Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports on December 16, 2000

Hail Report Description: Spotter reported nickel size hail.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was reported near Gantt.

Hail Report Description: Nickel size hail was reported near SR 119.

Hail Report Description: EMA reported dime size hail.

Hail Report Description: Sheriff reported quarter size hail.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size hail was observed in Booth.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was reported in Somerville.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was reported in the Battleground area on SR 157.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size hail was observed in the Houston and Addison areas.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size hail was reported near Elkmont and in the Woodson area.

Hail Report Description: Penny size hail was observed in Pinson and Fultondale.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Dime to nickel size hail fell in Remlap.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was reported in Meridianville.

Hail Report Description: Dime to baseball size hail was reported throughout central Jefferson County west of Birmingham.

Hail Report Description: Trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail 8 miles north of Sylva.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was observed at the Gainesville Lock and Dam that moved into western Greene County south of SR 39.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was reported at the Gainesville Lock and Dam on the Tombigbee River. The hail lasted around 5 minutes and then crossed the river.

Hail Report Description: Penny size hail was reported near Hamilton on SR 187.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail or larger was observed in Tarrant and Fultondale.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size hail was reported in downtown Birmingham.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail fell in Forestdale.

Hail Report Description: Nickel size hail was reported near West Blocton.

Hail Report Description: Dime size hail was observed in the city of Marion.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball size was reported by the Uniontown Police Department.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across KY Hwy 229.

Wind Report Description: Highway dept. reported several trees down in the Swansea area.

Wind Report Description: The public reported two trees down and one small metal business sign blown down across the central and southern part of Warner Robins.

Wind Report Description: The Laurens county Emergency Management director reported significant thunderstorm wind damage in the general area between Rentz and Garretta, about 6 miles southwest of Dublin. An Auto Body shop was damaged just northeast of Rentz along Georgia Highway 117 and a block house was destroyed on Doyle-Taylor Road. The roof was blown off causing the walls to cave in. Four people were in the house at the time of the incident and one was injured when a ceiling beam fell on one of the occupants. Numerous trees and power lines were also reported down across the eastern half of the county.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across KY Hwy 1056 near McCarr.

Wind Report Description: The Laurens county Emergency Management Directory reported that an Auto Paint and Body shop was severely damaged just north of Dudley on Rock Road. The roof was blown off and the walls caved in. In addition, trees and power lines were blown down in the same general area.

Wind Report Description: The public reported trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: Trees down along KY Hwy 172 at stopyard.

Wind Report Description: The Athens Daily News reported that a few trees and power lines were blown down.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on powerlines

Wind Report Description: Trees down over highway

Wind Report Description: Several trees and power lines down on U.S. Highway 27 and State Highway 200. Reported by the Early County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Several trees and power lines down. Reported by the Clay County EMA.

Wind Report Description: The Pike county Emergency Management Director reported two trees down, one on Georgia Highway 362 in Hollonville and the other in Concord.

Wind Report Description: The Johnson county 911 center reported trees down on U.S. Highway 80 between Scott and Adrian.

Wind Report Description: The public reported trees and power lines down near the Fulton county line in the southwest part of the county.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Houston County EMA.

Wind Report Description: The Crisp county 911 center reported that trees were blown down 2 miles north of Arabi and a power line was down in Cordele.

Wind Report Description: One tree, among several others blown down, fell on a house near Mud Creek.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across road.

Wind Report Description: Straight-line winds damaged seven businesses and destroyed one. Two mobile homes were overturned. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: One tree down in Barbourville.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Trees across a road.

Wind Report Description: The Crisp county 911 center reported that trees were blown down on Lakeshore Way along Lake Blackshear on the western border of the county.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees down.

Wind Report Description: The Bleckley county 911 center reported that a couple of cell phone towers were blown down.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: An amateur radio operator estimated wind gusts to 75 mph.

Wind Report Description: SKYWARN Spotter reported small trees down on Bone Cave Road.

Wind Report Description: A few trees down.

Wind Report Description: The Dooly county 911 center reported that a roof and carport were blown off a home. Trees and power lines were also blown down in the same area.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees along County Road 4 near Givens Bridge. One of the trees fell near a home and damaged a porch and two vehicles parked near in the driveway.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on power lines.

Wind Report Description: Trees down.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Newspaper article reported strong thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and took the roof off an adjoining shed. Also, a portion of the fence was destroyed by flying debris from the barn. This occurred at the John Tallent farm, located east of Jamestown Airport.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down.

