F-0 INTENSITY WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED 
WINDS AT 70 MILES AN HOUR AS IT APPROACHED DANVILLE ALABAMA. THE 
TORNADO MOVED EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH DANVILLE...PRODUCING SLIGHT 
DAMAGE TO THE DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ROOF...THE ROOFS OF THE 
PRESS BOXES AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND TO THE BACK STOP AND OUTFIELD 
WALLS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD.

THE INTENSITY OF THE TORNADO INCREASED TO F-1 JUST EAST OF DANVILLE 
HIGH SCHOOL...AS IT UPROOTED A FEW LARGE TREES AND LIGHTLY DAMAGED 
SOME ROOFS AND AWNINGS OF AROUND FIVE HOMES. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 
OF THE TORNADO AT THIS POINT WAS AT 80 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO 
CONTINUED EAST TO CRAZE ROAD...ABOUT A MILE EAST OF DANVILLE...WHERE 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS INCREASED TO 90 MILES AN HOUR. AT LEAST 
FOUR HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF AND AWNING DAMAGE AND A BARN WAS 
DESTROYED ON CRAZE ROAD. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO AT THIS POINT 
INCREASED TO 150 YARDS BEFORE IT RAPIDLY DISSIPATED 300 YARDS EAST 
AND NORTHEAST OF CRAZE ROAD. THE PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS AT 
FIVE MILES. 

A SEPARATE TORNADO THAT OCCURRED EARLIER FRIDAY EVENING EAST OF 
DECATUR ALABAMA WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A F-0 INTENSITY. THIS TORNADO 
TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 20...ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF DECATUR AND 
SPORADICALLY PRODUCED VERY LIGHT TREE DAMAGE UNTIL IT REACHED THE 
MADISON AND MORGAN COUNTY LINE. A LARGE BILLBOARD ALONG INTERSTATE 
65 ALSO SUFFERED DAMAGE AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED MADISON COUNTY. 
THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS WITH THIS TORNADO WAS AT 70 MILES AN 
HOUR. THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS. 

MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY REGARDING THE TORNADO 
TRACK ACROSS NORTH LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE 
TENNESSEE AND IN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH ALABAMA. 

HERE IS THE TORNADO SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE DAMAGE SURVEY 
COMPLETED ON SATURDAY...APRIL 8TH FOR 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. 

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TROUTMAN