Tornado Reports

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
440 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...NWS SENDS STORM SURVEY CREWS CONFIRM TORNADO DAMAGE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED 3 TORNADOES TUESDAY AFTER SENDING CREWS TO SURVEY DAMAGE CAUSED BY STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

IN BIBB COUNTY...SURVEY CREWS FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO WEST OF THE TOWN OF BRENT. THE PATH IS 7.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND MINOR DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WAS AT THE END OF THE TORNADO TRACK ON BEAR CREEK ROAD. THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH.

IN LOWNDES COUNTY...A SURVEY CREW FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HAYNEVILLE. THE PATH LENGTH IS 3.25 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. CREWS FOUND DAMAGE AT MT.OLIVE CHURCH AND THE AUXILIARY MT. OLIVE CHURCH ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 80...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYNEVILLE. A WING OF THE AUXILIARY CHURCH HAD ITS ENTIRE ROOF BLOWN OFF. MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. THE TORNADO CROSSED U.S. HWY 80 ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LOWNESDBORO...AND THEN CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 37 JUST NORTH OF HWY 80...BEFORE DISSIPATING. MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH IN THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH AREA.

IN HALE COUNTY...SURVEY CREWS FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN EF1 TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW BERN. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 9.4 MILES LONG AND 50YARDS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 12AND ENDED NEAR HIGHWAY 61 AND COUNTY ROAD 24. APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. IN ADDITION 12 VEHICLES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.