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EF0 tornado in Franklin County, Alabama

Tornado January 5, 2025 · Franklin County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
2.4 mi
Path length
158 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 158 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An EF-0 tornado touched down southwest of Vina on Highway 23 shattering a window and causing minor damage to the roof of a new mobile home. The tornado then tracked northeastward along Hurricane Creek causing tree damage and uprooted trees off of Highway 23. There was damage to a pole barn near the intersection of Highway 23 and Singleton Road where there was major damage to the roof and supporting beams of the farm structure. Continuing to the northeast, the track crossed Highway 3 and Jim King Road causing additional tree damage on the roadways. Winds were estimated between 75-85 miles per hour.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved east into northwest Alabama during the early to mid evening hours producing an EF-0 tornado in Franklin County. Thunderstorm winds produced damage at a couple of other locations as well.

Began near Coker Spur (34.3514, -88.1414).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1222843. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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