000 NOUS44 KBMX 202356 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-210100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...12 TORNADOES AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA FEBRUARY 17TH... ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2008, A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW EJECTED OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TRACKED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON FEBRUARY 17TH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE MOISTURE CONTENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SURFACE DEW POINTS ROSE INTO THE 60S ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE AREA. THE SKIES ACTUALLY CLEARED FOR A TIME IN MANY AREAS ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE 70S. AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PROVIDED UPPER LEVEL LIFT, MOISTURE WAS PLENTIFUL AT SEVERAL LEVELS, AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WAS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. BEFORE NOON, A BROKEN SQUALL LINE, CONTAINING SUPERCELLS, DEVELOPED ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND TRACKED EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS INTENSIFIED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY SUNSET, DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO WEDOWEE. TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 530 AM AND 800 PM. A TOTAL OF 26 TORNADO WARNINGS AND 7 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED BETWEEN 1059 AM AND 505 PM BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY ASSESSMENT TEAMS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING TORNADO DAMAGE PATHS: EF-3 PRATTVILLE TORNADO: AUTAUGA COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN AUTAUGA COUNTY AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A STRONG TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 155 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 14.5 MILES LONG AND WAS 440 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 82, US HIGHWAY 31, AND COBBS FORD ROAD. THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF PRATTVILLE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE HIGHEST WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED ALONG COBBS FORD ROAD/EAST MAIN STREET NEAR MCQUEEN SMITH ROAD AND IN THE SILVER HILLS SUBDIVISION. AN ESTIMATED 200 RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND 40 BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. IN ADDITION...50 INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN 300 AND 305 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 231 PM UNTIL 330 PM. ELMORE COUNTY... THE PRATTVILLE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO ELMORE COUNTY NEAR MILLBROOK. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE HIGHWAY 14 BEFORE LIFTING JUST WEST OF SPEIGNER LAKE. THE TORNADO EXHIBITED A MOTION SHIFTED SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE NORTH AS IT MOVED THROUGH ELMORE COUNTY. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AND PRODUCED GENERALLY LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 231 PM UNTIL 330 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN ELMORE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 258 PM TO 311 PM. EF-2 COLLIRENE TORNADO: LOWNDES COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN LOWNDES COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 11 MILES LONG AND WAS 225 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE COLLIRENE COMMUNITY, APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES WEST OF HAYNEVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 80. AT LEAST 11 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED WITH THREE OF THESE BEING COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN AND NEAR THE COLLIRENE COMMUNITY. TEN INJURIES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS TORNADO. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 145 PM UNTIL 245 PM. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 224 PM TO 237 PM. EF-2 SUMMERFIELD TORNADO: DALLAS COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN DALLAS COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 7.6 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WARRIOR DRIVE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE PERRY COUNTY LINE. THIS LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERFIELD. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 219 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 230, MOVED RIGHT THROUGH SUMMERFIELD, CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 37, AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 37 AND COUNTY ROAD 844. AT LEAST 7 HOMES AND 2 BUSINESSES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. TWELVE TO FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED TO VARYING DEGREES. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 1208 PM UNTIL 100 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 1226 PM TO 1238 PM. EF-2 COTTONTON TORNADO: RUSSELL COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN RUSSELL COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 125 MPH. THE DAMAGE PATH IN ALABAMA WAS 7.8 MILES LONG AND WAS ONE MILE WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 431 AND COUNTY ROAD 51 IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST TO AT LEAST THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR THE COTTONTON COMMUNITY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 12. AT LEAST TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND TWO FRAME HOUSES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE WAS FLIPPED OVER. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN RUSSELL COUNTY FROM 340 PM UNTIL 351 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN AFFECT FROM 337 PM UNTIL 415 PM. EF-1 WEDOWEE TORNADO: RANDOLPH COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEY THE DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS BETWEEN 90 TO 95 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 14.9 MILES LONG AND WAS 150 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 15 NEAR THE PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH. THIS LOCATION IS ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEDOWEE. THE STORM THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST DAMAGING FIVE HOMES, AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES AND THREE BARNS. ONE SHOP AND NUMEROUS OTHER OUTBUILDINGS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL DOZEN TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 222 PM AND WAS APPARENTLY ON THE GROUND AT THE GEORGIA STATE LINE AROUND 237 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 208 PM UNTIL 257 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EF-1 CLANTON TORNADO AND WIND DAMAGE: CHILTON COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE NEAR EXIT 205 ALONG INTERSTATE 65 IN CHILTON COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, BUT A SMALL TRACK TORNADO WAS ALSO DISCOVERED.. THIS DAMAGE ENCOMPASSED AN AREA NEARLY 2.75 MILES LONG BY 1.5 MILES WIDE BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 7 AND COUNTY ROAD 41. HOWEVER THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND A LOCALIZED AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THAT WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WEE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.1 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS MILES WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY CONFINED TO TREES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 300 TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. IN ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY 15 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS DUE TO A FEW TREES FALLING ONTO A MOBILE HOME ALONG COUNTY ROAD 41. SEVERAL FAST FOOD RESTAURANT SIGNS AND A COUPLE OF ROAD SIGNS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM 105 TO 106 PM, WHILE THE DAMAGING WINDS PRECEDED THIS TORNADO BY A FEW MINUTES. TWO TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. THE