NWS Huntsville sent two teams out to survey damage in both Lauderdale and Limestone counties and have returned with confirmation that two more tornadoes had touched down on Monday evening. Here is the main information from NWS Huntsville:
JOE WHEELER STATE PARK TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/16/2019
START TIME: 05:20 PM CST
START LOCATION: JOE WHEELER STATE PARK / LAUDERDALE COUNTY / AL
END DATE: 12/16/2019
END TIME: 05:24 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 MI S OF ROGERSVILLE / LAUDERDALE COUNTY / AL
LIMESTONE-TANNER TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50.0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 12/16/2019
START TIME: 05:30 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SSE ATHENS / LIMESTONE COUNTY / AL
END DATE: 12/16/2019
END TIME: 05:43 PM CST
END LOCATION: 6 NE HILLSBORO / LIMESTONE COUNTY / AL
At this point, the grand total of tornadoes that hit the state on Monday is now up to 12. It could rise by one more as NWS Tallahassee will be conducting a survey down in Houston County on Friday. By NWS offices that cover the state of Alabama, here are the totals per county warning area:
NWS Huntsville: 6
NWS Birmingham: 5
NWS Mobile: 1
NWS Tallahassee: 0 (survey planned for Friday)
As for the state of Alabama for 2019, the total is now up to 79 confirmed tornadoes:
EF-5: 0
EF-4: 1
EF-3: 0
EF-2: 8
EF-1: 33
EF-0: 37
