Here are two more tornadoes revealed from the post storm surveys conducted by the NWS after Thursday’s storms…
A tornado touched down on Berea Road in NE Fayette County at 1:05 p.m. and continued along County Road 24 until it moved into Walker County. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped off. One house received significant structureal damage with the whole roof shifted. The tornado was rated EF-1 with max winds of 100 mph. Path width was 100 yards at widest.
An EF1 tornado struck the WAlker County town of Kansas. It touched down near County Road 24 and Highway 13. Several large trees were uprooted in the town of Kansas, some over 100 years old and four feet in diamater. Peak winds were 100 mph. Path width 50 yards.
The very first tornado I remember was at Kansas, Alabama. My grandparents lived just north of there. Standing on his porch, my grandfather taught me then (I was about 5 maybe) that if you could see the tornado moving, you were ok. If it didn’t appear to be moving, it was coming right for you. Makes sense. Fortunately, that one was south of us and it was moving to the left.
