Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, FL confirm that two tornadoes touched down and caused damage in Early County Tuesday.
Around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday an EF-1 tornado touched down in a field along Three Notch Road, in the northern part of Early County.
It snapped and uprooted several large pine trees along the edge of the field.
The tornado then uprooted and snapped several large live oak trees at a residence along the intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and Taylor Harris Road before moving towards Sandy Bottom Road where a few pines were snapped or uprooted.
This tornado was rated an EF-1, with maximum estimated winds around 90 mph. At the time of the tornado, a dual-pol tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on the radar based in Fort Rucker.
At the same time, a second tornado touched down near the Early/Miller County line.
NWS meteorologists says that this EF-1 tornado touched down in a stand of trees across a field from Old Lucile Road and continued to uproot several trees in front of the houses, as well as lifting part of a metal roof on a small house along this road.
The tornado continued eastward towards Three Notch Road into Miller county where a live oak tree was uprooted, and a couple large pine trees were snapped halfway up.
The tornado again continued east where a couple outbuildings and trees were blown down along Cooper Loop, Cannon Road and Charlie Tiner Road before lifting just before it crossed U.S. Highway 27.
This tornado was rated an EF-1, with maximum estimated winds around 90 mph. At the time of the tornado, a dual-pol tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on the radar based in Fort Rucker.