FIRST WAS ISSUED AT 1208 PM AND EXPIRED AT 100 PM. THE SECOND TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1253 PM AND EXPIRED AT 130 PM. IN ADDITION, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1228 PM AND EXPIRED AT 130 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EF-1 SPRING HILL TORNADO: PIKE COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN PIKE COUNTY AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 100 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 8.3 MILES LONG AND 250 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO ENTERED PIKE COUNTY FROM COFFEE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDERSON, CROSSED STATE HIGHWAYS 87 AND 167 AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 57. THIS STORM TRACKED ACROSS COUNTIES IN BOTH MOBILE'S AND TALLAHASSEE'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. ALTHOUGH THE STORM PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE IN PIKE COUNTY, THE FINAL EF RATING, PATH LENGTH AND PATH WIDTH WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE MAXIMUM ALONG THE ENTIRE PATH OF THE TORNADO. IN PIKE COUNTY, ONE HOME AND ONE CHURCH WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN PIKE COUNTY FROM ABOUT 223 PM UNTIL 234 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 150 PM UNTIL 245 PM. EF-1 GOODWATER TORNADO: COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. HE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 95 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 10.7 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG US HIGHWAY 280 NEAR THE BRADFORD COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 9, COUNTY ROAD 77/83/85, GOODWATER ROAD, AND STATE HIGHWAY 63. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE TALLAPOOSA AND CLAY COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 63. A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS EF- 0 AND LIMITED TO BROKEN LIMBS AND SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 77 AND STATE HIGHWAY 9. AT LEAST 6 HOMES SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH. AT LEAST THREE AUTOMOBILES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS WERE EITHER DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ALONG THE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 142 PM UNTIL 153 PM. EF-1 GAINO TORNADO: BARBOUR COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSESSED THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO RANKING EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS UP TO 100 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 21.5 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR RIVER ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 10 WHERE IT SNAPPED TWO WOODEN POWER POLES. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS JOHN MARTIN ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 79 SOUTH AND HIGHWAY 30. ALONG THE PATH NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 415 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 410 PM UNTIL 515 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 405 PM UNTIL 445 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EF-0 MELLOW VALLEY TORNADO: CLAY COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A WEAK TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.6 MILES LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FULLER ROAD WHERE MINIMAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AND ONE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING NEAR CATFISH ROAD. REDS CATFISH CABIN HAD A SMALL PART OF THE ROOF TORN OFF. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE SHORT PATH. ONE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY LIFTED INTO THE AIR AND ROOF DEBRIS WAS DEPOSITED UNDERNEATH IT. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE IN THE CATFISH RESTAURANT WHEN THE TORNADO HIT. THESE PEOPLE WERE IN THE BASEMENT AFTER THE OWNER TOOK ACTION WHEN HEARING THE WARNING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 203 PM AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ONLY A MINUTE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 127 PM UNTIL 230 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 140 PM UNTIL 215 PM. EF-0 HACKNEYVILLE TORNADO: TALLAPOOSA COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A WEAK TORNADO. THE TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED AN EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS AROUND 70 MPH. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 4.5 MILES LONG AND WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR PEARSON CHAPEL ROAD NORTH OF BARNETT ROAD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD AND ENDED JUST NORTH OF HACKNEYVILLE BEFORE IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 5. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND A FEW TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OF LOST SOME LIMBS. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 147 PM UNTIL 153 PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS AFFECTED THIS SAME AREA LATER IN THE DAY. MORE TREE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO PATHS. OF NOTE, SEVERAL DOCUMENTS FROM PRATTVILLE FELL OUT OF THE SKY IN AND AROUND THIS LOCATION AFTER THE SECOND SET OF STORMS PASSED BY. EF-0 BAKER HILL TORNADO: BARBOUR COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSESSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO RANKING EF-0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS UP TO 75 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE-HALF MILE LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR EUBANKS ROAD (ALSO KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 12) WHERE IT DESTROYED A BARN, TORE SHINGLES OFF A ROOF, UPROOTED A LARGE PINE TREE AND DAMAGED A TIN ROOF. IT THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG COUNTY ROAD 79 ROAD BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 79 SOUTH AND HIGHWAY 18. ALONG THE PATH SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AND SEVERAL ROAD SIGNS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 438 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 410 PM UNTIL 515 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM 405 PM UNTIL 445 PM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NOTE: WHILE SURVEYING SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY, THE TEAM CAME UPON ROOF REPAIR WORK BEING CONDUCTED ON A HOME NEAR A SUSPECTED TORNADO TRACK FROM SUNDAYS STORMS. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE TEAM FOUND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED TORNADO THAT OCCURRED BACK ON JAN 11, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 AM. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF-1 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE AT THE WIDEST POINT. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CR 33 AND CR 72, WHERE IT DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME...AND TORE OFF A COVERED DECK AND A PORTION OF THE ATTACHED ROOF OF ANOTHER HOME. LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE AREA. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD NEAR BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK WITH LIMITED TREE DAMAGE. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 70 AND CR 41, A PECAN TREE WAS PARTIALLY SNAPPED AND TWISTED, AND SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED ON ANOTHER HOME. TORNADO DEBRIS PUNCTURED THE ROOF OF ANOTHER HOME ACROSS THE STREET. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD FOR A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. A TOTAL OF 4 HOMES AND ONE MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO KNOWN INJURIES. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM 142 AM THROUGH 215 AM. IF YOU ARE AWARE OF DAMAGE AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN LISTED ABOVE... PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TAKES TIME AND IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED MANY TIMES. CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. 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