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Hurricane Dennis
POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE DENNIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005
DENNIS FORMED LATE MONDAY, JULY 4, 2005. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. THE STORM QUICKLY
GAINED INTENSITY AND WAS UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON
JULY 5. DENNIS WAS UPGRADED TO HURRICANE STRENGTH ON JULY 6 AND
REACHED CATEGORY 4 INTENSITY...WITH WINDS AROUND 150 MILES AN HOUR...
BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL IN WESTERN CUBA ON JULY 8. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED IN CUBA AND HAITI IN ASSOCIATION WITH DENNIS. DENNIS
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AFTER ITS INTERACTION WITH CUBA BUT RE-GAINED
CATEGORY 4 STRENGTH...WINDS AROUND 145 MILES AN HOUR...OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. DENNIS CONTINUED ON A NORTH NORTHWEST PATH
AND MADE LANDFALL NEAR GULF BREEZE FLORIDA AS A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE...WITH WINDS AROUND 120 MILES AN HOUR...ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON JULY 10. DENNIS WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT
ENTERED MARENGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...ON THE EVENING OF
JULY 10. DENNIS WAS DOWNGRADED ONCE MORE TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS
IT EXITED WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH PICKENS COUNTY. DENNIS WAS
ONLY A REMNANT LOW BY WEDNESDAY JULY 13.
DENNIS'S LOCAL EFFECTS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. STORM
TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE
65 WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS OF EAST OF INTERSTATE
65 RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATE LINE. WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH DENNIS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN ALL 39 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA.
WIND GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF DENNIS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 TO
80 MILES AN HOUR...AND GENERALLY AFFECTED THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES.
THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA RECEIVED ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 60
MILES AN HOUR GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH OUTER RAIN BANDS. NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGED
OCCURRED. TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED DUE TO THE FALLEN TREES. MANY
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT POWER. MANY COUNTIES REPORTED
FLASH FLOODING. MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG PARTS OF THE
CAHABA...TALLAPOOSA...SUCARNOOCHEE...BLACK WARRIOR...AND TOMBIGBEE
RIVER BASINS.
A. WIND DATA...
ASOS/AWOS (PEAK WIND GUSTS IN KNOTS)
COUNTY.......LOCATION.............DATE.....DIR/SPEED..TIME(UTC)
MONTGOMERY...MONTGOMERY (MGM).....07/10....070/45.....1949
MONTGOMERY...MONTGOMERY (MXF).....07/10....050/45.....2016
PIKE.........TROY (TOI)...........07/11....110/41.....0000
TUSCALOOSA...TUSCALOOSA (TCL).....07/11....040/40.....0419
LEE..........AUBURN (AUO).........07/10....080/37.....2215
JEFFERSON....BIRMINGHAM (BHM).....07/11....070/36.....0133
SHELBY.......CALERA (EET).........07/11....110/30.....0623
ETOWAH.......GADSDEN (GAD)........07/11....170/30.....1515
CALHOUN......ANNISTON (ANB).......07/11....070/30.....0019
TALLAPOOSA...ALEX CITY (ALX)......07/11....090/28.....0520
OTHER WEATHERNET OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL)
COUNTY.......LOCATION...........................DATE/SPEED..
LEE..........AUBURN.............................07/11..36 MPH
CHILTON......THORSBY............................07/11..36 MPH
AUTAUGA......PRATTVILLE.........................07/10..34 MPH
BULLOCK......UNION SPRINGS......................07/10..26 MPH
JEFFERSON....GARDENDALE.........................07/11..26 MPH
BLOUNT.......ONEONTA............................07/10..25 MPH
TALLAPOOSA...MILSTEAD...........................07/11..28 MPH
ESTIMATED OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL)
COUNTY.........LOCATION................DATE/SPEED..
SUMTER.........CUBA....................07/10..67 MPH
SHELBY.........MONTEVALLO..............07/10..63 MPH
CLEBURNE.......MT CHEAHA...............07/10..62 MPH
AUTAUGA........N/A.....................07/10..55 MPH
LEE............N/A.....................07/10..55 MPH
JEFFERSON......LEGION FIELD............07/10..52 MPH
TALLADEGA......TALLADEGA...............07/10..48 MPH
CHILTON........CLANTON.................07/10..48 MPH
B. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA...
