EF1 tornado in Chilton County, Alabama

NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in western Chilton County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down in a wooded area just west of the intersection of County Road 36 and Alabama Highway 191, where it snapped several branches off of trees. From there, the tornado moved north-northwestward, and continued to cause damage to trees as it crossed County Road 204 and across a yard at the end of County Road 207. The tornado gained some strength as it crossed County Road 42, where it snapped and uprooted numerous trees, including one that fell onto a residence. From there the tornado weakened once again, causing damage to tree limbs and smaller branches as it crossed County Road 124 and County Road 120. It ultimately lifted near the intersection of County Road 119 and County Road 107, with just a few small branches down at that location.

Nate strengthened into a Tropical Storm on the morning of Thursday, October 5th, just off the coast of Nicaragua. Nate moved inland across Nicaragua and Honduras through Friday morning October 6th. Nate then moved north-northwest over the warm waters of the northwestern Caribbean Sea, where it gradually intensified. Just after passing through the Yucatan Channel, Nate officially reached hurricane status during the early morning hours of Saturday, October 7th. Hurricane Nate raced toward the central Gulf Coast and made its first landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River Saturday evening, October 7th. A second landfall near Biloxi, MS, came later that evening. Nate continued to accelerate northeastward and weaken as it crossed into west Alabama. Nate was downgraded to a Tropical Depression near Birmingham, AL, on the morning of Sunday, October 8th. Nate produced gusty winds of 30-50 mph which downed numerous trees and power lines across central Alabama, and several weak tornadoes formed on its feeder bands. As the remnants of Nate tracked towards the New England States, a nearly stationary surface trough over southeast Alabama resulted in localized flash flooding in Chambers County on Monday, October 9th.