Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
 245 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...AT 2:10 PM CST...ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORT WIND DAMAGE IN
   EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE ROOF OF A SERVICE STATION WAS
   DAMAGED ON STATE ROUTE 21 NORTH OF TALLADEGA. A GASOLINE
   PUMP AND AUTOMOBILE WAS ALSO DAMAGED AT THE SERVICE STATION.

...AT 2:30 PM...THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN GADSDEN
   REPORTED SOME TREE DAMAGE IN ETOWAH COUNTY.

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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
3:15 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...AT 3:15 PM CST THE PICKENS COUNTY SHERRIF'S OFFICE IN WEST
   CENTRAL ALABAMA REPORTS AT LEAST TWO PERSONS K]ILLED AND
   A NUMBER OF INJURIES FROM A TORNADO. THE TORNADO STRUCK
   BETWEEN PICKENSVILLE AND CARROLLTON AROUND 2:15 THIS
   AFTERNOON. AMBULANCES HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED. THERE IS
   EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
3:45 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...THE PICKENS COUNTY SHERRIF'S OFFICE AND ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS
   REPORT EXTENSIVE TORNADO DAMAGE IN PICKENS COUNTY OF WEST
   CENTRAL ALABAMA AROUND 2:15 TO 2:30 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
   REPORTS ARE STILL SKETCHY. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS BETWEEN
   CARROLLTON AND PICKENSVILLE.

   EARLY REPORTS INDICATE AT LEAST TWO PERSONS KILLED. THERE
   ARE A NUMBER OF INJURIES BUT THE EXACT NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN.
   POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE HINDERING REPORTS. POWER IS OUT IN
   MOST OF KENNEDY...LOCATED IN LAMAR COUNTY.

...AT 3:34 PM...THE BIRMINGHAM AMATEUR RADIO CLUB REPORTED
   LARGE HAIL...GOLF BALL SIZE...3 MILES SOUTH OF GUIN IN
   MARION COUNTY.

...AT 3:45 PM...THE MARION COUNTY EMA OFFICE AT HAMILTON REPORTED
   A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 36 WEST OF BRILLIANT. TREES
   ARE DOWN AND THERE HAS BEEN PROPERTY DAMAGE. OFFICIALS ARE
   ENROUTE TO THE AREA.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
5:15 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...AT 5:11 PM...THE CULLMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
   A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER NORTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY
   157. WHEN A FUNNEL CLOUD REACHES THE GROUND IT IS A TORNADO.
   THIS ONE COULD TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME.

   THE AREA IS ALREADY UNDER A TORNADO WARNING. RESIDENTS
   SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE COVER.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
5:50 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...AS OF 5:45 PM...REPORTS ARE STILL SKETCHY FROM THE TORNADO
   DAMAGE AREA IN WEST ALABAMA'S PICKENS COUNTY. TWO PERSONS
   ARE CONFIRMED DEAD WITH AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF INJURIES.
   DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE IN THE AREA BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND
   PICKENSVILLE. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE IS ALONG PICKENS COUNTY
   HIGHWAY 86.

   THE TWO FATALITIES INCLUDED A FATHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED
   BY A FALLING CHIMNEY.