May 8, 2008
1:20 PM| Date | May 8, 2008 |
| Time | 1:20 PM |
| County | Cullman |
| City | Cullman |
| Property Loss | $20000.00M |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 103576 |
0.2 NNW St Bernard - 1.9 NNE Simcoe A tornado with peak wind speeds around 100 mph tracked from the east side of Cullman through the Simcoe C ommunity. Several large old oak trees were uprooted or snapped on the east side of Cullman. The tornado heavily damaged a pair of chicken houses in rural Cullman County. One chicken house completely collapsed with the central portion of the structure twisted and gnarled, and its metal roofing torn and twisted in the fields downstream. Pockets of straight-line wind damage were noted south of the tornado tracks, including in the southern portions of the city of Cullman. Start: 34.1800/-86.8000 End: 34.2400/-86.7100
NWS EF Scale: F1
A tornado with winds up to 100 mph continued a track out of Walker County on Smith Lake. Several trees were snapped and uprooted. A roof was partially torn off of a chicken house. The tornado lifted after nearly a 3/4 mile path, but then re-developed just a few miles further northeast near Sulpher Springs.
A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) produced no less than five tornadoes and damaging thunderstorm winds across northern Alabama during the late morning through mid afternoon hours.
Part of 8-tornado outbreak on May 8, 2008
A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) produced no less than five tornadoes and damaging thunderstorm winds across northern Alabama during the late morning through mid afternoon hours.