Wind Report Description: Law enforcement reported several trees blown down.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were knocked down south of Fort Payne on CR 52.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Several large tree limbs were blown down.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down in the Paint Rock Valley and near the city of Scottsboro.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Terrell County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines were knocked over along SR 65 in western Jackson County.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down near Repton from high winds during a thunderstorm.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down and temporarily blocked a roadway in Lincoln.

Wind Report Description: Trees down along KY Hwy 1004.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down east of Samantha along Yellow Creek.

Wind Report Description: Several trees down. Reported by the Lee County EMA.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down across Madison County. Most of the trees fell between New Market and south Huntsville and some of them temporarily blocked roads. A few thousand customers were without power due to falling trees and lightning.

Wind Report Description: Several trees down. Reported by the Terrell County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down in the city of Moulton.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were knocked down across the eastern half of Limestone County.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down in the National Forest just north and northwest of Edwardsville.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down near Camden by high thunderstorm winds.

Wind Report Description: Trees down across KY Hwy 587 near New Zion and Turkey Foot.

Wind Report Description: A few trees and power lines were blown down across the eastern part of Lauderdale County. A few of the trees fell onto homes. One outbuilding was damaged and one roof was partially torn off a restaurant.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down. Reported by the Miller County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down just south of Butler by high thunderstorm winds.

Wind Report Description: High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees and power lines down near Grove Hill.

Wind Report Description: Trees were reported down in scattered areas across the county.

Wind Report Description: Trees were reported down across several locations in the county.

Wind Report Description: Several trees and power lines were knocked down across much of the eastern two thirds of the county. A few outbuildings were destroyed. The most concentrated area of damage was located just north of the city of Guin. Several billboards were also blown down throughout the county.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down causing minor damage to a few homes.

Wind Report Description: High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Millry. A couple of homes also had some shingles blown from their roofs.

Wind Report Description: A few trees and signs were blown down generally across the eastern two thirds of the county.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down near Courtland and nickel size hail was also reported.

Wind Report Description: Power lines were blown down within the Richmond city limits.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees were blown down.

Wind Report Description: High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just southeast of Waynesboro.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down in Maplesville.

Wind Report Description: A number of trees were blown down in a mainly rural area.

Wind Report Description: A roof was blown off of a barn. Several homes suffered roof damage. Numerous trees were knocked down.

Wind Report Description: Several trees and powerlines were blown down.

Wind Report Description: A number of trees were blown down. Several awnings were destroyed in the downtown area.

Wind Report Description: High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Thomaston.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were knocked down in Uniontown. One of the trees fell onto a carport and smashed a car.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down.

Wind Report Description: The Stewart county emergency manager reported that power lines were down and there was debris on one of the roads which passes through the Hannahatchee Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA). It was initially believed to have been a tornado, but there was no confirmation of this by the National Weather Service, local, or state emergency management personnel.

Wind Report Description: A few trees and power lines were blown down in scattered locations across the parish.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines down just west of Highway 77. Reported by the Washington County EMA.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees were blown down throughout the county.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and power lines blown down.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were knocked down across the western part of Marion County.

Wind Report Description: Several trees and power lines were blown down across western parts of Marion County.

Wind Report Description: A few trees were blown down across the western part of Lauderdale County near the Tennessee River.

Wind Report Description: Several trees were blown down.

Wind Report Description: Six residences and a barn sustained minor damage. Reported by the Clay County Sheriff.

Tornado Report Description: A short-lived tornado shook a house and tore off a satellite dish near Calhoun Falls.

Tornado Report Description: A National Weather Service disaster survey team reported that an F2 tornado first touched down at 9:30 pm EST 6 miles southeast of Americus, Georgia, on Henry Hart Road, midway between Georgia Highway 377 and U. S. Highway 280. The tornado then moved northeast at approximately 45 mph lifting 1 mile east of the Flint river at Georgia Highway 27 and Joe Stewart Road around 9:42 pm EST. The tornado cut a path up to 100 yards wide and traveled on the ground about 10 miles or 12 minutes. Although the tornado traveled through mainly rural areas, significant damage was reported. A wooden frame house was completely destroyed near the tornado's touchdown point on Henry Hart Road, while another home was damaged nearby. As the tornado continued along its northeastward path, five outbuildings were destroyed, three barns were destroyed, two cattle were killed, one large camper was overturned, one high tension power line tower was severely damaged, and a few temporary construction trailers were damaged. Finally, just before the tornado lifted, several chicken houses were destroyed on Joe Stewart Road. As a result, nearly 400 chickens were killed. In addition, numerous trees and power lines were blown down all across the county. There were no injuries or deaths reported with the tornado.

