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Alabama tornado count still climbing from Tuesday storms

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The number of tornadoes confirmed following Tuesday’s round of severe weather continued to climb on Friday.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville was continuing to do storm surveys after an intense round of severe weather on May 20.

As of Friday evening 16 tornadoes have been confirmed. Most of those were in north Alabama. And one was a waterspout.

The weather service on Friday added several tornado tracks and one waterspout to the count. Those storms were in Madison, DeKalb, Lawrence, Colbert and Limestone counties.

Here are the tornadoes confirmed so far (as of Friday evening):

  1. Ford City Tornado (Colbert/Limestone counties): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 17.74 miles; path width 575 yards. One injury. Start time 5:10 p.m. May 20.
  2. Wheeler Lake Waterspout (Lawrence and Limestone counties): Rating unknown. Path length 2.19 miles; path width 25 miles. No injuries. Start time 5:51 p.m. May 20.
  3. Madison Tornado (Limestone and Madison counties): EF-2, top winds 125 mph. Path length 13.15 miles; path width 380 yards. No injuries. Start time 6:09 p.m. May 20.
  4. Dement Branch Tornado (Limestone County): EF-1, top winds 100 mph. Path length 0.87 miles; path width 65 yards. No injuries. Start time 6:09 p.m. May 20.
  5. South Athens Tornado (Limestone County): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 2.76 miles; path width 160 yards. No injuries. Start time 6:11 p.m. May 20.
  6. Monte Sano/Moontown Tornado (Madison County): EF-1, top winds 107 mph. Path length 8.68 miles; path width 280 yards. No injuries. Start time 6:51 p.m. May 20.
  7. Priceville Tornado (Morgan County): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 11.02 miles; path width 540 yards. No injuries. Start time 6:52 p.m. May 20.
  8. Killingsworth Cove Tornado (Madison County): EF-2, maximum winds 134 mph. Path length 1.41 miles; path width 175 yards. No injuries. Start time 7:07 p.m. May 20.
  9. Trenton Tornado (Jackson County): EF-1, top winds 110 mph. Path length 10.46 miles; path width 275 yards. No injuries. Start time 7:14 p.m. May 20.
  10. Allens Crossroads Tornado (Marshall County): EF-1, top winds 100 mph. Path length 3.39 miles; path width 150 yards. No injuries. Start time 8:46 p.m. May 20.
  11. Section Tornado (Jackson County): EF-0, top winds 80 mph. Path length 6.09 miles; path width 105 yards. No injuries. Start time 8:47 p.m. May 20.
  12. Crossville Tornado (DeKalb County): EF-1, top winds 93 mph. Path length 6 miles; path width 700 yards. No injuries. Start time 9:33 p.m. May 20.
  13. Mount Vernon Tornado (DeKalb County): EF-1, top winds 100 mph. Path length 0.37 miles; path width 250 yards. No injuries. Start time 9:49 p.m. May 20.
  14. Saks Tornado (Calhoun County): EF-1, top winds 95 mph. Path length 3.51 miles; path width 0 yards. No injuries. Start time 11:53 p.m. May 20.
  15. County Road 67 Tornado (Cleburne County): EF-1, top winds 95 mph. Path length 1.97 miles; path width 550 yards. No injuries. Start time 12:35 a.m May 21.
  16. County Road 185 Tornado (Bullock County): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 4.98 miles; path width 900 yards. No injuries. Start time 3:58 a.m. May 21.