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Tornado in Dale County, Alabama

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Dale County, Alabama

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Not rated

5.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado was caught on video, but no known damage occurred. Therefore, the tornado was rated EFU.

The wider storm

Low level shear ahead of a cold front led to a couple of brief tornadoes across southeast Alabama that were captured on video. Damage was minimal.

Began near Ewell (31.4281, -85.5712).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Coffee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1345604. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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