EF-Zero Tornado Hits Alabama, Causes Damage

0:00Here's more Birmingham news for March 11th. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Western Jefferson County, Alabama on Monday night March 9th. It struck southwest of Oak Grove as part of bigger storm activity. A batch of severe thunderstorms pushed southeast across Central Alabama that evening. They left damaged spots in Winston County and Jefferson County with this tornado tucked inside wider, straight line winds. Three routes snapped up in several spots, and power lines came down early on. No injuries got reported, but cleanup followed from the downed trees and lines along the path. Survey teams measured peak winds at 80 miles per hour. The twister cover 5.83 miles reached 200 yards wide and ran from 7.40pm to 7.47pm wrapping up. Near North Johns. Meanwhile, crews checked Northern Tuscaloosa County too. They spotted just scattered. Light wind damage tied to one strong thunderstorm there.

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