Prelim reports from Tuesdays Severe Weather

PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM LAWRENCE...
LIMESTONE...AND MADISON COUNTIES...

A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS
LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL. INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:

* LOCATION: HILLSBORO/LAWRENCE COUNTY
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/26/2010
* EVENT TIME: 123 PM CDT (TIME ESTIMATED)

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-1

* PATH LENGTH: 1.10 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS

* SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ALONG HIGHWAY 20 NEAR
COUNTY ROAD 217 IN HILLSBORO. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 123 PM
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE TORNADO UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AND SEVERAL
HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TREES
UPROOTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 217 SOUTH...BUT THIS AREA OF DAMAGE
WAS DUE TO SEPARATE STRAIGHTLINE WINDS.


* LOCATION: GREENBRIER/LIMESTONE COUNTY
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 10/26/2010
* EVENT TIME: 340 PM CDT (TIME ESTIMATED)

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-0

* PATH LENGTH: 500 YARDS
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 50 YARDS

* SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN VERY BRIEFLY ALONG GREENBRIER ROAD
JUST NORTH OF THE I-565 INTERCHANGE. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO FIRST
TOUCH DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TARGET DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND
TRACKED ACROSS GREENBRIER ROAD BEFORE DISSIPATING. SEVERAL SMALL
TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH SOME LARGER LIMBS BROKEN.


* LOCATION: GREEN COVE-HOBBS ISLAND AREA/MADISON COUNTY
* EVENT TYPE: APPARENT STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE
* EVENT DATE: 10/26/2010

* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 50-60 MPH

* SUMMARY: THE SURVEY TEAM SEARCHED THE AREA AROUND SOUTH MEMORIAL
PARKWAY...GREEN COVE ROAD...AND HOBBS ISLAND ROAD BASED ON SPOTTER
REPORTS FROM TUESDAY OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. THE TEAM DID FIND
SPORADIC...VERY MINOR TREE DAMAGE...IN A COUPLE OF SUBDIVISIONS
ALONG GREEN COVE/BAILEY COVE ROAD JUST EAST OF MEMORIAL PARKWAY.
BASED ON THE SPORADIC NATURE OF THE DAMAGE...AND DISCUSSIONS WITH
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA...THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHTLINE
WINDS PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION.


NOTE: AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY TEAM HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF
DAMAGE IN MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTY TODAY. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM
THOSE COUNTIES WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER IN AN UPDATED STATEMENT.