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EF1 tornado in Cleburne County, Alabama

Tornado May 11, 2008 · Cleburne County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 near Exit 205 along Interstate 20, or 5 miles east of Heflin, and traveled eastward. The tornado affected areas generally along CR-114 east of SR-46. The tornado lifted just west of the intersection of CR-114 and CR-62. Several homes were badly damaged and at least two had significant portions of their roofs blown off. Numerous trees were blown down or were snapped off along the path.

The wider storm

A strengthening low pressure system, and associated cold front, caused numerous severe thunderstorms and several tornadoes across Central Alabama.

Began near Edwardsville (33.6459, -85.5045).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Walker County EF1 Marion County EF1 Cleburne County EF1 Walker County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 98755. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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