HUNTSVILLE — A tornado that touched down Tuesday evening on Redstone Arsenal was the 14th tornado recorded in North Alabama over the past week.
A total of 13 tornadoes and one waterspout were confirmed across north Alabama from the May 20 severe weather outbreak, according to the National Weather Service Huntsville.
Tuesday’s tornado on Redstone, called the Ranger Road tornado, was classified an EF-0 with estimated maximum winds of 83 mph.
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The survey team said today the tornado “bent fencing while entering the property, then proceeded to shift dozens of 500-pound storage tanks, tossing about three of them.”
A metal frame storage building was also damaged – one side was collapsed with metal framework bent.
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“Some of the contents of the building were tossed out and strewn downwind several hundred yards, found by on-site employees,” the summary said. “As quickly as the tornado developed, it dissipated short of Saturn Drive, with no further identifiable dame found downwind.”
It was on the ground for just two minutes, 6:51-6:53 p.m., and traveled 25 yards, the survey team reported.
For a summary of the tornadoes, click here.
