Hunter Jones

On Tuesday night, severe weather hit north Alabama, with multiple tornadoes confirmed touching down according to a survey by the National Weather Service.

The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) have reports of damages across Jackson County, with tornadoes confirmed in Skyline and Trenton in the National Weather Service’s preliminary damage survey.

In Skyline, there were multiple trees down and some structural damage along and around County Road 17. The tornado was rated EF-2, starting from Killingsworth Cove Road in Gurley and pathing a total of 6.76 miles before dissipating. The tornado had peak winds of 134 miles per hour and a path width maximum of 175 yards.

In Trenton, there was a confirmed EF-1 tornado touched down. Latham Cemetery was reportedly ‘destroyed’, with trees being down over graves. The tornado pathed a total of 10.46 miles, starting just southeast of Highway 65, producing and continuing down County Road 20, where it continued, causing multiple trees to be uprooted and causing a variety of damage before dissipating by County Road 28. The tornado had pink winds of 110 miles per hour and a maximum path width of 275 yards.

In Paint Rock near US-72, trees were reportedly down “everywhere”, with cars on both sides of the road unable to pass.

Similar to the Skyline reports, multiple trees and some slight wind damage to structures are reported in Flat Rock, some of it believed to possibly be tornado damage.

There was also possible tornado damage in Langston, Section and Powell.

Any storm damage can be reported to the Jackson County EMA online, with a QR code for the reports being available on their Facebook page.

On County Road 17 near Skyline, multiple trees were downed, with some being complete uprooted from the ground.