Tuesday, May 6, 2014

2 more tornado tracks found in north Alabama from last week's storms

Two more tornado tracks in north Alabama have been identified by National Weather Service forecasting office in Huntsville.
Field surveys by meteorologists revealed a tornado touched down in northeast Jackson County before crossing into north DeKalb County as well as near Fort Payne in DeKalb County.
That raises the total of tornadoes to nine that touched down in the Huntsville weather office forecast area in north Alabama and southern Tennessee.
The Fort Payne tornado was an EF-2 with peak winds of 115 mph. The Jackson County tornado -- which touched down near Higdon and the DeKalb County community of Shiloh - was rated an EF-1 with peak winds of 100 mph.
No injuries were attributed to the tornadoes.
A breakdown of the tornadoes (read the full details of NWS surveys here):
Fort Payne tornado
Rating: EF-2
Peak wind speed: 115 mph
Peak path width: 200 yards
Path length: 3.6 miles
Start/end time: 1:21-1:27 a.m. on April 29.
Damage: The tornado was spawned by the same storm that dropped an EF-3 tornado near Sardis at the Etowah-DeKalb county line, according to the weather service. In addition to snapping multiple trees, the twister rolled a mobile home and peeled the roof off of another.
Jackson County tornado
Rating: EF-1
Peak wind speed: 100 mph
Peak path width: 100 miles
Path length: 6.2 miles
Start/end time: 8:18-8:29 p.m. on April 28
Damage: Multiple trees were downed and minor structural damage was done to homes, mobile homes and a church.

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2014/05/2_more_tornado_tracks_found_in.html

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