Tornado Number 59 For The State Touched Down Earlier Today

Scott Martin | June 7, 2019 @ 8:29 pm

With all of the active weather across the state of Alabama throughout the day today, a brief tornado touched down in the Chickasaw community in Mobile County causing some roof damage to a couple of buildings and some minor tree damage. Here is the Public Information Statement from NWS Mobile:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
627 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2019

…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR CHICKASAW ALABAMA TORNADO EVENT…

.CHICKASAW AL TORNADO…

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: JUN 7 2019
START TIME: 1257 PM CDT
START LOCATION: CHICKASAW, AL
START LAT/LON: 30.7577/-88.0809

END DATE: JUN 7 2019
END TIME: 1258 PM CDT
END LOCATION: CHICKASAW, AL
END LAT/LON: 30.7594/-88.0723

SURVEY SUMMARY: AN EF-0 INTENSITY TORNADO PRODUCED A SPORADIC
PATH OF DAMAGE IN CHICKASAW. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST
NORTHWEST OF CHICKASAW HIGH SCHOOL, PRODUCING SOME MINOR TREE
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED SOUTH CRAFT HIGHWAY, DAMAGING THE
ROOFS OF A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES. THE TORNADO LIFTED EAST OF
TELEGRAPH ROAD.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.