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The National Weather Service in Huntsville confirmed the storm that roared through Crossville and Collinsville May 20 was an EF1 tornado.

The report from the NWS survey indicates weather event started at 9:33 p.m. in Crossville and ended at 9:42 p.m. in Collsinville.

Here is what the storm survey said:

“This tornado began just east of Graves Street in the Crossville area, where a large tree was uprooted and a large branch (8 to 12 inches in diameter) was broken off of a tree 20 yards away.

“Additionally, a small porch on a nearby residence was damaged and lost most of its roofing. The tornado continued east just south and paralleling highway 68, uprooting sporadic trees and breaking off large tree branches along its way. More substantial roof damage occurred at a building associated with the Sand Mountain Research Extension Center off of CR 190.

“The tornado intensified at this location to EF1 intensity, collapsing the entire roof of the structure. Maximum peak winds of 93 mph were seen at this location. Here, the tornado continued on a eastward path and uprooted one very large tree and snapped another one from its base (though it had some rot to it). The tornado seemed to widen a bit more as it pushed east, but weakened again to EF0 intensity as it crossed CR 37. At this location, it did pick up a covering structure for hay and tossed it across a field. On the south end of the field, a small portion of one side of a barn was torn apart.

“The tornado then moved a bit more to the east northeast paralleling highway 68 as its path width decreased significantly to less than 300 yards. The EF0 tornado continued its path east to east-Southeast uprooting trees or snapping off large branches of trees before lifting just east of CR 84.”