PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NEWTON COUNTY TORNADO PEAK WIND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 845 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/02/16 TORNADO EVENT... .SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 02/02/16 START TIME: 248 PM START LOCATION: 5 MILES S NEWTON START LAT/LON: 32.2441 / -89.1570 END DATE: 02/02/16 END TIME: 252 PM END LOCATION: 2 MILES WSW OF HICKORY END LAT/LON: 32.3041 / -89.0577 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HWY 15 AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS HWY 15 AND HWY 504 DAMAGING TWO HOMES AND A MOBILE HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS SHELBY AND GARVIN ROADS DAMAGING THE ROOF OF A HOME AND DESTROYING TWO CHICKEN HOUSES. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS TO THE CHICKEN HOUSES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERPOLES WERE SNAPPED THROUGHOUT ITS PATH BEFORE IT DISSIPATED NEAR BRAND ROAD. .LAUDERDALE/KEMPER COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 21.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0.5 MILES FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 02/02/16 START TIME: 319 PM START LOCATION: 3.0 MILES SW OF COLLINSVILLE START LAT/LON: 32.4685 / -88.8749 END DATE: 02/02/16 END TIME: 349 PM END LOCATION: 4.0 MILES S OF DE KALB END LAT/LON: 32.7072 / -88.6457 SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF COLLINSVILLE NEAR HONEYSUCKLE DRIVE. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES IN THIS SUBDIVISION, MAINLY TO ROOFS. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH OTHER SUBDIVSIONS ALONG MAGNOLIA ROAD, AGAIN CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE THAT RANGED FROM MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO ALSO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME ALONG MAGNOLIA DRIVE. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 494, IT CAUSED ADDITIONAL ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AS WELL AS LIFTING A MOBILE HOME. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED A SUBDIVISION ALONG COLLINSVILLE CIRCLE IT CAUSED ADDITIONAL ROOF DAMAGE, SOME EXTENSIVE. AS THE TORNADO NEARED HIGHWAY 19, IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SEVERAL BUILDINGS OF COLLINSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. IT WAS HERE AT THE CHURCH, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THE HOMES AND THE MOBILE HOME IN THE SUBDIVISIONS SOUTHWEST OF COLLINSVILLE THAT SAW THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE AND WHERE THE TORNADO WAS STRONGEST. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES. MINOR FENCE AND ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED AT WEST LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CROSSING INTO KEMPER COUNTY, AND MAINLY SNAPPING OR UPROOTING SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES BEFORE IT DISSIPATED PAST KIPLING ROAD. .KEMPER/NOXUBEE... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 18.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 02/02/16 START TIME: 353 PM START LOCATION: 4 MILES N OF OAK GROVE START LAT/LON: 32.7303 / -88.5776 END DATE: 02/02/16 END TIME: 423 PM END LOCATION: 3 MILES SSW OF COOKSVILLE END LAT/LON: 32.9446 / -88.3861 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND CROSSED GRAHAM ROAD AND DOWNED SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH A WOODED AREA AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 16 ON THE WEST SIDE OF SCOOBA. HERE MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED/UPROOTED ALONG WITH A FEW POWER POLES THAT WERE PUSHED OVER. THE TORNADO IMPACTED THE WEST SIDE OF SCOOBA AND THE WESTERN PART OF EAST MS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HERE THE BASEBALL FIELD FENCE WAS TORN DOWN ALONG WITH SOME OF THE FIELD BUILDINGS DAMAGED. TWO MOBILE BUILDINGS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH A COUPLE HOMES WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 45 WHERE MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHED AND CROSSED OLD 45 ROAD. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED WITH ONE WELL BUILT BARN WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THERE WAS ALSO A GROVE OF PINE TREES THAT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WHERE ROUGHLY 85% WERE SNAPPED LEAVING VERY LITTLE STANDING. HERES WHERE EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE VORTICES WERE NOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NE AND CROSSED MILLINGTON ROAD, HEAVILY DAMAGING TREES. AT THE END OF MOSLEY ROAD, A HOME SUSTAINED SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. HERE, AN EXTERIOR WOOD BUILT CAR PORT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED ALONG WITH A SIZEABLE METAL SHED. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A FEW OTHER METAL SHEDS HERE ALONG WITH DAMAGING MORE TREES AS IT MOVED INTO A WOODED AREA. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH THE WOODED AREA IN FAR NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY AND THEN TRACKED INTO SE NOXUBEE. