Severe Thunderstorm Wind Damage in Locust Fork Yesterday

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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Birmingham AL

235 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 09/13/2024 Thunderstorm Wind Event...

.Locust Fork Straight-Line Wind Damage...

Peak Wind:              E 50-60 mph

Path Length /statute/:  1.73 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   3335 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0

Start Date:             09/13/2024

Start Time:             6:24 PM CDT

Start Location:         2 W Locust Fork in Blount County, AL

Start Lat/Lon:          33.908 / -86.657

End Date:               09/13/2024

End Time:               6:31 PM CDT

End Location:           3 SSW Nectar in Blount County, AL

End Lat/Lon:            33.933 / -86.661

National Weather Service Birmingham Meteorologists surveyed storm

damage in and near the Locust Fork area of Blount County on 

Saturday, September 19. The survey team found a broad area 

impacted by damaging winds generally across portions of Blount 

County west of Locust Fork. Damage surveyors found widespread 

small tree limb damage with a few large tree limbs down and a 

couple of uprooted trees sporadically through the wind damage 

area. There was no signature of convergence or divergence observed

in the wind damage pattern, indicative of straight line winds. 

The majority of the area appeared to experience damaging winds 

from 40-50 mph with a pocket of higher winds from 50-60 mph. The 

structural damage observed in the area appeared to be the result 

of falling tree limbs or tree limbs falling onto power lines.

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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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