From the NWS....

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1139 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2007

...NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM UPDATE...

A TOTAL OF THREE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE NOW BEEN DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE REPORTS FROM STORMS THAT OCCURED LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FIRST TEAM IS CURRENTLY ON SITE SURVEYING DAMAGE IN NEW BERN...SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY. THE SECOND TEAM IS ON SITE IN LOWNDESBORO...AND REPORTS DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO. THE THIRD TEAM HAS FOUND DAMAGE IN BIBB COUNTY...WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES FROM THE SURVEY TEAMS AS SOON AS WE HAVE RELIABLE INFORMATION...AND WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IN FUTURE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS.