July, 14th, 2015: Priceville (south) EF0 Tornado

Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

.MORGAN COUNTY ALABAMA TORNADO SOUTH OF PRICEVILLE... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.76 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JULY 14 2015 START TIME: 648 PM CDT START LOCATION: ALONG BETHEL ROAD 2 MILES SOUTH OF PRICEVILLE. START LAT/LON: 34.4992 / -86.8958 END DATE: JULY 14 2015 END TIME: 650 PM CDT END LOCATION: SPRING VALLEY TRAIL 2.75 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PRICEVILLE. END LAT/LON: 34.4897 / -86.8889 SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG BETHEL ROAD ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF PRICEVILLE. THE TORNADO TRACKED SOUTHEAST UP A RIDGE INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA ALONG SPRING VALLEY ROAD AND SPRING VALLEY TRAIL. WIND SPEEDS IN THE TORNADO RANGED FROM 60 TO 80 MPH SNAPPING NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS. AT LEAST ONE TALL HARDWOOD TREE WAS PARTIALLY UPROOTED WHILE ANOTHER WAS FULLY UPROOTED ALTHOUGH IT HAD A ROTTED BASE. A LARGE PORTION OF A TREE WAS TOPPLED ONTO A HOME ALONG RIVER VALLEY TRAIL CAUSING DAMAGE TO SIDING, GUTTERS AND THE ROOFTOP. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED UPON REACHING SHOAL CREEK ROAD. SURVEYED BY: NWS HUNTSVILLE: KULA/MURPHY/STUMPF UA-HUNTSVILLE: LYZA MORGAN COUNTY EMA: CROWELL