The February 6, 2008 tornado
EF4Jackson County, Alabama
An EF4 tornado on a 10.9-mile path that killed 1 and injured 12. It was one of 24 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 3 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedEF4 tornado · February 6, 2008
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- EF4
- Enhanced Fujita scale
- Path length
- 10.9 mi
- Width up to 660 yards
- Killed
- 1
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 12
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Wednesday, February 6, 2008
- 5:17 AM CST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
Representatives from the National Weather Service and the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency conducted a storm survey of damage that occurred in Jackson County, Alabama early in the morning of February 6, 2008.||The damage was determined to originate from a strong tornado, which at its peak had winds of at least 180 MPH, giving it a rating of EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The most significant damage occurred at the corner of County Road 60 and 177, between the Rosalie and Pisgah communities in eastern Jackson County. This is also approximately the location where one fatality occurred. Trees along the tornado path were snapped and in some cases shredded, several houses were swept from their foundations, and a large section of a chicken house collapsed. Several large hay bales (weighing 2,500 pounds) were blown apart or tossed around.
The storm system that day
The WFO Huntsville County Warning Area experienced the worst tornado outbreak in 19 years on February 6, 2008. While the number of observed tornadoes was low (4), the area experienced two EF-4 tornadoes, the first time the area has witnessed more than one devastating tornado on the same day since 1974. ||This event was part of a large tornado outbreak which spanned both February 5th (Super Tuesday) and 6th (Wednesday). A series of tornadic supercell thunderstorms swept across the Mid-South and Southeast states ahead of a potent cold front.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Other notable tornadoes that day
- EF4, Lawrence County4 killed
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.