The tornado was an EF4 packing winds estimated at 170 mph (274 kph) and chewed a path of destruction up to nine-tenths of a mile (1.4 kilometers) wide in Alabama for nearly 27 miles (43 kilometers ...

The tornado began west of Alabama 69, where it knocked down trees. As it moved parallel to County Road 10, it snapped or uprooted numerous trees and snapped 40 to 50 power poles.

The two south Alabama tornadoes rounded out a busy severe weather week for Alabama, which also included 14 other twisters in north Alabama on May 8 and 9. Eight injuries were blamed on those storms.

The Pickens County tornado is the first of 2025 in Alabama. Speaking of tornadoes, the weather service in Birmingham added a few to its final total from a round of severe storms on Dec. 28 and 29.

The tornado hit an area that was heavily damaged by a tornado a decade ago. That tornado ripped through Alabama from Tuscaloosa to northern Jefferson County on April 27, 2011, killing 65 people ...

⚠ Tornado warnings have been issued for SE Coosa, Tallapoosa, and northeast Elmore County until 6:15PM. One potential tornado is heading towards Alex City, and another is near Kent.

The only other state to see one such tornado was Georgia, which saw an EF-4 hit the Newnan area. The five total EF-3+ tornadoes to hit Alabama and Georgia in March is good for the most since March ...