Severe Winds Damage Home in Abilene 9/7/2015

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 9/7/15 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...


.DOWNBURST WINDS DESTROYED ONE HOME AND DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS ALONG 
WITH TREES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...

PEAK WIND ESTIMATED:   100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  4-5 MILES LONG
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   3-4 MILES WIDE
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             9/7/2015
START TIME:             8:20 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         APPROXIMATELY 6 MI SSW ABILENE


END DATE:               9/7/2015
END TIME:               8:30 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           APPROX. 2 MI SOUTH OF ABILENE


SURVEY_SUMMARY: A DOWNBURST DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE AND PRODUCED SPORADIC 
TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS ALONG A WIDE PATH TO THE SOUTHWEST OF 
ABILENE. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOME THAT WAS DESTROYED ALONG EDEN ROAD. 
THE DEBRIS PATH WAS DIVERGENT WITH SOME DEBRIS BLOWN NNE WHILE A AUTOMOBILE WAS
PUSHED DUE EAST BY THE WINDS. NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE ALSO SNAPPED ALONG EDEN
ROAD AND ALSO NORTHEAST ALONG 1700 ROAD WHERE TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED.  MOST
AREAS WITHIN THE DOWNBURST LIKELY HAD WINDS OF 50-70 MPH WITH SOME SPOTS 
EXPERIENCING MUCH HIGHER GUSTS. DAMAGE TO THE HOME ON EDEN ROAD SUGGESTS WINDS
AROUND 100 MPH. THERE WERE 2 MINOR INJURIES AT THAT HOME. 

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

Power Pole Snapped

Left and Right: Photos of Destroyed Home south of Abilene