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Birmingham Tornado of April 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Birmingham Tornado was a tornado event that occurred on April 8, 1998 striking the western part of Jefferson County, Alabama, near Birmingham, and continuing into neighboring St. The tornado's effects were noticed around the same time by the ABC 33/40 Birmingham tower camera, which was pointed toward the western suburbs. Debris from the tornado was scattered across central Alabama as far north as sections of Blount County. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_Tornado   (610 words)

Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. Birmingham is located on the heart of a tornado alley known as the Dixie Alley due to the frequency of tornadoes in Central Alabama. Birmingham is served by three Interstate Highways, Interstate 20, Interstate 65, and Interstate 59, as well as a southern beltway Interstate 459 and the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway (U.S. Highway 31 and U.S. Highway 280). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama   (5296 words)

Birmingham Tornado (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Birmingham Tornado was the strongest tornado recorded in the United Kingdom in nearly 30 years, occurring on 28 July 2005 in the suburbs of Birmingham. The tornado struck at approximately 2.30pm BST in the Sparkbrook area of the city, also affecting King's Heath, Moseley and Balsall Heath as it carved a kilometre-long path through the city. The Met Office has esimated that the tornado had either a T3 or a T4 rating on the TORRO scale, which would mean wind speeds between 93 and 130 mph, equivalent to a high-end F1 or low-end F2 on the Fujita scale. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_Tornado_(UK)   (368 words)

Birmingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Birmingham was originally part of Warwickshire, however the city expanded in the late 19th and early 20th century, absorbing parts of Worcestershire to the south and Staffordshire to the west. Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II during the Birmingham Blitz, and partly as a result of this the city centre was extensively re-developed during the 1950s and 1960s, with many concrete office buildings, ring-roads, and now much-derided pedestrian subways. Birmingham's transition from an industrial centre to a tourism and services economy is best illustrated by the hosting of the first official summit of the G8 at the International Convention Centre (May 15 to May 17, 1998). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham   (7124 words)

NOAA's National Weather Service - Birmingham, Alabama The tornado was on the ground at 240 PM CST. The tornado was on the ground at approximately 210 PM CST. The damage from this brief tornado was generally confined to a small area near the intersections of Riles Drive, Lou George Loop and Fletcher Road. www.srh.noaa.gov /bmx/tornadoes/jefferson.php   (2027 words)

PA WeatherCentre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) The tornado which caused severe damage to parts of Birmingham on Thursday July 28 was the most damaging in the UK since January 1998, when Selsey, in West Sussex, was hit. The tornado was estimated at T4-5 on the T-scale of tornado intensity, with winds possibly exceeding 140mph. Interestingly, the Birmingham tornado, and the tornadoes close to Peterborough, developed from storms which were very close to this intersection. www.paweathercentre.com /features/news/news_story.phtml?story=52   (553 words)

Birmingham Tornado Relief Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that reaches to the ground from a storm cloud in the shape of a condensation funnel created and maintained by strong inflowing winds. The origin of tornadoes is often associated with well-developed thunderstorm cells on cold fronts, for example at the gust-front boundary where an advancing mass of cold air overruns and displaces pre-existing warmer humid air. The latter are the momentum-driven eddy whirlwinds and the thermal-column wind-devils and fire-devils. www.marketmakeronline.com /bham_tornado/faq.htm   (2654 words)

ALERT - Alabama's Night of Deadly Supercells Had this tornado stayed on the ground for an additional two miles, the high rises in downtown Birmingham would have been hit; four more miles and the Birmingham airport would have seen the destruction as well. The tornado was also blamed on causing heavy damage in western Tuscaloosa and St. Clair counties. In Birmingham, amateur radio operators were asked to provide communications assistance at shelters set up for residents who lost their homes in addition to staffing the Weather Service. www.alert-alabama.org /news1.html   (879 words)

Weather, Storm Chaser, and Tornado News Page Tornadoes in Iowa on Saturday Nov. 12th caused damage in Woodward Iowa from one of several tornadoes while much of Stratford Iowa was damaged. Tornado Tim was on the Debbie Nigro show on Friday morning and talked to her about storm chasing and tornadoes on her nationally syndicated talk show heard nationwide. Tornado Tim was on Alison Bells show on LBC 97.3 radio based in London discussing hurricane Katrina with her listeners in the UK. www.tornadochaser.com /tornews.html   (2684 words)

BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | Tornado injures 19 in Birmingham Birmingham City Council set up a shelter at Aston University for people made temporarily homeless to spend the night. A Met Office spokesperson said: "From the reports we have heard we would estimate that this is a tornado with a rating of T3-T4, that would mean it had wind speeds of between 93-114 mph for T3 and 114-130 for T4. "We have an average of 33 reports of tornadoes in the UK each year but these are especially rare in built-up areas and there has not been one of this strength in many years. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/west_midlands/4725279.stm   (755 words)

