Tornado confirmed in Lowndes, Montgomery counties
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in part of Lowndes and Montgomery counties when severe storms moved through.
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Crews say tornado damage has been found in eastern Lowndes County and western Montgomery County from yesterday’s severe weather that brought damage in the city of Montgomery.
It is estimated that the tornado was at least an EF-1 with winds of at least 90MPH.
The tornado touched down about 6 miles west-northwest of Pintlala before lifting about 3 miles northwest of Pintlala. While it was on the ground, it crossed the Lowndes/Montgomery county line.
Its path was 3.31 miles long and 65 yards wide.
This is the summary from the National Weather Service:
NWS meteorologists assessed storm damage along the Lowndes County and Montgomery County line, in the community of Rolling Acres, and determined it was the result of a tornado.
The tornado began on the west side of Cruise Road, just north of Bibb Road, where a few snapped and uprooted trees were observed. The tornado then continued eastward to County Road 26 and Hargrove Lane, producing similar timber damage along the way.
The tornado then struck a mobile/manufactured home as well as two site-built homes along Treat Road. The first site-built home sustained damage to an attached carport and associated roofing on the south side of the structure. The home had its sheet metal roof completely removed, though the roof truss structure remained intact.
Insulation from its roof was noted to have been blown southeastward while the metal roofing material was blown northward. Next door, the tornado removed from a site-built home a large section of its roof structure on the west side of the structure. A splattering of insulation was noted on the east side of the residence. This damage pattern suggest a cyclonic wind field (i.e., a tornado).
Several trees were uprooted or snapped in the vicinity of the structures. The tornado then produced additional timber damage, fairly minor in nature, east to near the shoulder of Interstate 65. 99% of this tornado`s path was characterized by EF-0 damage, though a maximum rating of EF-1 is assigned due to the level of damage to the site-built home, making the worst of damage very, very short-lived.
