PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
830 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/18/13 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2...
.UPDATE...TO INCLUDE CULLMAN COUNTY SURVEY INFO.
THE NWS IN HUNTSVILLE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS, CONDUCTED DAMAGE SURVEYS ACROSS SEVERAL IMPACTED
AREAS FROM THE MARCH 18TH 2013 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. THE FOLLOWING
IS THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN PORTIONS OF
MARSHALL...DEKALB...AND CULLMAN COUNTIES.

.KILPATRICK TORNADO...
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 220 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 03/18/13
START TIME: PENDING
START LOCATION: HAMBEY ROAD/MARSHALL COUNTY
START LAT/LON: 34.2687/-86.1326
END DATE: 03/18/13
END TIME: PENDING
END LOCATION: INTERSECTION HWY 68/CR 113
END LAT/LON: 34.2692/-86.059
SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON HAMBEY ROAD JUST EAST
OF MCVILLE ROAD IN MARSHALL COUNTY AND TRACKED EAST INTO DEKALB
COUNTY. SEVERAL SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED
OR SNAPPED ALONG HAMBEY ROAD. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST, SEVERAL
WOODEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS STREWN OVER 100 YARDS. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE
WAS NOTED ALONG COUNTY ROADS 381 AND 82.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR TORNADO EVENT OCCURRED
IN THE KILPATRICK COMMUNITY ALONG COUNTY ROAD 479. VERY LARGE HARDWOOD
TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE ALONG WITH NUMEROUS POWER POLES
SNAPPED. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH AT
LEAST TWO COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SEVERAL CONVENTIONAL HOMES SUSTAINED
MINOR TO MODERATE EXTERIOR DAMAGE IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
AT THIS LOCATION, THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 220 YARDS AND MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS OF 125 MPH.
THUS IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-2 RATING. THE APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH
OF THIS TORNADO WAS 4.3 MILES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST
AND DID SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A LARGE LIVESTOCK BUILDING NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 68 AND 168. THE CONVENIENCE STORE AT THAT
POINT SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST
NEARLY PARALLELING HIGHWAY 68. A CAR WASH SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. A MOBILE HOME WAS FLIPPED AND DESTROYED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 68 AND COUNTY ROAD 9004. THE TORNADO
NARROWED AND FINALLY LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 68 AND
COUNTY ROAD 113.
SURVEYED BY: DARDEN/NADLER

.FYFFE/SHILOH TORNADO...
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 3/18/13
START TIME: PENDING
START LOCATION: CR 539 NORTH OF CR 50
START LAT/LON: 34.463/-85.9917
END DATE: 3/18/13
END TIME: PENDING
END LOCATION: CR 72/TUMLIN ROAD
END LAT/LON: 34.4725/-85.8879
SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 539
NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 50 IN DEKALB COUNTY IN THE FYFFE AND SHILOH
COMMUNITIES. MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS AREA. AN
UNOCCUPIED CHICKEN HOUSE ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE. NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 50 AND 43, A RESTAURANT SUSTAINED
ROOF DAMAGE AND A CARPORT WAS FLATTENED. FURTHER EAST ANOTHER
LARGE FARM BUILDING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. ALONG HWY 50
ADDITIONAL CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ALONG WITH
TREES SNAPPED AND/OR UPROOTED.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF THIS EVENT OCCURRED ALONG TRAYLOR
STREET JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50/GROVE OAK ROAD. TWO LARGE, WELL
CONSTRUCTED, FARM BUILDINGS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ONE OF
THESE CONTAINED METAL TRUSSES AND THE POSTS WERE RIPPED OUT OF
THE GROUND. DEBRIS WAS THROWN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AND LARGE
DEBRIS WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND. A NEARBY HOME SUSTAINED MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE PATH WIDTH WAS MAXIMIZED AT 350 YARDS AT
THIS POINT WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 120 MPH. THIS IS CONSISTENT
WITH AN EF-2 RATING. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO NARROW AND WEAKEN AS
IT MOVED FURTHER EAST AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROADS 523 AND 578.
THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 72/TUMLIN ROAD NORTH OF HIGHWAY
75.THE APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 4.3 MILES.
SURVEYED BY: DARDEN/NADLER