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THE END OF WHITE HORSE ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED IN THE WOODED AREA IN THE NOXUBEE RIVER BOTTOM. .NOXUBEE COUNTY TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 02/02/16 START TIME: 527 PM START LOCATION: SHUQUALAK START LAT/LON: 32.9828 / -88.5732 END DATE: 02/02/16 END TIME: 536 PM END LOCATION: 5.0 MILES SE OF MACON END LAT/LON: 33.0594 / -88.5070 SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO STARTED IN TOWN AND WAS ON THE WEAK SIDE AS A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SOME LIMBS BROKEN. MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED AS IT CROSSED THE RAIL ROAD TRACK AND IT PEAKED IN INTENSITY AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 145. HERE, NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. A BRICK GAS STATION HAD A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROOF LIFTED OFF. THE OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING WAS DAMAGED AS ROUGHLY A 60 FT SECTION OF ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF. MANY WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AS WELL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NE AND CROSS HIGHWAY 45, SNAPPING MORE TREES. MORE TREES WERE DOWN AT THE END OF CARD CEMETERY ROAD. SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT ELON ROAD WHERE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED. 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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ DB/SW/JC/CE/GG/JH/AC ===== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 850 PM CST WED FEB 3 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY 2ND TORNADO EVENT... .UPDATE...ADDED PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON MCMULLEN/CARROLLTON TORNADO... .OVERVIEW... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVED INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOUR TORNADO TRACKS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .MCMULLEN/CARROLLTON TORNADO (PICKENS COUNTY)... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 135 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 28.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1200 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: 1 START DATE: FEB 2, 2016 START TIME: 431 PM CST START LOCATION: 9.9 MILES SSW OF MEMPHIS START LAT/LON: 32.9982 / -88.3398 END DATE: FEB 2, 2016 END TIME: 509 PM CST END LOCATION: 5.5 MILES NNE OF REFORM END_LAT/LON: 33.3350 / -88.0666 THE TORNADO WAS LIKELY ALREADY ON THE GROUND AS IT CROSSED THE STATE LINE FROM MISSISSIPPI...JUST NORTH OF THE SUMTER/PICKENS COUNTY LINE. FROM THERE IT CONTINUED ON A NORTH-NORTHEAST PATH ON A DIAGONAL ACROSS A LARGE PART OF PICKENS COUNTY. IT CROSSED ALABAMA HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE MCMULLEN COMMUNITY...NORTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE....WHERE IT PRODUCED ITS HIGHEST RATED /EF-2/ DAMAGE. FROM THERE...IT CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF CARROLLTON ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO ALABAMA HIGHWAY 17. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED NEAR HERBERT WINDLE ROAD...BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND REFORM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM GROUND SURVEYS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO IS STILL BEING COMPILED...AND WILL BE ADDED TO THIS STATEMENT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. .ASHCRAFT CORNER TORNADO (FAYETTE COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.1 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: FEB 2, 2016 START TIME: 536 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 MILE NW OF ASHCRAFT CORNER START LAT/LON: 33.5399 / -87.9153 END DATE: FEB 2, 2016 END TIME: 545 PM CST END LOCATION: 3 MILES SE OF BELK END_LAT/LON: 33.6239 / -87.8815 THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ASHCRAFT CORNER CUTOFF AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ALMOST PARALLELING AL HWY 159 BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 2. IT THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST ALONG OWENS RD BEFORE LIFTING ALONG COUNTY ROAD 4. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED MAINLY OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE ONLY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND ALONG THE PATH WAS MINOR SHINGLE AND PORCH DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF AL HWY 159 AND SUMMERS DRIVE. .BEAVERTON TORNADO (LAMAR COUNTY)... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.2 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: FEB 2, 2016 START TIME: 810 PM CST START LOCATION: 3.7 MILES S OF BEAVERTON START LAT/LON: 33.8779 / -88.0210 END DATE: FEB 2, 2016 END TIME: 816 PM CST END LOCATION: 2 MILES E OF BEAVERTON END_LAT/LON: 33.9300 / -87.9856 THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG CHASTAIN RD NEAR TAYLOR SPRINGS RD. IT MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF POND RD AND GARRISON RD. FROM THERE THE TORNADO TURNED MORE TO THE NORTHEAST SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES AS IT CROSSED CR 49...PINEY GROVE RD...PINEWOOD CIRCLE AND TURKEY BRANCH RD. ONE RESIDENCE ON PINEWOOD CIRCLE SUSTAINED MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CAUSING ONLY TREE DAMAGE UNTIL IT LIFTED ALONG SORGHUM HOLLOW RD. .ETHELSVILLE TORNADO (PICKENS COUNTY)... RATING: EF-O ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.2 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1400 YARDS FATALITIES: NONE INJURIES: NONE START DATE: FEB 2, 2016 START TIME: 1102 PM CST START LOCATION: 3 MILES SE OF ETHELSVILLE START LAT/LON: 33.3956 / -88.1635 END DATE: FEB 2, 2016 END TIME: 1108 PM CST END LOCATION: 6.2 MILES ENE OF ETHELSVILLE END_LAT/LON: 33.4336 / -88.1070 THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN KEASLER RD AND HERITAGE RD JUST NORTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IT MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 30...COUNTY ROAD 35...US HWY 82 AND PRICE RD CAUSING ONLY TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE REACHING COUNTY ROAD 45. 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. $$