Tornado Report Description: Numerous trees were blown down along the short path of this tornado. No injuries were reported as the tornado remained in mostly rural areas.Beginning: 33 15.540/85 21.287 Ending: 33 16.020/85 20.414

Tornado Report Description: An F0 tornado touched down near the intersection of CR 30 and CR 9, just off Hooks Road. Three homes sustained damage mainly in the form of blown out windows and roof damage. Several trees were also snapped off or blown over along the path. Two outbuildings were destroyed at the homes and two satellite dishes were also destroyed. Beginning: 32 24.642/85 52.256 Ending: 32 24.966/85 51.693

Tornado Report Description: A weak tornado touched down briefly near CR 87 southeast of Pine Level. The emergency management agency reported a brief touched with little or no damage in a rural area in eastern Autauga County. Beginning: 32 32.798/86 25.936 Ending: 32 32.888/86 25.734

Tornado Report Description: An F2 tornado damaged the main house and several surrounding structures at Abigail Plantation off Old Tallahassee Road, as well as several other homes on Old Dawson and Springhill Roads. Hundreds of plantation trees were uprooted. Downed power poles affected 300 customers in northwest Albany. A few storage buildings were damaged at the Cookville Trailer Park just west of Albany. Reported by the Dougherty County Police and WALB-TV Albany.

Tornado Report Description: A weak tornado briefly touched down near Bynum. The emergency management reported that the tornado caused little or no damage. Dime size hail was also reported with this storm. Beginning: 33 36.499/85 56.621 Ending: 33 36.576/85 56.340

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: In St. Clair County, an F2 tornado track extended from near Cool Springs to south of Ashville to near Gum Springs Church. The total track was 8.5 miles long and about 200 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado began at 220 PM on County Road 31, just west of Cool Springs. The tornado lifted around 231 PM about 3 miles east of Ashville. Four houses sustained significant damage and two mobile homes were annihilated. A baseball park was damaged at the Ashville High School. Two injuries occurred near the beginning of the tornado track near Cool Springs. Beginning: 33 47.292/86 19.737 Ending: 33 50.819/86 12.055

Tornado Report Description: The supercell thunderstorm which spawned an F2 tornado near Bonifay in southeast Holmes County, tracked northeast into northwest Jackson County. This storm produced an F1 tornado which touched down twice. The hardest hit areas were just south of Graceville along Highway 77 and near the Springhill subdivision on Highway 273. Numerous trees were uprooted, knocking out power lines as they fell. Many mobile home roofs were blown off and carports damaged. Considerable debris blocked several county roads. Nearly 3,000 customers were without power for five hours. Reported by the Jackson County EMA and Jackson County Floridan.

Tornado Report Description: A weak tornado briefly touched down just north of the city of Suttle. The tornado was briefly on the ground as it crossed SR 14 between Suttle and Radford, in rural southeast Perry County. Several trees were snapped off or blown over along the short path. This tornado occurred at the apex of a bowing line of thunderstorms. Beginning: 32 33.208/87 11.931 Ending: 32 33.452/87 10.977

Tornado Report Description: An F2 tornado touched down once just south of Bonifay, lifted, then touched down again before dissipating just east of the city. According to the Holmes County EMA, 39 homes and eight businesses were damaged, and four mobile homes were destroyed. Most of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Son-In-Law Road, just north of Interstate 10. Trees were uprooted and roofs were ripped off homes and businesses in the affected area. Numerous power lines were toppled, knocking out power to several thousand customers. A local state of emergency was declared in Holmes County.

Tornado Report Description: NWS Storm Survey indicated touchdown of the tornado was near Cash Point where a small mobile home was extensively damaged. The roof of the mobile home was peeled off. Other roof damage was observed within 1/4 of a mile from the mobile home. A few trees were also uprooted near the mobile home. The tornado moved to the northeast and did some damage to the crowns of trees. At one mile from touchdown, a small outbuilding was destroyed. The tornado skipped over a school, but it tore off some shingles off a new house. About a tenth of a mile further from the school, the tornado picked up the roof of a cinder block garage and turned it approximately 90 degrees before setting it back down.

