National Weather Service confirms 2 tornadoes in east Alabama Tuesday night

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The National Weather service has confirmed a total of six tornadoes that traveled through Alabama Tuesday night, and two of them were in east Alabama.

According to NWS, an EF-1 struck Calhoun County and in Cleburne County with winds reaching up to 95 MPH.

Officials say the tornado in Calhoun County occurred in the Saks area and had a path width of 3.51 miles, beginning on 2 SW Saks at 11:35 p.m. and ending at 11:40 p.m. on 1 SE Blue Mountain. Officials say the tornado caused damage just north of the Lloyds Chapel Cemetery and several other places where there were trees that were uprooted or snapped, including one tree falling on a manufactured home and a site built home in the area. The tornado also forced traffic and road blockages on CR 46 near the intersections or McCulley Lane and near Alexandria Road due to uprooted trees.

The Cleburne County tornado began on 3 NNW Ranburne at 12:25 a.m. Officials say the tornado traveled for 1.97 miles before lifting on 2 N Ranburne. The tornado destroyed half of an old barn with a large portion of the barn landing on a home about 30 yards downstream. Debris from the barn was also found hundreds of yards away in an adjoining pasture before snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed CR 67, 611, and 95, according to NWS.

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