Tropical Storm Fay 8/25/2008 Arley Tornado

Arley Tornado - Winston County
August 24th, 2008

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-0
Estimated Maximum Wind:	70 mph
Injuries/Fatalities:	None
Damage Path Length:	0.1 miles
Maximum Path Width:	20 yards
Approximate Start Point:	34.09/-87.22 at 624 pm

A National Weather Service Damage Assessment Team has surveyed the storm damage and evaluated the images in Winston County. It has been determined the damage was the result of a tornado.

Around 630 pm August 24th...an EF0 briefly touched down in Arley. This brief tornado was captured on video in Arley. Several street signs were blown down. One sign was blown into a power pole snapping the pole. The tornado damage path length was less than 0.1 miles long and was 20 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado has been rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage estimates were consistent with winds around 70 mph.

Brief Tornado Touchdown
Tornado Picture	Tornado Viewed from Smith Lale Courtesy of Wendy Odom
Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom	Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom
Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom	Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom
Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom	Tornado Viewed from Smith Lake Courtesy of Wendy Odom
Tornado near Arley	Funnel Cloud near Arley
Tornado near Arley	Funnel Cloud near Arley

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