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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1049 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     TORNADO          3 S ATHENS              34.76N 86.97W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ROY LONG RD JUST
            WEST OF U.S. HWY 31. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED/UPROOTED
            AROUND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. MAX WINDS WERE DETERMINED TO
            BE 75 MPH...MID RANGE EF-0. THE TORNADO SKIPPED TO THE NE
            WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SEEN ALONG U.S. HWY 72. MULTIPLE
            SIGNS ON A LARGE METAL POLE WERE BLOWN OUT...AND A
            PORTION OF METAL SIDING WAS RIPPED OUT. THE TORNADO
            LIFTED OVER HWY 72...ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF HWY 31.

0204 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE ATHENS            34.78N 86.97W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ATHENS              34.75N 86.98W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG MOYERS ROAD. ADDITIONAL
            DAMAGE JUST NORTHEAST AROUND STEELCASE INC. POSSIBLE
            TORNADO.

0206 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE ATHENS            34.80N 86.95W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF OF TREES AT
            MCCONNELL CEMETERY. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0217 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE ATHENS             34.83N 86.94W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT I-65 AND HWY 31

0238 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW ARDMORE           34.96N 86.87W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE ON HARDIMAN ROAD NEAR ARDMORE.
            TORNADO POSSIBLE.

0245 PM     TORNADO          3 SW ARDMORE            34.95N 86.88W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THIS VERY SHORT-LIVED TORNADO WAS PART OF THE SAME STORM
            THAT PRODUCED THE SOUTH ATHENS TORNADO. DAMAGE WAS SEEN
            IN A LESS THAN 1/4 MILE SWATH BETWEEN RESIDENCES ALONG
            EITHER SIDE OF HARDIMAN LANE. SEVERAL RESIDENCES
            SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. ONE
            RESIDENCE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A PORTION OF THE
            BRICKS WERE CRACKED AND BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE
            FOUNDATION. SEVERAL TREES AROUND THE RESIDENCES WERE
            SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. MAX WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.

0246 PM     TORNADO          4 SW ARDMORE            34.95N 86.89W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED AT FORT HAMPTON RD AND CLEM RD. RELAYED
            BY 911/EMA.

0250 PM     TORNADO          2 SW ARDMORE            34.97N 86.88W
05/17/2013                   LIMESTONE          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGHTING OF TORNADO ON BOYDS CHAPEL ROAD NEAR INTERSTATE
            65.


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