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Heavy Rain in the Southern Appalachians; Fire Weather and Heat in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians may bring areas of flooding today. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies today and Thursday. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place through today across parts of the western U.S. Read More >

Rating EF-0 Peak Wind 70 mph
Path Length 3.6 miles Peak Path Width 50 yards
Beginning Point 34.7307, -87.0329 End Point 34.7363, -86.9617
Estimated Event Time 11:23 AM     11:28 AM

 

This tornado formed in association with a secondary circulation that developed a few miles south of a pre-existing tornado.  The second tornado touched down west of the intersection of Huntsville Brownsferry Road and Neely Road, and moved east-northeast before dissipating near Tanner.  This weak/brief tornado primarily uprooted trees and caused damage to signage near Tanner High School. 

Radar Data

Hytop, AL Radar (HTX) radar loop of the EF-0 tornado track from 11:23 - 11:28 pm CDT.  The imagery on the left is reflectivity, while the imagery on the right is storm-relative velocity.  Click on the image to loop.
Hytop, AL Radar (HTX) radar loop of the EF-0 tornado track.  The imagery on the left is reflectivity, while the imagery on the right is storm-relative velocity.  Click on the image to loop.

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