EF1 tornado in Chilton County, Alabama
Tornado February 17, 2008 · Chilton County, Alabama
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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
Within a larger area of straight line wind damage, a short tornado damage path was found near and northeast of exit 205 on Interstate 65, southeast of the city of Clanton. The heaviest damage was sustained by a mobile home along County Road 41, where two large oak trees fell on the mobile home and demolished it. Several fast food restaurant signs and a couple of road signs were damaged or destroyed, and a couple hundred trees were also snapped off or uprooted.
The wider storm
A broken squall line, sparked by an advancing cold front and strong upper level storm, caused severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across Central Alabama.
Began near Falakto (32.8046, -86.5804).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
11 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 85102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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