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Pleasant Grove (F1)
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An F1 tornado struck a chicken farm 5 miles northeast of Cullman
near the Pleasant Grove Community. Two chicken housed were collapsed
and stripped of their roofing with another chicken house damaged.
A small shed was destroyed as was an attached feed bin. A branch
was thrown as a projectile into the window of a nearby residence,
but the residence had taken shelter in the basement after receiving
the Tornado Warning on NOAA Weather Radio. The path length was 200
yards with a width of 30 yards. Maximum wind speeds were around
80 MPH. The tornado touched down at approximately 1053 PM CDT. A
tornado warning had been issued for Cullman County at 1036 PM CDT.

Radar reflectivity image of the storm that produced the F1 tornado
near Cullman.

Chicken houses destroyed near the Pleasant Grove Community.

Third chicken house heavily damaged.
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