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EF0 tornado in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tornado February 17, 2008 · Tallapoosa County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
15.3 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width
$115K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Coosa County → Tallapoosa County → Tallapoosa County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 touched down near Pearson Chapel Road, north of Barnett Road. It then traveled northeastward and ended just north of Hackneyville before it crossed County Road 5. A few homes suffered minor roof damage and a few trees were either snapped off or lost some limbs.

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 Hackneyville (33.0346, -85.9943).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Autauga CountyEF2 Lowndes CountyEF2 Russell CountyEF2 Dallas CountyEF1 Randolph CountyEF1 Chilton CountyEF1 Pike CountyEF1 Barbour CountyEF1 Barbour CountyEF0 Barbour CountyEF0 Clay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 85106. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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