Tornado in Alabama, August 29, 2005

Name: Tornado in Alabama, August 29, 2005
Start: 2005-08-29T14:53
End: 2005-08-29T14:56
Location: Alabama

August 29, 2005 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $115,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 2:44 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 2:44 PM CST, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
344 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...

PLEASE LOOK AT HWOBMX...HLSBMX...FFABMX...NPWBMX...WCNBMX FOR
UPDATES OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT PRODUCTS. SORRY TO BE VERY
SHORT...BUT WE NEED THIS WORKSTATION TO ISSUE WARNINGS.

THANK YOU HUN FOR THE COORDINATION.

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

DRY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND AVERAGE WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     74  83  69  87 / 100 100  30  10
ANNISTON    74  83  69  90 / 100  90  30  10
BIRMINGHAM  74  83  69  90 / 100 100  30  10
TUSCALOOSA  75  86  69  93 / 100  70  20  10
CALERA      76  84  69  91 / 100  80  20  10
AUBURN      74  85  72  89 / 100  60  30  10
MONTGOMERY  75  86  72  93 / 100  60  20  10
TROY        76  87  71  90 / 100  60  20  10

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST
     OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8AM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 4PM CDT TUESDAY.
     WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM
     1PM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 4PM CDT TUESDAY.
     FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM MONDAY
     AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
     TORNADO WATCH 755 AND 756 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OF
     CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

10/ARM

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 10:41 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1141 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-292200-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
1141 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT WESTERN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...
...FLASH FLOOD IN EFFECT 4 PM TODAY THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM 1 PM
TODAY THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT).

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TODAY AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE
KATRINA MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH LAND-FALLING HURRICANES INCLUDE
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
TORNADOES...AND SUBSEQUENT RIVER FLOODING.  WITH A PROJECTED PATH
OF KATRINA ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...KEEPING MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA IN THE DANGEROUS EASTERN SIDE OF THE HURRICANE.

KATRINA WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY
WEST OF A TUSCALOOSA TO MONTGOMERY LINE.  THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  EAST OF THIS LINE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  WIND SPEEDS WILL
THEN INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD FOR WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE FROM 4
PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  THERE WILL BE ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE FEEDER BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA.  THESE
TYPE OF TORNADOES DEVELOP FAST AND MAY HAVE LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM AND ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETED.

FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS, PLEASE SEE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH
(NPWBMX), HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (HLSBMX) AND A PUBLIC WEATHER
STATEMENT (PNSBMX).

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY).

KATRINAS DIRECT IMPACT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
ALTHOUGH THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH EARLY
IN THE MORNING. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH MOST OF THE
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF
HURRICANE KATRINA OPERATIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 1:38 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
238 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

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

0145 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SE DADEVILLE          32.75N 85.67W
08/29/2005                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN REELTOWM.

&&

MROSE

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Calhoun

When: August 29, 2:53 PM CST to 2:56 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County, 6 mi SW of Piedmont
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $115,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 33.850, -85.667

National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a ground survey on Tuesday August 30, 2005. It has been determined that an F1 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 80 miles an hour in Calhoun County. The tornado touched down at approximately 353 PM CDT, just east of State Highway 9 in the Nances Creek community. This is about 6 miles southwest of Piedmont. The tornado crossed State Highway 9 moving northwest and damaged three homes along Hollingsworth Road. The tornado lifted around 356 PM CDT near Hurricane Mountain. The tornado damage path was 1.52 miles long and 30 yards wide at its widest point. Several trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. At least two homes and a mobile home were damaged along Hollingsworth Road.Begin: 33 50.84/85 39.70 End: 33 51.96/85 40.54

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 2005 Warnings in Alabama, August 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5471193.