Local Storm Report
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
511 NWUS54 KBMX 141928 LSRBMX Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Birmingham AL 228 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0624 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 W Locust Fork 33.91N 86.66W 09/13/2024 Blount AL NWS Storm Survey Start point of damaging straight line wind swath that caused mostly damage to trees with some uprooted trees and small and large limbs down across this area. Some tree limbs fell onto power lines. Damage to structures was determined to be primarily due to impact by timber. Damage pattern was not divergent or convergent, indicating straight-line wind damage. Winds were estimated to be 40 to 50 mph in the area with a swath of 50 to 60 mph range in the most impacted area. && $$