Tornado Report Description: Several small trees down on County Road 6 about 1/8 mile north of Highway 20. Reported by the Walton County EMA.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado began in southwestern Tuscaloosa County on the west side of the Black Warrior River. Traveling in a northeasterly direction the tornado moved from a rural, unpopulated area of the Black Warrior River into an area of homes south of Shelton State Community College. The tornado crossed SR 69 destroying a nearly complete shopping center which included a Winn Dixie store. East of SR 69 the tornado destroyed a number of houses and residential structures. As the tornado reached US 82 it destroyed a number of mobile homes where several deaths were reported. From US 82 the tornado continued northeasterly downing numerous trees and power lines and damaging residential structures. The tornado crossed I-20/59 just west of exit 77 where many trees were uprooted or snapped off. Minor damage occurred to the JVC manufacturing facility. At exit 77 a number of commercial structures including hotels, fast food restaurants, and truck stops sustained damage including a number of vehicles that were overturned. The tornado continued northeasterly for a couple of miles before dissipating rapidly. Ironically, the tornado dissipated as it moved into an open, unpopulated area. The tornado was spawned by a supercell thunderstorm that originated in Mississippi. This thunderstorm was responsible for additional tornado damage in St. Clair and Etowah counties.Tuscaloosa EMA reported 11 fatalities with this tornado along with 144 injuries. Nine of the fatalities occurred in mobile homes, one in a vehicle, and one in a commercial building converted to residential use. Six of those killed were females and five were males. Ages ranged from 16 months to 83 years old. There were 251 single family dwellings affected (43 destroyed, 76 with major damage, 138 with minor damage), 179 mobile homes affected (79 destroyed, 23 with major damage, 77 with minor damage), and 13 businesses affected (1 destroyed, 7 with major damage, 5 with minor damage).The tornado was on the ground for a total of 18 miles, all within Tuscaloosa County. The tornado path was estimated to be 750 yards wide at it's maximum intensity. This tornado was rated an F4 on the Fujita Scale for tornado intensity. Tornado intensity varied along the path with considerable F2 and F3 damage in the area from just west of SR 69 to US 82 in the Hinton Place and Hillcrest Meadows areas as well as the Bear Creek area. It was also in these areas where pockets of F4 destruction occurred. The tornado first touched down at 12:54 PM and dissipated at 1:12 PM with a forward speed of approximately 60 MPH. Beginning: 33 03.225/87 39.239 Ending: 33 12.065/87 24.292

Tornado Report Description: A second tornado began 5.1 miles west-northwest of Athens just south of O'Neal. The tornado travelled in a northeasterly direction crossing SR 99 where several houses were damaged heavily. Continuing northeast the tornado crossed CR 63 and damaged several houses and destroyed three mobile homes just south of Cross Key. The tornado then crossed CR 26 and SR 127 before dissipating about 5.0 miles north of Athens. The tornado was rated an F2 with no known injuries reported. The total tornado path was 4.8 miles long and about 60 yards wide. The tornado began at 12:38 PM and dissipated at 12:44 PM. Beginning: 34 50.326/87 03.032 Ending: 34 52.552/86 58.748

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: An F2 tornado caused major damage in the Marion and Dalewood Shore Lake communities, northeast of Meridian. Two houses and thirteen mobile homes were destroyed. Eleven houses and twelve mobile homes received major damage. Thirty-three houses and twenty-two mobile homes received minor damage. Three businesses were destroyed and one business had minor damage. Thousands of trees were blown down or snapped off, and numerous power poles and power lines were also downed. Seventeen people were injured, including one in critical condition.

Tornado Report Description: The F2 tornado continued its intermittent track northeast from eastern Dale County into western Henry County, but had weakened to an F1 tornado. Just north of Murphy Station along Highway 27 and a quarter mile west of U.S. Highway 431, the tornado completely destroyed the Murphy Feed & Seed warehouse, numerous peanut trailers and two sheds. Before the tornado dissipated, it severely damaged the West Point Stevens Textile plant. Numerous vehicles were damaged. Henry County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by the Henry County EMA.

Tornado Report Description: The F0 tornado moved northeast from extreme western Houston County into southeast Dale County. It rapidly intensified to an F2 tornado as it continued its intermittent track into the eastern portion of the county. A Midland City church annex lost parts of its roof and walls. Several homes in the Doe Run Subdivision south of Pinckard were destroyed and numerous others were damaged. In Pinckard, numerous trees and power lines were down. Many homes and businesses were damaged, some seriously. The tornado tracked northeast into western Henry County. Reported by the Dale County EMA.

Tornado Report Description: The supercell thunderstorm which spawned the F2 tornado in Geneva moved northeast across extreme western Houston County and produced an F0 tornado which caused minor roof damage to five homes, blew out windows and overturned lawn furniture. The tornado tracked northeast into southeast Dale County. Reported by the Houston County EMA.

Tornado Report Description: An F2 tornado touched down on West Hendrix Avenue, just north of Highway 27 South, then tore through the Devco Community, Geneva, AL and continued on through the Bellwood Community just east of Highway 85 before lifting. In its wake, the tornado damaged up to 100 homes and destroyed five mobile homes, damaged or destroyed 15 vehicles, and downed numerous trees and power lines. About 6,000 county businesses and homes were without power until the following day. One woman was killed when her mobile home was hurled about 200 feet and destroyed. Nine others were injured, one of them seriously. Geneva County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by the Geneva County EMA.