Storm survey planned to assess damage from Sunday night storms in West Alabama. The National Weather Service will investigate potential tornado touchdown.
Published: Jan. 06, 2025, 8:40 a.m. A strong cold front generated some strong storms on Sunday, and also a tornado warning in Alabama . The National Weather Service will do a storm survey today to see if a tornado touched down.The National Weather Service plans to be in west Alabama on Monday to look at storm damage from Sunday night. Storms that moved through that region generated a tornado warning on Sunday night.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham at one point had a tornado debris signature (or TDS) on radar, indicating a storm was lofting debris into the air. The survey is planned for this morning, according to the weather service, and results could come by this afternoon. If the weather service finds a tornado has touched down it will be given a preliminary rating using the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which ranges from EF0 to EF5. Speaking of tornadoes, the weather service in Birmingham added a few to its final total from a round of severe storms on Dec. 28 and 29. The latest additions to the list were in Greene, Hale and Chilton counties, the weather service said. That brings the tornado total in central Alabama to 18. There were also seven tornadoes in south Alabama and one in north Alabama.1. Athens tornado (Limestone County) — Dec. 28, EF1, top winds 100 mph.3. Molloy tornado (Lamar County) — Dec. 28, EF1, top winds 105 mph.5. Beaverton tornado (Lamar County) — Dec. 28, EF0, top winds 70 mph.7. Sawyerville tornado (Greene/Hale counties) — Dec. 28, EF1, top winds 100 mph.9. El Gezria Road tornado (Shelby County) — Dec. 29, EF1, top winds 90 mph.11. Coosa Island Road tornado (St. Clair County) — Dec. 29, EF0, top winds 85 mph.13. Rolling Acres tornado (Lowndes, Montgomery counties) — Dec. 29, EF0, top winds 75 mph.15. Mt. Zion Road tornado (Montgomery County) — Dec. 29, EF1, top winds 100 mph.17. Jackson Road tornado (Macon County) — Dec. 29, EF0, top winds 75 mph.19. County Road 8 tornado (Macon County) — Dec. 29, EF0, top winds 75 mph.2
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