Local weather forecast by
"City, St" or zip code |
Search by city or zip code. Press enter or select the go button to submit request |
|
| You are at: HUN
Home » Storm Surveys »
Dec 24, 2008 Severe Weather |
|
| December
24, 2008 Severe Weather |
|
| Preliminary Storm
Survey Information |
| Storm surveys have been completed examining storm damage
that occurred in the afternoon hours on Wednesday, December
24th. Information found in these surveys is described
below. All tornado ratings are using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
|
Southeast
Limestone County |
| Rating |
EF-1 |
Peak Wind
|
110 mph |
| Path Length
|
1.6 miles |
Peak Path
Width |
50 yards |
|
| A squall line that moved across the Tennessee Valley produced
tornado damage in southern Limestone county. The tornado developed
in a forested area just east of Interstate 65 north of Garrett
Road. Trees toppled onto a vehicle being used by hunters.
The tornado tracked through a cotton field for about 1/2 mile
before intensifying to EF-1 strength destroying two single
wide trailer homes. One was lifted off its foundation entirely
with debris found several hundred yards downwind. Fortunately,
no occupants were in either location.
The tornado then tracked into a farmstead along Mooresville
road completely destroying two large tractor sheds. Two of
the adjacent homes sustained minor damage to the roof. Several
cedar and cypress trees were either snapped or uprooted with
one landing atop a vehicle. The tornado crossed Mooresville
road, uprooted and snapped additional trees, and collapsed
a small shed onto vehicles. One wall of an old small farmhouse
also collapsed. No occupants were in this home.
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| |
This is a radar image from 3:30pm (just a few minutes before the tornado touched down).Note the bowing segment along the line in southeastern Limestone County. |
This storm relative velocity image, also from 3:30pm, shows very broad circulation in the Belle Mina area. The actual tornadic circulation was too shallow for the radar to detect, which is why a tighter circulation does not show up on this image. |
To see all storm reports from this event, click here. |
|
|
www.weather.gov 
National Weather Service Forecast Office
