Alabama, 2005

Tornadoes in Alabama, August 29, 2005

August 29, 2005 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a ground survey on Tuesday August 30, 2005. This survey was followed by an aerial survey performed on Wednesday August 31, 2005.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$190,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 happened

The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.

National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a ground survey on Tuesday August 30, 2005. This survey was followed by an aerial survey performed on Wednesday August 31, 2005. It has been determined that an F0 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 70 miles an hour. The tornado touched down at approximately 316 PM CDT, 1.31 miles west of Mitchell in northwestern Bullock County. The tornado crossed State Highway 110 and moved into eastern Montgomery County. The tornado then crossed County Road 2 before lifting around 325 PM CDT, 1.42 miles north northeast of Cecil. The tornado damage path was 5.94 miles long and 300 yards wide at its widest point. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. Several structures, homes, and mobile homes were also damaged along the path.Begin: 32 14.67/85 57.64 End: 32 19.38/85 59.99

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, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1125 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

.UPDATE...

JUST UPDATED THE ZONES TO ADD THE NEW TORNADO WATCH OVER CENTRAL
ALABAMA. COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE WATCH AT THIS TIME
ARE CHEROKEE...ETOWAH...CALHOUN...CLEBURNE...MARION AND WINSTON
COUNTIES.

CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES WERE
STRONGER WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA FIRST. THE LATEST OFFICIAL
TRACK HAS NOT CHANGED. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE LATER TONIGHT.

AS FAR AS THE TORNADO THREAT GOES...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED.
MOVEMENT WILL BE VERY FAST...AROUND 50 AND 60 MPH...AND WILL BE
SHORT LIVED.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IS POSSIBLE UNTIL
TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES
WERE 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8
INCHES. AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES.

&&

.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 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOST
     OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

10/ARM
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 10:41 AM CST, 3 hours 35 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, 38 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

The radar

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bullock

When
August 29, 2:16 PM CST to 2:19 PM CST
Where
Bullock County, 1 mi W of Mitchell
Rating
F0
Path length
2.2 mi
Path width
300 yd
Property damage
$70,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
32.250, -85.950

Tornado, Montgomery

When
August 29, 2:19 PM CST to 2:25 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County, 3 mi SE of Cecil
Rating
F0
Path length
3.8 mi
Path width
300 yd
Property damage
$120,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
32.267, -85.967

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5471194, 5471195.