EF1 tornado in Dekalb County, Alabama
Tornado October 25, 2010 · Dekalb County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jackson County → Jackson County → Dekalb County → Dekalb County → Dade County, Georgia; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EF-1 tornado with peak winds up to 95 mph continued it's track from Jackson County into DeKalb County paralleling County Road 141, striking two barns, collapsing the roof and walls of one of the barns. Additional trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado also produced minor roof and structural damage to a trailer and several farm outbuildings along County Road 803.
The wider storm
A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) produced three tornadoes in northeast Alabama, including one EF-2 which tracked through portions of Jackson and DeKalb Counties. Severe weather began as early as late evening on the 24th and lasted through the pre-dawn hours on the 25th. Two people were also injured by lightning in Colbert County.
Began near Skaggs Corner (34.7041, -85.7236).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 259797. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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