How many tornadoes hit Alabama this weekend? Here’s where they struck and the damage they caused
The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least seven tornadoes touched down in Alabama during a weekend round of severe weather.
The storms were blamed for three injuries and widespread wind damage across the state on Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The weather service offices in Birmingham and Huntsville have been conducting storm surveys for the past few days and have counted seven tornadoes so far.
There was one EF-2 tornado and three EF-1 tornadoes in north Alabama and three EF-1 tornadoes in central Alabama.
The weather service said additional surveys are not out of the question at this point.
Here are the tornadoes confirmed so far:
- Tuscumbia Tornado (Colbert County): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 2.01 miles. Touched down at 11:12 p.m. Saturday.
- Waco Tornado (Franklin County): EF-2, top winds 115 mph. One injury. Path length 3.93 miles. Touched down at 11:20 p.m. Saturday.
- Rogersville Tornado (Lauderdale County): EF-1, top winds 95 mph. Path length 0.38 miles. No injuries. Touched down at 11:37 p.m. Saturday.
- County Road 10 Tornado (Hale and Perry counties): EF-1, top winds 95 mph. Path length 18.37 miles. Two injuries. Touched down at 12:52 a.m. Sunday.
- Mount Hebron Tornado (Marshall County): EF-1, top winds 100 mph. Path length 0.76 miles. Touched down at 1:05 a.m. Sunday.
- Barnesville Loop Tornado (Tallapoosa County): EF-1, top winds 90 mph. Path length 0.68 miles. No injuries. Touched down at 2:42 a.m. Sunday.
- Bargainer Road Tornado (Macon County): EF-1, top winds 110 mph. Path length 7.52 miles. No injuries. Touched down at 2:47 a.m. Sunday.
Read more on the north Alabama tornadoes here.
Read more about the central Alabama tornadoes here.