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During the evening hours of April 24th, 2010, severe thunderstorms moved across northern Alabama, south of the Tennessee River. These thunderstorms produced several tornadoes, hail as large as golfballs, and isolated flash flooding as they moved eastward across the area from Cullman County through De Kalb County. Tornado winds reached EF-2 strength in Cullman County in the Phelan and Welti communities. Another severe thunderstorm developed in the late evening and produced tornado damage along a 41 mile path, from northeastern Blount County through central DeKalb County. The most significant and widespread damage with this tornado occurred as it passed through the Albertiville community around 10:18 to 10:27 pm CDT. The tornado intensity was rated as high as EF-3 in the Albertville and Geraldine communities. The same thunderstorm produced another tornado touchdown in the Mentone area around 11:25 pm CDT, which tracked for another 14.2 miles into northern Chatooga County, Georgia. Another tornado from a different thunderstorm touched down in extreme southern DeKalb County near the Mount Vernon area, producing EF-4 damage to a 133 year old church and nearby house. This tornado tracked for over 7 miles, and did significant damge along it's path.
Storm Surveys
Click on the tornado tracks in the map below to see detailed information pertaining to each tornado.
0900 AM HAIL COLONY 33.94N 86.90W
04/24/2010 E1.75 INCH CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0108 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E WRIGHT 34.90N 87.90W
04/24/2010 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT MILE MARKER 336 ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE PKWY.
0224 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE WATERLOO 34.95N 88.03W
04/24/2010 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 1.
0246 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW GREEN HILL 35.00N 87.55W
04/24/2010 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 36 NEAR GREEN HILL.
0349 PM TSTM WND DMG KILLEN 34.86N 87.53W
04/24/2010 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG J.C. MAULDIN HWY IN KILLEN.
0713 PM TORNADO 3 NW HANCEVILLE 34.10N 86.80W
04/24/2010 F2 CULLMAN AL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-2 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 31 JUST
SOUTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD 601 INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO
WAS 300 YARDS WIDE AND 6 MILES LONG. OVER 100 TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. TWO
CHICKEN HOUSES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND SEVERAL
BARNS SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE.
0716 PM TORNADO 3 SSE CULLMAN 34.13N 86.82W
04/24/2010 CULLMAN AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HWY 601 JUST EAST OF HWY
31 BETWEEN HANCEVILLE AND PHELAN.
0717 PM TORNADO 4 NNE HANCEVILLE 34.12N 86.73W
04/24/2010 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
CHICKEN HOUSE BLOWN INTO THE ROAD JUST SOUTH OF WELTI
ALONG CR 747 AND 639.
1015 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW DOUGLAS 34.23N 86.34W
04/24/2010 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN HYATT WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF
HOUSE.
1025 PM TORNADO ALBERTVILLE 34.26N 86.21W
04/24/2010 F3 MARSHALL AL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN
ALBERTVILLE. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED
IN THE CITY. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. BP GAS
STATION HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON HWY 431 ALONG WITH A GROCERY
STORE. HOUSE DESTROYED ON HWY 75 ACROSS FROM AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BARNS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AS WELL.
SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
1045 PM TORNADO GERALDINE 34.36N 86.00W
04/24/2010 F3 DEKALB AL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-3 TORNADO MOVED ACROSS GERALDINE. SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AROUND GERALDINE HIGH SCHOOL. POWER
LINES AND POLES HAVE BEEN DOWNED ACROSS THE CITY. RIDGE
CREST APPARTMENT COMPLEX SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO
OTHER BUILDINGS AND HOMES DAMAGED.
1055 PM TORNADO 3 SSE FYFFE 34.40N 85.89W
04/24/2010 DEKALB AL AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED NEAR PEEKS CORNER.
1100 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW HANCEVILLE 34.11N 86.81W
04/24/2010 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ON COUNTY ROAD 678...AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP
AND 40 FEET WIDE WAS WASHED AWAY. NATURAL GAS
LINES...WATER MAINS...AND PHONE LINES WERE DESTROYED IN
THE AREA.
1128 PM TORNADO 2 S MENTONE 34.54N 85.58W
04/24/2010 F3 DEKALB AL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MENTONE...BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 106 AND 117. PATH LENGTH
WAS 2.0 MILES AND THE TORNADO WAS 1/4 MILE AT ITS WIDEST
POINT. ESTIMATED PEAK WIND 140 MPH. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE OCCURRED AT MORNING GLORY COURT...WHERE SEVERAL
SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
SEVERAL INJURIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO BUT AN EXACT
NUMBER IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
1215 AM TORNADO 5 ENE COLLINSVILLE 34.29N 85.79W
04/25/2010 F4 DEKALB AL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-4 TORNADO IMPACTED THE AREAS FROM MOUNT VERNON TO
DOG TOWN IN EXTREME SE DEKALB COUNTY. PATH LENGTH WAS 7.3
MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 1/2 MILE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND 170 MPH. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 80 AND 55
WHERE A CHURCH AND A SMALLER HOUSE NEXT TO IT WERE BOTH
DESTROYED. OAK TREES NEARBY WERE DEBARKED.
ELSEWHERE...STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE WERE REPORTED.
INJURIES OCCURRED BUT EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
1215 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SE RAINSVILLE 34.48N 85.82W
04/25/2010 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING REPORTD ON HIGHWAY 35 BETWEEN RAINSVILLE
AND FORT PAYNE.
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