Widespread storm damage reported across parts of central Alabama early on Memorial Day was caused by straight-line winds that gusted as high as hurricane force, according to the National Weather Service.

The weather service in Birmingham sent out a storm survey team to look at the damage, which caused numerous reports of downed trees and power outages and led to the death of a Mountain Brook woman when a tree fell on her apartment.

The team looked at areas in Coaling, Vance, Woodstock, West Blocton, Helena and Pelham on Wednesday.

A large complex of severe storms moved through the metro area early Monday morning. According to the weather service many of the storms “produced rather significant wind damage across the Interstate 20 and 59 corridors, affecting several counties.”

The survey team determined winds gusted from 60 to 70 mph with pockets of up to 75 mph. (Category 1 hurricane winds begin at 74 mph.)

The weather service said the wind damage stretched from near Moundville in northern Hale County to Pell City in southern St. Clair County, and the damage path was about 90 miles long and 15 miles wide.

The weather service noted that not everyone had damage “but a lot of folks did.”

Forecasters added that surveyors found pockets of “relatively significant timber damage, and a lot of structures were damaged by tree fall.”

In addition to the wind damage, the weather service earlier this week confirmed two tornado tracks in central Alabama:

* Cherokee County (Johnnies Creek tornado): EF-1, top winds 105 mph. Path length 3.04 miles; path width 550 yards. No injuries. Tornado touched down at 4:27 a.m. May 27 and was on the ground for 4 minutes.

* Randolph County (County Road 427 tornado): EF-1, top winds 110 mph. Path length 3.17 miles; path width 350 yards. No injuries. The tornado touched down at 6:52 a.m. May 27 and was on the ground for 4 minutes.

Read more about the two central Alabama tornadoes here.