Two National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed some damage from the severe thunderstorms, Wednesday night, November 8th, 2000. Here is the summary of the small damage area. Damage images were taken with a digital camera, click on the graphics to get larger images.
A low topped supercell thunderstorm moved north northeast across western Hale County and produced a 1.0 mile track, F0 tornado. The tornado began at 6:48 PM CST, 2.9 miles east of Akron. The tornado touched down on Long Hill Road, off CR 21 between CR 59 and CR 36. The tornado moved generally northeast and ended at 6:49 PM CST just before CR 21. The tornado briefly touched down and was only about 40 yards wide. No injuries were reported with the brief touchdown of this tornado.
Several trees were snapped off or blown over throughout the path of the tornado. One mobile home sustained relatively minor damage...one garage had its roof almost completely removed... and one outbuilding was destroyed. The path of the tornado was oriented at about 35 or 40 degrees... and some of the damage and downed trees were blown off at about 290 degrees. Several additional reports of severe weather including tornadoes, wind damage, and flash flooding occurred in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama on Wednesday and Thursday.
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