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EF2 tornado in Cleburne County, Alabama

Tornado August 25, 2008 · Cleburne County, Alabama

EF2

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 on US-431, about a half mile south of the intersection with AL-281. It then moved northwestward, along and just east of US-431, and lifted just before reaching AL-281. One gas station/convenience store and one auto body shop were significantly damaged. Approximately 100 to 200 trees were snapped off or were uprooted along the damage 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 Chulafinnee (33.5830, -85.6783).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 St. Clair County EF1 Blount County EF1 Calhoun County EF1 Calhoun County EF0 Elmore County EF0 Coosa County EF0 Winston County EF0 Pike County EF0 Pike County EF0 Lowndes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133411. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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