Tornado confirmed in north Alabama on Thursday
There weren’t many storms in north Alabama on Thursday, but there were enough to spawn a tornado that tracked through the northwest part of the state.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville sent a storm survey team out on Friday to Lauderdale County and said an EF-1 tornado moved through the area with top winds of 105 mph. There were no injuries.
The tornado had a 16.75-mile track that went through three states.
The tornado began in Mississippi and tracked across the state line into northwestern Lauderdale County. The tornado continued on a northeast track and later crossed into Tennessee, where it dissipated.
The weather service said the storm’s damage was confined to trees.
The tornado was on the ground for 16.75 miles and was 425 yards wide at its peak.
See the preliminary report from the weather service’s storm survey team here.