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	85 mph
Path Length	3.4 miles	Peak Path Width	100 yards
Beginning Point	34.8653, -86.491100	End Point	34.872300, -86.4298
Start Time	11:55 AM	End Time	12:05 PM

This tornado touched down north of Rube Robinson Road just east of Macon Lane around 11:55 AM CDT while embedded within a larger region of straight-line wind damage associated with a bow echo (line of severe thunderstorms). Numerous trees were downed with many hardwood trees snapped and sheared along its track near Buckhorn High School. The tornado tracked east-northeast across Winchester Road shearing off the top half of numerous hardwood trees before dissipating along the upslope portion of Lewis Mountain.

Additional damage was noted (trees uprooted and laying in a northeast direction) over a larger region of straight-line wind damage about 2.5 miles in width. This continued to the east-northeast beyond the end of the tornado track.

Radar Data

Hytop, AL Radar (HTX) radar loop of the EF-1 tornado track from 11:55 am - 12:05 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-2 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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EF0 Buckhorn High School Tornado

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