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EF1 tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tornado March 4, 2008 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 in the Northside Community, in the northern portion of Tuscaloosa County. Along its short path, it affected areas along Old Fayette Road, CR-38, and Billy Bigham Road. At least six homes were damaged and one home sustained significant damage. At least one vehicle was badly damaged by a fallen tree. Several hundred trees were either snapped off or were blown down.

The wider storm

An intense upper level disturbance and associated surface cold front helped produce locally heavy rain and isolated severe weather, including two tornadoes, across central Alabama.

Began near Samantha (33.4475, -87.6710).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Greene County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 90706. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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