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So far, there has been one confirmed tornado (by NWS Huntsville) that touched down in Franklin County in the northwestern corner of the state. There is a couple of videos on Facebook that show a possible tornado touchdown near the town of Cussetta in Chambers County. NWS Birmingham is sending a survey crew out today to that site.
Here is the Public Information Statement from NWS Huntsville on the Franklin County tornado:
NWS Damage Survey For 11/1/2018 Tornado Event
EF-0 Tornado Confirmed in Northwest Franklin County
Pogo Tornado
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.95 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 90 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/1/2018
START TIME: 06:05 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3.5 ENE BELMONT
START LAT/LON: 34.54 / -88.14
END DATE: 11/1/2018
END TIME: 06:10 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 0.5 MILE N POGO
END_LAT/LON: 34.56 / -88.11
A NWS Huntsville and Franklin county (AL) survey team determined the minor damage that was observed in far northwest Franklin County was due to a weak EF-0 tornado.
NWS Huntsville radar operators noted a tornadic debris signature (TDS) on radar associated with a line of line of thunderstorms moving toward the MS/AL line around 0600 CDT, which helped prompt the tornado warning. Upon evaluation of the damage that led to the TDS on KGWX, the survey team noted tree damage across portions of northwestern Franklin County. Softwood trees were used as the primary damage indicator. A couple small trees were uprooted and several larger trees had large branches snapped, which coincided with the TDS. The path of the damage was generally north of CR-96, beginning at the state line, extending northeast through CR-11, north of Pogo, AL.
We’ll have an update post out later today when we receive the results of the possible tornado in Chambers County.
