Birmingham NWS Survey
Posted by
JAC on 4/28/2011, 11:04 am
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
808 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011
...UPDATED FOR JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY SURVEYS...
IN REGARDS TO THE JEFFERSON AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY DAMAGE...SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE ARRIVING TODAY TO
ASSIST WITH SURVEYS...AND DAMAGE RATINGS WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER A
THOROUGH ASSESSMENT IS CONDUCTED.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS TODAY WILL BEGIN THE TASK OF
ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM A TRAGICALLY HISTORIC DAY OF TORNADIC
ACTIVITY AND SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THERE WERE TWO
WAVES OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE FIRST MOVED THROUGH DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA PRODUCING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SECOND WAVE
INVOLVED NUMEROUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND PRODUCED LONG LIVED...
STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH WIDESPREAD AND CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS.
AT THIS TIME...STORM SURVEYS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
TEAM ONE: MARION COUNTY...THREE POSSIBLE TRACKS INCLUDING HACKLEBURG.
WALKER COUNTY...THREE POSSIBLE TRACKS INCLUDING CORDOVA.
TEAM TWO: BIBB COUNTY...TWO POSSIBLE TRACKS INCLUDING EOLINE.
SUMTER COUNTY...GIEGER.
TEAM THREE: TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...TUSCALOOSA.
JEFFERSON COUNTY...PLEASANT GROVE...PRATT CITY.
MEDIA INQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TOWARD WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGIST JOHN DE BLOCK AT 205-664-3010...OR METEOROLOGIST IN
CHARGE JIM STEFKOVICH AT 205-585-8635.
A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
PROGRAM IS THE RECEIPT OF STORM REPORTS FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND
PARTNERS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF YOU WITNESSED OR ARE AWARE OF
ANY STORM DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS OR TORNADOES...PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...OR CALL OUR STORM REPORTING
HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758.
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In this thread:
2011: A Record Year of Tornadoes -
JAC,
4/27/2011, 8:24 am- Five EF-5 tornadoes confirmed in 2011 - JAC, 6/5/2011, 6:23 am
- April 2011 US Weather Animation - JAC, 5/31/2011, 6:05 am
- 2011 equals deadliest U.S. tornado year on record - JAC, 5/31/2011, 5:55 am
- CIMSS records 5/24 Outbreak - JAC, 5/29/2011, 6:36 am
- EF5: Rapid Scan - Joplin, MO - JAC, 5/29/2011, 6:24 am
- Perspective: Deadliest Tornado Year Since 1953 - JAC, 5/23/2011, 4:50 pm
- April 27 Base Reflectivity Loop - JAC, 5/10/2011, 7:03 am
- What's Next Who's Next? - ArgosyTn, 5/4/2011, 6:57 pm
- An April to Remember - JAC, 5/3/2011, 9:18 pm
- Deadly U.S. tornado outbreak of 226 twisters is most ever in 24 hour period - JAC, 5/3/2011, 9:08 pm
- April 27, 2011 sets record for largest tornado outbreak - JAC, 4/28/2011, 5:25 am
- Death toll exceeds 74 Super Outbreak - JAC, 4/29/2011, 6:52 pm
- Birmingham NWS Survey - JAC, 4/28/2011, 11:04 am
- Final CONUS Number = 160 - JAC, 4/28/2011, 8:23 am
- Re: April 27, 2011 sets record for largest tornado outbreak - Anung Mwka, 4/28/2011, 7:54 am
- Re: April 27, 2011 sets record for largest tornado outbreak - JAC, 4/28/2011, 6:33 am
- Nuclear plants knocked off-line by tornadoes in 2nd incident in a week - JAC, 4/28/2011, 5:43 am
- Re: 2011: A Record Year of Tornadoes - Shalista, 4/27/2011, 11:34 pm
- 45 more tornadoes in latest outbreak: death-toll climbs to 11 - JAC, 4/27/2011, 9:03 am
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