NSSL SWAT Case Study - 08 April 1998 Alabama Violent Tornadoes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) Had the tornado remained on the ground for only four more miles its trajectory would have taken it into the high rise buildings of downtown Birmingham and eventually into that city's airport. By 0058 UTC, the Birmingham supercell was unfurling its peak intensity as it approached the city's suburbs. The Birmingham Cross Section is an example of a strong, deep circulation in a highly sheared environment. www.nssl.noaa.gov /swat/Cases/980408/case.html   (864 words)

Birmingham Solves Distribution Dilemma during Tornado Recovery This episode was especially brutal as scientists determined the tornado to be an F-5-level twister. According to The Birmingham News, this tornado disaster forced two schools, two fire stations, four churches, 1,177 homes and many lives to be rebuilt. Because the coordination of this effort - to match materials on hand with the hands that need them most - is a critical, difficult and complex part of the disaster recovery process, officials decided to use their EIS/GEM software to improve and simplify the process. www.ess-home.com /industry_solutions/case_studies/cs19980401.asp   (517 words)

SurvivalRing > Dealing with Disaster > April 8th 1998 F-5 Tornado Survival > Birmingham, Alabama As reported in the Saturday Birmingham News/Post Herald in an article by News Staff Writers Jim Hansen and Kim Glover, another Minor resident, Sharon Richardson heard at work that the tornado was heading in the direction of her neighborhood. If you are in a properly designed and installed tornado shelter that was buried in your yard, you would at least stand a much larger chance of surviving ANY direct hit by a tornado, whether its an F5 or an F0. F5 tornadoes are the most violent type of storm in nature's arsenal, with winds topping 260 miles per hour and sometimes exceeding 300 mph. www.survivalring.org /twister98.htm   (6154 words)

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Clear-up begins after Birmingham tornado Councillor Paul Tilsley, the deputy leader of Birmingham city council, who sits on the emergency planning board, said it was a "miracle" no one had been killed. Mr Kings said Birmingham had been hit by a twister once before, when one struck the Sparkhill area of the city in July 1931. She added that the Birmingham sports centre in Balsall Heath Road remained open to those affected by the tornado, both as a rest centre and a place where they could get advice. www.guardian.co.uk /weather/Story/0,2763,1538948,00.html   (458 words)

Birmingham, Ala. Celebrations Mark Tragic Tornado -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l Led by Birmingham Habitat for Humanity along with Alabama Power, minor league baseball's Birmingham Barons and several Birmingham businesses and churches, the city will engage in a week-long celebration of new housing, new opportunity and a renewed sense of community. The next morning, the one year anniversary of the tornado, Birmingham Mayor Larry P. Langford, Alabama Power CEO Elmer Harris and Habitat for Humanity International President and Founder Millard Fuller,, will host a "work clothes" prayer breakfast at the Fairfield civic center. At the game Birmingham's Unmet Needs Committee for Disaster Recovery will honor more than 5,000 Birmingham residents who volunteered in tornado recovery efforts will be honored, as well as more than 1,000 tornado victims. www.habitat.org /newsroom/1999archive/insitedoc004014.aspx?print=true   (691 words)

BBC - Birmingham - Features - Tornado hits Birmingham Weather experts say the tornado which hit Birmingham was a severe tornado with wind speeds of between 115 and 136 miles per hour. I am 14 years old, and learning about the tornado in Birmingham 2005, and i cannot believe how much destruction was caused, and i offer my deepest sympthy to those affected by the tornado. i have experienced a tornado in texas and almost got swept away, so i no what the people in birmingham must be feeling like. www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/content/articles/2005/07/28/tornado_feature.shtml   (1472 words)

BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Birmingham Tornado: Your accounts I work for BBC Birmingham and had been on my way home to get to a doctor's appointment but got stuck in traffic and had to ring and cancel because all roads were blocked. The tornado tried to rip my balcony doors off even though they were locked at the time and I heard it ripping through my kitchen and bedroom where I'd left windows open. When the tornado moved on to Sandford Road, a fl VW Polo was driving towards the tornado. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/4726401.stm   (4371 words)

Twenty injured by tornado in Birmingham, UK - Wikinews Officials said that at least 20 people were injured as a mini-tornado (more correctly, a whirlwind) swept through Birmingham on Thursday. The British Meterological Office has estimated that the tornado had either a T3 or a T4 rating (Or F1 on the Fujita Scale), which would mean that wind speeds of between 93 and 130 miles per hour swept through the UK's second-largest city. Birmingham City Council set up emergency shelters in Aston University for those whose homes were damaged. en.wikinews.org /wiki/Twenty_injured_by_tornado_in_Birmingham,_UK   (431 words)

20050728 UK Tornadic Event   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) The tornado tracked no further than 150 meters from me (confirmed by damage track) and moved to my west and then to my north – It crossed the train track about 550 meters to my north and felled 3 trees which fell across the track, thus blocking the line. Note# I showed Paul a number of tornado drawings from the “Storm chaser Manual (Tim Marshall, 1998 USA) and he identified this tornado as  “sheathed” tornado – that is a strong single vortex with numerous satellite vortex around it. When I asked Paul about the timing to the tornado he referred to the station logbook entry that he made at the time.. www.torro.org.uk /stu/20050728/20050728.htm   (478 words)

