PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
854 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009
...DAMAGING WINDS AND POTENTIAL TORNADOES SUNDAY MAY 3 2009...
A DERECHO MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A
DERECHO IS A WIDESPREAD AND LONG-LIVED STRAIGHT LINE WIND STORM
ASSOCIATED WITH A FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE. A DERECHO PRODUCES A
LONG-LIVED GUST FRONT THAT PRODUCES STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND
WINDS OVER 58 MPH. THE DERECHO ON SUNDAY PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL
COUNTIES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE.
A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF THE DERECHO.
SUPERCELL STORMS ARE PERSISTENTLY ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PRODUCE ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER. A FEW TORNADOES MAY HAVE
DEVELOPED ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SUPERCELLS. ONE TORNADO ALREADY HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED BUT THE DATA IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISPATCHED TWO STORM ASSESSMENT
TEAMS TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE FROM SUNDAY. ONE TEAM WILL WORK ITS WAY
FROM BIBB AND SHELBY COUNTY UP TO CHEROKEE COUNTY. ANOTHER TEAM
WILL WORK FROM SUMTER AND MARENGO COUNTY INTO CHILTON COUNTY.
ALL INFORMATION IN THE STATEMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY
UNTIL ALL THE DATA IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED.
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.
LINHARES/GOLDEN
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