July 26, 2020

0.6 SSW - 0.6 S Whiteside A well photographed and reported waterspout developed around 1800 LST and lasted several minutes. The waterspout appeared as a narrow elephant trunk tube in numerous photos and videos sent into social media or directly to the National Weather Service in Huntsville. From the videos and photos received, the waterspout became a landspout tornado at times on the eastern shore of Lake Wheeler, just a few hundred yards south of the U.S. Highway 31 causeway. Due to reporting requirements, this will be logged as a tornado with an Unknown EF rating since no damage was reported. For purposes of this database, it will be an EF0. Start: 34.6200/-86.9500 End: 34.6200/-86.9500

NWS EF Scale: FU