Madison County Tornado

Madison County EF-1 Tornado

Damage Path - Madison County

County

Rating

# of Fatalities/Injuries

KML

Madison

EF-1

0 Fatalities /

0 Injuries

Rating:	EF-1
Peak Wind:	100 mph
Path Length:	5.97 miles
Path Width:	150 yards
Fatalities:	0
Injuries:	0
Start Date:	August 17, 2021
Start Time:	8:20 AM EDT
Start Location:	3 WNW Danielsville
Start Lat/Lon:	34.1387 / -83.2653
End Date:	August 17, 2021
End Time:	8:29 AM EDT
End Location:	3 W Ila
End Lat/Lon:	34.1880 / -83.3505

An EF-1 tornado touched down in Madison County to the west of Danielsville in a wooded area east of Rogers Mill Road. The tornado continued west northwest, crossing Coley Davis Road and Rogers Mill Road and snapping and uprooting numerous hardwood and softwood trees. The tornado snapped an entire grove of pine trees in an area east of Doe Run Road and along Doe Run around several homes. The storm crossed Lake Deerfield Road, snapping and uprooting dozens of trees before encountering several homes and barns along Chandler Farm Road. One home had a large tree fall through the master bedroom, and two nearby barns were destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted onto and around the homes. The tornado crossed Old Ila Road where it flipped a large camper over onto its roof and snapped and uprooted several trees nearby. The storm crossed Highway 106, snapping and uprooting trees at its widest point. The storm continued northwest, crossing Adams Clarke Road, Sunray Hatchery Road, and Frank Bird Road, causing damage mainly to trees. The tornado damaged several homes as it approached Highway 98 west of Ila, including one home with a portion of its roof blown off, several outbuildings, and numerous trees. The tornado finally lifted before reaching Homestead Road.


A tree was downed onto this home and a nearby barn collapsed.	This grove of pine trees was largely demolished by the tornado.


The tornado flipped this camper RV over.	A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted by the tornado.


KGSP Reflectivity (8:29 AM EDT)	KGSP base velocity (8:29 AM EDT)

KGSP Correlation Coefficient (8:29 AM EDT)