Nor'Easter Continues to Bring Heavy Rain and Coastal Impacts; Nolo Continues to Impact Hawaii

The nor’easter will weaken tonight, easing beach conditions and coastal flooding, though locally heavy rain will continue in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England into Monday. Hurricane Nolo continues to bring strong winds and large waves to Hawaii. A multi-day rain event will return to the Four Corners region Monday and expand to the south-central U.S. by midweek. Read More >

Survey Summary

EF-Scale Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Wind	90 MPH
Est. Path Length	1/10 mile
Maximum Path Width	35 yards

Representatives from the National Weather Service and the Marshall County Emergency Management Agency conducted an storm survey of damage that occurred in Marshall County, Alabama early in the morning of February 6, 2008.

The damage was determined to originate from a tornado, which at its peak had winds of approximately 90 MPH, giving it a rating of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornado snapped or uprooted eight trees, destroyed an unanchored carport and two small storage sheds, caused minor roof damage to the nearby house, blew out three windows, and destroyed a large telephone pole. The damage occurred near U.S. Highway 431 northeast of the city of Guntersville (across Lake Guntersville from the city).

Tornado watch #41 had been issued for all of north Alabama at 10 PM CST, and was in effect until 5 AM CST (it was later extended until 7 AM CST). A tornado warning for central Marshall County was issued at 4:17 AM CST and was in effect until 4:45 AM.

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Nor'Easter Continues to Bring Heavy Rain and Coastal Impacts; Nolo Continues to Impact Hawaii

February 6th, 2008 Marshall County EF1 tornado summary.