A tornado that struck Alabama on Monday night, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring more than two dozen people, was an EF-3 storm with peak winds of 150 mph, the National Weather Service said. The tornado struck Fultondale and Center Point, northern suburbs of Birmingham, at around 10:30 p.m. Monday as a series of storms…
Tornado Strikes Alabama City, Killing at Least One
A tornado barreled through a northern suburb of Birmingham, Ala., late on Monday night, killing a teenager who had been sheltering in a basement with his family members when a tree fell on the house, the authorities said. The storm, which struck the city of Fultondale just before 11 p.m. local time, was part of…
National Weather Service: EF-1 rated tornado touched down in Jefferson County
JEFFERSON COUNTY — The National Weather Service said a storm that blew through Jefferson County at 9:42 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1 was an EF-1 rated tornado with maximum sustained winds of about 100 miles per hour. The starting point of the storm was noted as near the intersection of Rome Road and Froelich Road…
Confirmed: Two tornado touchdowns in southern Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – UPDATE: The National Weather Service confirms that two tornadoes touched down in Jefferson County last night, one as a EF-1 and another EF-0. The smaller of the two landed near Fort Atkinson. Strong storms pushed through southern Wisconsin Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, downing trees, knocking out power and causing flooding…
NWS survey shows tornado touched down in eastern Jefferson, Oldham counties
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Weather Service’s preliminary survey showed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in eastern Jefferson County and Oldham County on Tuesday. The NWS is looking into whether it was one tornado that picked up and touched down a second time in another area or if there were two separate tornadoes. An…
NWS meteorologists reduce Fairfield tornado from EF-2 to EF-1
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has downgraded the tornado that struck west Jefferson County on Thursday from an EF-2 to an EF-1. NWS Meteorologists surveyed the storm damage and indicated that there were three separate areas of noticeable damage. This means the funnel was “skipping” as it swayed from less intense to more intense.…
Tornado Damage Confirmed in Fairfield
As the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy are expected to drench parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia today, residents in parts of Alabama will be picking up the pieces. A powerful storm system hit Jefferson County yesterday, leaving four people injured, downing power lines and destroying buildings in the city of Fairfield. The National…
Tornado Season’s Here
Last Saturday marked the end of National Tornado and Sever Weather Awareness Week, a time set aside each year to remind people of what to do should Mother Nature go into a rage. Readers undoubtedly heard the warning sirens twice last Thursday – which might have seemed odd considering the beautiful skies and sunshine. Unfortunately,…