(LOWEST MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OBSERVED IN MILIBARS)
PRESSURE MB...TIME (UTC)...DATE.......LOCATION
997.3.........0636Z........07/11/05...TUSCALOOSA (TCL)
998.3.........2313Z........07/10/05...MONTGOMERY (MGM)
999.3.........2225Z........07/10/05...TROY (TOI)
1001.0........0559Z........07/11/05...CALERA (EET)
1002.0........0646Z........07/11/05...BIRMINGHAM (BHM)
1005.0........0721Z........07/11/05...ANNISTON (ANB)
1005.0........0340Z........07/11/05...ALEXANDER CITY (ALX)
1006.0........0900Z........07/11/05...GADSDEN (GAD)
1007.0........2235Z........07/10/05...AUBURN (AUO)
C. STORM TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS...
ASOS/AWOS (STORM TOTAL RAIN IN INCHES)
DATA COMPILED FROM 07/09/05 00Z THROUGH 07/13/05 00Z
COUNTY.......LOCATION....................RAIN AMOUNT
SHELBY.......CALERA (EET)................4.65
TUSCALOOSA...TUSCALOOSA (TCL)............4.36
JEFFERSON....BIRMINGHAM (BHM)............2.96
CALHOUN......ANNISTON (ANB)..............2.75
PIKE.........TROY (TOI)..................2.60
UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS (STORM TOTAL RAIN IN INCHES)
DATA COMPILED FROM 07/09/05 12Z THROUGH 07/11/05 12Z
JEFFERSON....SYLVAN SPRINGS..............8.63
SHELBY.......ALABASTER 1.................4.50
PERRY........MARION JUNCTION.............4.37
SHELBY.......ALABASTER 2.................4.05
TUSCALOOSA...TAYLORVILLE.................3.97
TUSCALOOSA...MERCEDEZ-BENZ VANCE.........3.82
CHILTON......THORSBY.....................3.22
WALKER.......JASPER......................2.59
WALKER.......MANCHESTER..................2.52
JEFFERSON....PINSON......................2.51
LEE..........AUBURN......................2.29
ST.CLAIR.....ASHVILLE....................2.14
AUTAUGA......PRATTVILLE..................2.04
TALLAPOOSA...MILSTEAD....................1.45
BULLOCK......UNION SPRINGS...............1.44
JEFFERSON....CLAY........................1.86
JEFFERSON....GARDENDALE..................1.69
BLOUNT.......ONEONTA.....................1.06
CORP OF ENGINEERS/ALABAMA POWER DATA
(STORM TOTAL RAIN IN INCHES)
DATA COMPILED FROM 07/10/05 12Z THROUGH 07/12/05 12Z
COUNTY.......LOCATION....................RAIN AMOUNT
TUSCALOOSA...OLIVER DAM (TODA1)..........4.18
MARENGO......DEMOPOLIS DAM (DLDA1).......4.10
GREENE.......SELDEN DAM (WLDA1)..........3.94
GREENE.......GAINESVILLE DAM (GNSA1).....3.87
SUMTER.......LIVINGSTON (LVNA1)..........3.78
PICKENS......BEVILL DAM (ALVA1)..........3.64
TUSCALOOSA...HOLT DAM (THDA1)............3.27
TUSCALOOSA...BANKHEAD DAM (BLDA1)........3.15
CHEROKEE.....GAYLESVILLE.................3.13
WALKER.......SMITH DAM (ARKA1)...........2.81
D. MAXIMUM STORM TIDE HEIGHTS (STORM SURGE)...
NOT APPLICABLE.
E. EXTENT OF BEACH EROSION...
NOT APPLICABLE.
F. FLOODING AND/OR FLASH FLOODING...
BIBB COUNTY..........COUNTY ROAD 51 NEAR CENTREVILLE WAS
FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.
CALHOUN COUNTY.......PARTS OF INTERSTATE 20 NEAR ANNISTON
WERE TEMPORARILY FLOODED.
CHAMBERS COUNTY......SEVERAL ROADWAYS NEAR LAFAYETTE
WERE FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE.
CHILTON COUNTY.......US HIGHWAY 82 WAS FLOODED AND
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE NEAR
MAPLESVILLE.
CLEBURNE COUNTY......COUNTY ROADS 42 AND 43 WERE CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
DALLAS COUNTY........STATE HIGHWAY 5 WAS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AND A MUD SLIDE NEAR
SELMA.
ELMORE COUNTY........A FEW ROADS WERE FLOODED AND
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE IN
AND AROUND MILLBROOK.
GREENE COUNTY........MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR DEMOPOLIS.
MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER NEAR SELDEN
LOCK AND DAM. SEVERAL ROADWAYS
ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE FLOODED AND
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.
HALE COUNTY..........MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR DEMOPOLIS.
MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER NEAR SELDEN
LOCK AND DAM. A FEW COUNTY ROADS
WERE FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE NEAR GREENSBORO.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.....US HIGHWAY 78 WAS TEMPORARILY
CLOSED NEAR ADAMSVILLE DUE TO
FLOODING.
LOWNDES COUNTY.......OLD LETOHATCHEE ROAD NEAR
HAYNEVILLE WAS FLOODED AND
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.
