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EF1 tornado in Calhoun County, Alabama

Tornado August 25, 2008 · Calhoun County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
0.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

One home was significantly damaged by a brief tornado touched down in the Sugar Valley subdivision, just off Old Downing Mill Road, in southeastern Calhoun County. 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 Old Davisville (33.6415, -85.6832).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 133414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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