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EF0 tornado in Pickens County, Alabama

Tornado January 10, 2008 · Pickens County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

The tornado briefly touched down on the south side of Pickensville, near Jackson Ferry Road, and was on the ground for less than a minute. One metal storage barn was damaged, and several small trees were blown down.

The wider storm

A strong low pressure system and associated cold front caused numerous severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes across central Alabama.

Began near Pickensville (33.2224, -88.2680).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Lowndes County EF3 Tuscaloosa County EF1 Pickens County EF1 Barbour County EF0 Marengo County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 77666. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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