National Weather Service looking at more storm damage

National Weather Service looking at more storm damage

The National Weather Service plans to look at storm damage in Marion County today (Saturday) and see if a tornado was to blame.

The area in question is near Shottsville, which was under a tornado warning during a round of severe weather that affected the northern part of Alabama on March 1 (Wednesday night).

Radar at the time detected what’s called a TDS, or tornado debris signature, as the storm moved through Marion County, and damage was later reported in the area.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham said a storm survey team will be in that area today and will determine if the storm damage was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds.

If a tornado is confirmed it will be the second caused by Wednesday’s severe weather. The weather service in Huntsville has already confirmed that an EF-1 tornado hit northern Madison County near New Market on Wednesday.

That tornado had winds estimated at 110 mph. It damaged some manufactured homes and flipped a pickup but caused no injuries.

Alabama endured another round of storms on Friday, and the weather service in Huntsville has already confirmed two tornadoes from those storms. Both were in Jackson County.

Today’s storm survey results are expected to be released later today, the weather service said.