Tornado? In Birmingham? - Non-Gaming - ALL - Discussion Forum /// Eurogamer It was recognized by the American Scientist Dr. Ted Fujita (who devised the F-Scale) that the UK has more tornadoes per unit area than any other country in the world. It said on the news that woth 20 minutes of it striking that looters were in teh damaged homes and arrests were made. Anyway I was around the area (not in the eye of the storm), but it rained incredibly hard and went really dark. www.eurogamer.net /forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=35454   (365 words)

Tornado in Birmingham UK - Pixel2Life Forum There are reports that several roofs have been ripped off of houses in the Small Heath and Sparkbrook areas of Birmingham by what's being described as a mini toranado. Just listening to the radio, aparently there may have been more in other parts of the country, maybe Peterborough, missed the other one though, my music was playin too loud. Wow, we had a tornado a few years back...here in rural Connecticut, USA, it "hopped" right over my neighbor's house and threw a 40 foot tree onto their roof!!! it was surprising, we NEVER get tornados! as far as i know, they dont havem often in britain either! www.pixel2life.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=9825   (368 words)

Mirror.co.uk - News - BLOWN AWAY: BIRMINGHAM TORNADO THE 130mph tornado that left a trail of destruction in Birmingham is thought to be Britain's worst in nearly 75 years. One woman had severe injuries to her arms and legs when she was hit by a flying street sign as the tornado tore through the city. Ironically the last major tornado to hit Britain, almost three-quarters of a century ago, struck Birmingham's Small Heath district, leaving one person dead. www.mirror.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=15793347&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=blown-away--birmingham-tornado--name_page.html   (759 words)

Birmingham Tornado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) The tornado hit parts of Kings Heath, Moseley, Sparkbrook, Highgate and Sparkhill at about 3pm on Thursday 28 July 2005. The Housing Department is working with Registered Social Landlords and owner-occupiers, particularly those with the most severely damaged properties to provide longer-term suitable accommodation until the area is restored and made safe. Tornado response Statement by Councillor Whitby Leader of the Council - 2 August www.birmingham.gov.uk /tornado.bcc   (380 words)

Guardian Unlimited | Gallery | 29.07.05: tornado wreaks havoc in Birmingham 29.07.05: Tornado wreaks havoc in suburbs of Birmingham Rows of terraced houses were lost their roofs as they were battered by the 130mph tornado. Motorists whose cars were caught up in the tornado may not be able to claim for the cost of repairing the damage, insurers have warned. www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,1538891,00.html   (171 words)

LookSmart's Furl - Latest Headlines - tornado Tornado hit homes to be bulldozed [by mr_splosh at 07:09:48 GMT on Aug 1] Birmingham Tornado: Your accounts [by mr_splosh at 15:38:31 GMT on Jul 29] Tornado wreaks havoc in suburbs of Birmingham [by mr_splosh (and 1 other) at 07:10:28 GMT on Jul 29] www.furl.net /furled.jsp?topic=tornado   (213 words)

Tornado Residents They would offer practical assistance and advice for the family to be able to choose sustainable materials and methods that will help to prevent future climate change, e.g. We need to make decisions about the group name, and committee and the Tornado Hardship Appeal and I will report back on the council organised meeting last night, which in spite of having more officers than residents present, had some interesting developments - and questions for us. If you have already said that you are willing to be a street rep, or are interested in finding out more about the role, please let me know when you are free next week. www.b13.co.uk /tornado   (1168 words)

Offspring.com Forums - 130mph Tornado in Birmingham Twenty people were injured - three seriously - after winds of 130mph were recorded in Birmingham on Thursday. In kansas, where I am now, when they get a tornado their silly wooden houses get demolished. I seem to remember hearing once that England has one of the highest tornado percentages in the world but they are usually tiny or over water. www.offspring.com /forums/printthread.php?t=13064   (508 words)

Ramblers walking forums - July-28 3pm Birmingham Tornado Tornados are very powerful but very thin, so you could probably drive around Birmingham all day and not spot any damage at all unless you know where you're looking for. Tonight, all was peace and quiet, and you'd never have known it had happened unless you stumbled on the epicentre streets. This tornado peaked at around 130mph, the strongest gale i've encountered is around 75mph (guess), and i had to lie flat and then slide down the mountain on all fours as vegetation flew past my head in all directions... www.ramblers.org.uk /FORUM/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4175   (437 words)

WXnation Wire: Weather & Space News » Birmingham under tornado warning; Tornado, Severe Storm Outbreak In ... Birmingham under tornado warning; Tornado, Severe Storm Outbreak In Midwest: Tornadoes kill at least 3 in Missouri, several injured; Tornado watches, warnings Sunday night from Fort Worth, Texas, to Lansing, Mich.; Severe storms possible today from Gulf Coast to Great Lakes; 6 die in fires, accidents in Texas Panhandle Radar loop and weather and webcams for Birmingham and all cities Tornadoes kill 10 in Missouri, several injured www.wxnation.com /wire/1133   (390 words)

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