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Be prepared for nighttime tornadoes, the weather service in Birmingham, Alabama, warned. "Some tornadoes, if they do happen, could be potentially strong (EF2+), especially west of I-65 and south ...
At 8:30 a.m., a Tornado Watch was issued for all of the counties in the Midlands, according to the National Weather Service. The watch will run through 9 p.m. The watch will run through 9 p.m.
December 2000: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado [1] November 2001: Arkansas–Mississippi–Alabama tornado outbreak; November 2002: 2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak [1] August 2005: Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak [1] November 2005: Late-November 2005 tornado outbreak [1] September 2006: Late-September 2006 tornado outbreak [1]
A destructive tornado first began at about 2:40 p.m. CST in southeast Walker County, Alabama, though its actual genesis may have occurred earlier. It first touched down somewhere southwest of Dora and moved northeast, whence it was seen to merge with a "black cloud," possibly another tornado which was then moving east and dissipating.
The tornado then dissipated just east of Penton, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-northwest of White Plains at 2:08 p.m. CST (20:08 UTC) after traveling 82.31 miles (132.47 km), which resulted in this becoming the sixth longest-tracked tornado in Alabama history. [60] A total of seven people were killed by this tornado, and at least 16 others were injured.
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The tornado formed at 6:15 pm CDT in Lawrence County, Alabama and ended 73 minutes later in Madison County, Alabama, killing 28 people. [2] The tornado first touched down near the small community of Mt. Hope, [3] and then tracked into Mt. Moriah, where the tornado rapidly intensified and swept away homes and hurled fleeing vehicles, and where a family of six were killed.