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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
235 PM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 09/13/2024 Thunderstorm Wind Event...

.Locust Fork Straight-Line Wind Damage...

Peak Wind:              E 50-60 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.73 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   3335 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             09/13/2024
Start Time:             6:24 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 W Locust Fork in Blount County, AL
Start Lat/Lon:          33.908 / -86.657

End Date:               09/13/2024
End Time:               6:31 PM CDT
End Location:           3 SSW Nectar in Blount County, AL
End Lat/Lon:            33.933 / -86.661

National Weather Service Birmingham Meteorologists surveyed storm
damage in and near the Locust Fork area of Blount County on
Saturday, September 19. The survey team found a broad area
impacted by damaging winds generally across portions of Blount
County west of Locust Fork. Damage surveyors found widespread
small tree limb damage with a few large tree limbs down and a
couple of uprooted trees sporadically through the wind damage
area. There was no signature of convergence or divergence observed
in the wind damage pattern, indicative of straight line winds.
The majority of the area appeared to experience damaging winds
from 40-50 mph with a pocket of higher winds from 50-60 mph. The
structural damage observed in the area appeared to be the result
of falling tree limbs or tree limbs falling onto power lines.

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NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

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