F2 Tornado — Winston, Alabama

2001-11-24 · near Haleyville, Winston, Alabama

Wider weather episode

The Haleyville tornado first struck about 3 tenths of a mile inside Marion County just south of CR196 at 11:21 am. The tornado traveled on a northeast path moving directly through the center of downtown Haleyville severely damaging buildings including a shopping mall. The tornado continued traveling northeast through a residential and partially wooded area before ending about 7 tenths of a mile northeast of downtown Haleyville at 11:24 am.The tornado was rated an F2 on the fujita scale for tornado classification making it a strong tornado. Wind speeds associated with an F2 fall in the range of 113 to 157 mph, however, winds speeds probably remained on the low side of the range perhaps 115 to 130 mph. The tornado path was 1.9 miles long and approximately 70 yards wide. Winston County EMA reported 13 injuries with the tornado including one that was listed as serious.Beginning: 34 13.037/87 38.354 Ending: 34 13.939/87 36.667

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5272276. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.