Thursdayâs storms dropped a tornado in north Alabama
Thursday’s severe storms included a tornado in north Alabama.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville said a storm survey team confirmed a high-end EF-0 tornado touched down in southwestern Limestone County in the early morning hours of Aug. 10.
The tornado had top winds estimated at 85 mph, according to the weather service’s preliminary report. It had a path length of roughly 3.66 miles and was 225 yards wide at its peak. There were no injuries.
The weather service said that the tornado formed on the northern shore of Wheeler Lake on Davis Road and damaged trees, one of which fell on a home. The tornado then crossed an inlet, uprooted several more trees along Beechwood Road and tracked into the Brigadoon neighborhood.
The weather service said “significant and more widespread tree damage was noted in this neighborhood as trees were uprooted, power poles knocked down, and large branches snapped.”
The tornado continued along the northern shore of Wheeler Lake or the Tennessee River but began to weaken.
More damage was seen on Beech Fork Lane through Shaw Road, where the tornado likely lifted.
That was the only tornado that has been confirmed so far from Thursday’s storms, which left a lot of tree damage and flooding in their wake.
More severe storms were ongoing on Friday afternoon, but this time in south-central Alabama.
See the preliminary report on the Limestone tornado from the weather service here.