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EF0 tornado in Coffee County, Alabama

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Coffee County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A tornado briefly touched down just west of Coppinville Junior High School. The tornado damaged an awning on the westernmost building of the school and tossed some debris around the lawn. The tornado then crossed a wooded area snapping some branches before lifting northwest of Thornbird Loop. The track was flown by drone and video footage also captured the tornado. Damage was minor, consistent with EF0 strength with maximum wind estimated to be 70 mph.

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 Enterprise Municipal Arpt (31.2964, -85.8754).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Dale County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1345605. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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