EF2 tornado in Fayette County, Alabama
Tornado February 6, 2008 · Fayette County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Fayette County → Tuscaloosa County → Fayette County → Walker County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,000 yards (0.57 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
A tornado that would eventually cross 3 county lines first touched down in southeastern Fayette County, about a mile southeast of the Newtonville Community. From there the tornado moved on a northeast path, for about 6.5 miles, before crossing briefly into Tuscaloosa County. In this segment of its path, damage was generally light until the tornado approached the Tuscaloosa County Line, when several mobile homes were hit and badly damaged. The tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County just south of Fayette CR-68.
The wider storm
A strong cold front and very intense upper level storm system moving across the Gulf Coast States brought numerous severe thunderstorms and several tornadoes to Central Alabama.
Began near Newtonville (33.5294, -87.7729).
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 83059. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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