MACON COUNTY.........US HIGHWAY 80 IN DOWNTOWN TUSKEGEE
WAS FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE.
MARENGO COUNTY.......MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR DEMOPOLIS.
COUNTY ROAD 19 WAS FLOODED AND
TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
PERRY COUNTY.........BROADWAY AVENUE AND COUNTY ROAD 26
WERE FLOODED AND WERE TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE.
RANDOLPH COUNTY......MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR WADLEY.
FOURTH STREET IN WEDOWEE WAS FLOODED
AND TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE. COUNTY
ROAD 82 WAS FLOODED NEAR THE FOSTERS
CROSS ROADS COMMUNITY.
RUSSELL COUNTY.......MULTIPLE ROADWAYS WERE COVERED WITH
UP TO FIVE FEET OF WATER AND WERE
IMPASSABLE NEAR THE RUTHERFORD
COMMUNITY. FLOODING WAS ALSO
REPORTED IN AND NEAR HATCHECHUBBEE
...SEALE...AND PHENIX CITY.
SHELBY COUNTY........COUNTY ROADS 87 AND 12 WERE
COMPLETELY FLOODED AND WERE
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE. US HIGHWAY
31 AND STATE HIGHWAY 199 WERE
TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOODING.
SUMTER COUNTY........MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER NEAR DEMOPOLIS.
MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER NEAR
LIVINGSTON.
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY....MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG
THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR WADLEY. A
FEW ROADS NEAR ALEXANDER CITY WERE
FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY....CARLTON ROAD AND HUNTER CREEK ROAD
WERE FLOODED AND TEMPORARILY
CLOSED NEAR NORTHPORT. SEVERAL
OTHER COUNTY ROADWAYS WERE FLOODED
AND WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE.
WALKER COUNTY........A FEW ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE
FLOODED AND WERE TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE FLOODED AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.
A FEW ROADS AND BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY. NO INJURIES
WERE ATTRIBUTED TO FLOODING.
G. TORNADOES...
NONE CONFIRMED.
H. PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS...
1) DEATHS.........NONE.
2) INJURIES.......TWO...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND DALLAS
COUNTY. BOTH WERE MINOR AND
CAUSED BY FALLEN TREES.
3) DAMAGE BY COUNTY.....FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AUTAUGA COUNTY.......SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.
BARBOUR COUNTY.......SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.
BIBB COUNTY..........POWER WAS INTERRUPTED FOR MOST OF
THE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
BLOUNT COUNTY........SCATTERED TREES AND A FEW POWER
LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF THE COUNTY.
BULLOCK COUNTY.......SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN UNION
SPRINGS.
CALHOUN COUNTY.......SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
CHAMBERS COUNTY......SCATTERED TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
CHEROKEE COUNTY......A FEW TREES WERE DOWN IN THE CEDAR
BLUFF AREA.
CHILTON COUNTY.......NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
CLAY COUNTY..........SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.
CLEBURNE COUNTY......SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
COOSA COUNTY.........SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.
DALLAS COUNTY........NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
FIVE HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS WERE
DAMAGED.
ELMORE COUNTY........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. ONE STRUCTURE HAS PART
OF ITS ROOF TORN OFF.
ETOWAH COUNTY........SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
FAYETTE COUNTY.......SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
GREENE COUNTY........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
HALE COUNTY..........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.....NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
LAMAR COUNTY.........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
LEE COUNTY...........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
LOWNDES COUNTY.......NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MACON COUNTY.........SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES
WERE COUNTYWIDE.
MARENGO COUNTY.......HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES
WERE DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MARION COUNTY........SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY....NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
PERRY COUNTY.........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
PICKENS COUNTY.......NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
PIKE COUNTY..........SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
TROY.
RANDOLPH COUNTY......SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
RUSSELL COUNTY.......NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
SHELBY COUNTY........NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
ST CLAIR COUNTY......SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
SUMTER COUNTY........HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES
WERE DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
TALLADEGA COUNTY.....NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY....NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE. ONE BUSINESS IN
DADEVILLE HAD ITS ROOF TORN OFF.
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY....HUNDREDS OF TREES AND POWER LINES
WERE DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
WALKER COUNTY........SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
WINSTON COUNTY.......SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MANY HOMES...OUTBUILDINGS...AND AUTOMOBILES WERE DAMAGED
BY FALLEN TREES. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE BLOCKED BY FALLEN
TREES AND WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE. A FEW AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FALLEN TREES. HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF POWER CUSTOMERS WERE TEMPORARILY WITHOUT
SERVICE. OVERALL DAMAGE WAS MINOR TO MODERATE WITH THE
MOST IMPACTED AREA IN THE SOUTHWEST.
$$
LINHARES/HURLEY/BMX STAFF
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