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EF1 tornado in St. Clair County, Alabama

Tornado August 25, 2008 · St. Clair County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
3.4 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado touched down just northeast of the Saint Clair Correctional Facility. It then moved northwest, crossing AL-23 and Interstate 59, and then lifted just east of the intersection of AL-23 and US-11. A few structures had minor damage from fallen trees. Otherwise, damage was primarily snapped softwood trees along the path. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Fay, and its remnants after landfall, brought high winds, heavy rain, and numerous tornadoes to Central Alabama.

Began near St Clair Spgs (33.7546, -86.3768).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Cleburne CountyEF1 Blount CountyEF1 Calhoun CountyEF1 Calhoun CountyEF0 Elmore CountyEF0 Coosa CountyEF0 Winston CountyEF0 Pike CountyEF0 Pike CountyEF0 Lowndes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133403. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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