Two Tornado Paths Found in Marengo County! Wednesday Update 4pm

…NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY SEVERE WEATHER EVENT… .UPDATE…VANGALE TORNADO. A TORNADO HAS ALSO BEEN DISCOVERED IN PIKE COUNTY THAT ENDED NEAR THE TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THIS TORNADO SURVEY HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.

.VANGALE TORNADO (MARENGO COUNTY)…

RATING:                 EF-1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4.70 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   100 YARDS

FATALITIES:             NONE

INJURIES:               NONE

START DATE:             DEC 25 2012

START TIME:             315 PM CST

START LOCATION:         5.2 SW DIXONS MILL

START LAT/LON:          32.0238/-87.8687

END DATE:               DEC 25 2012

END TIME:               321 PM CST

END LOCATION:           3.8 NW DIXONS MILL

END LAT/LON:            32.0873/-87.8415

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF DIXONS MILL ON HOBOKEN ROAD.

THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTH NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 6…COUNTY ROAD 8…AND HIGHWAY 10. THE TORNADO LIFTED AFTER IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 10 ALONG SOUTHERN PINES DRIVE. VERY MINIMAL STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE DAMAGE WAS MAINLY LIMITED TO NUMEROUS TREES THAT WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE  UPROOTED. SEVERAL PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY WITNESSED THE  TORNADO.

.DEMOPOLIS TORNADO (MARENGO COUNTY)…

RATING:                 EF-1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  5.90 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   500 YARDS

FATALITIES:             NONE

INJURIES:               NONE

START DATE:             DEC 25 2012

START TIME:             550 PM CST

START LOCATION:         2 SSE DEMOPOLIS

START LAT/LON:          32.4762/-87.8228

END DATE:               DEC 25 2012

END TIME:               559 PM CST

END LOCATION:           6 ENE DEMOPOLIS

END LAT/LON:            32.5224/-87.7265

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF US HIGHWAY 43 NEAR MARENGO FARMS

ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS US HIGHWAY 43 WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE NEAR MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY…OLD SPRINGHILL ROAD…AND REED DRIVE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD AND PRODUCED DAMAGE ALONG SUNSET ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN NEARLY PARALLELED US HIGHWAY 80 BEFORE IT LIFTED BEFORE IT CROSSED INTO HALE COUNTY. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND A FEW MORE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. A DOZEN HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE CHURCH HAD PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE. THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED NEAR SUNSET ROAD NEAR US HIGHWAY 80.

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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