Tornado confirmed in Alabama from Friday storms

Tornado confirmed in Alabama from Friday storms

Turns out that a second tornado touched down in north Alabama after in a week’s worth of storms.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville last week confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Madison County on Tuesday.

The weather service on Sunday confirmed another tornado in Madison County, but this one was an EF-1 and touched down on Friday.

Neither tornado caused any injuries.

The Friday tornado touched down at 5:26 p.m. northwest of Highway 431 South in Hampton Cove.

It had top winds of 93 mph and was on the ground for 7.1 miles, according to a preliminary report from the weather service. It had a path width of 50 yards.

The tornado headed southeast across Highway 431, damaging trees in its path along parts of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Hampton Cove. The tornado strengthened as it continued southeast, downing trees at the ballfields at Cherry Tree and damaging a home on Cherry Tree Road.

The weather service said trees were snapped about 2 to 5 feet from their bases in this area, leading to the EF-1 rating.

The tornado continued to cause sporadic tree damage as it headed along Cherry Tree Road before the road ended. The tornado likely lifted nearby.

See the preliminary report from the weather service here.

June, July and August are typically Alabama’s quietest months for tornadoes, according to weather service data. The exception is when a tropical system is involved.

June through August are typically a bit quieter when it comes to tornadoes in Alabama.

No organized severe weather is in the forecast for Alabama for the next few days. The weather service in Birmingham was so happy about that it crafted a poem to mark the occasion: