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April 24, 2010 · Cullman County · 2010
EF2

April 24, 2010

5:57 PM
Cullman County, Alabama · Near Cullman (ZIP 35083)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
5.8 mi
Max Width
300 yd
DateApril 24, 2010
Time5:57 PM
CountyCullman
CityCullman
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 220469
Event Narrative

An EF-2 tornado touched down on Highway 31 just south of the County Road 601 intersection. The tornado damaged roofs to two businesses in the Phelan community. The tornado then moved northeast and downed several power lines and snapped and uprooted over 100 pine and oak trees. Minor roof damage was observed on a house along County Road 601 and a carport was destroyed on County Road 747 in the Welti community. Tin roof debris from the chicken houses was thrown over one mile along the tornado's path. The tornado finally lifted on County Road 643 but no before causing roof damage to a barn and knocking down several trees.

Episode Narrative

Four damaging tornadoes tore tracks through north central and northeast Alabama during the evening and overnight hours of the 24th. These tornadoes were part of a larger regional tornado outbreak across the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. The tornadoes were associated with three separate long track supercell thunderstorms that thrived upon a very unstable and high shear environment. One of the longer track tornadoes tore through several successive communities with up to EF-3 strength in Marshall and DeKalb Counties, including the towns of Albertville, Geraldine and Pine Ridge, lifting just before reaching Fort Payne. A tornado from the same storm then touched down again in the Mentone area before crossing the Georgia state line. Another supercell produced yet another tornado southwest of Collinsville, tracking just a few miles south of the earlier damaging tornado. This tornado reached EF-4 strength when it completely leveled the McNutt United Methodist Church on County Road 55. Fortunately, no fatalities occurred with these particular tornadoes, but damages were severe.||In Marshall County, total costs from the tornado had exceeded $14 million, which included 1032 homes experiencing at least some damage, and 93 homes destroyed. In DeKalb County, damage losses were still being tallied. Debris removal costs alone have exceeded $3 million.

Outbreak Context

Part of 13-tornado outbreak on April 24, 2010

Shared Episode Narrative

Four damaging tornadoes tore tracks through north central and northeast Alabama during the evening and overnight hours of the 24th. These tornadoes were part of a larger regional tornado outbreak across the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. The tornadoes were associated with three separate long track supercell thunderstorms that thrived upon a very unstable and high shear environment. One of the longer track tornadoes tore through several successive communities with up to EF-3 strength in Marshall and DeKalb Counties, including the towns of Albertville, Geraldine and Pine Ridge, lifting just before reaching Fort Payne. A tornado from the same storm then touched down again in the Mentone area before crossing the Georgia state line. Another supercell produced yet another tornado southwest of Collinsville, tracking just a few miles south of the earlier damaging tornado. This tornado reached EF-4 strength when it completely leveled the McNutt United Methodist Church on County Road 55. Fortunately, no fatalities occurred with these particular tornadoes, but damages were severe.||In Marshall County, total costs from the tornado had exceeded $14 million, which included 1032 homes experiencing at least some damage, and 93 homes destroyed. In DeKalb County, damage losses were still being tallied. Debris removal costs alone have exceeded $3 million.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 220469

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