Published on: May 9, 2008 at 10:22 PM

Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for these images from yesterday… he writes:

“James, I drove up AL Hwy 69 through the northeast Cullman County towns of Simcoe, Fairview, and Baileyton this evening. We saw numerous trees uprooted and snapped. There seems to be a path from Good Hope to Baileyton, along 69, where a series of possible small tornadoes touched down doing a rather large amount of tree damage; along with some structural damage.

A cattleman in Fairview named Ben Haynes owns the property where the large tree was uprooted. He said his ancestors probably planted the tree and that his great-great aunt lived in the house. He said he and others had repaired numerous areas of his fences to keep the cattle from escaping. He had counted at least 40 trees that were uprooted. ”