Storm damage around state (PHOTOS)
Published 3:50 pm Wednesday, November 16, 2011
- John Raines, left, an engineering adviser at Auburn University, talks to a woman about the damage sustained to his home when a tree fell on it during a reported tornado Wednesday morning. Power was out to thousands of customers in the central Alabama area after a squall line preceding a cold front rolled through the area.
The worst of Wednesday’s storms missed Limestone County but brought back frightening memories for local students attending Auburn University, as well as residents in Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.
The series of thunderstorms and possible tornadoes were the state’s worst storms since the April 27 tornado outbreak that killed four people in Limestone County, nine in Madison and 247 statewide.
Warning sirens sounded in the majority of Alabama’s 67 counties Wednesday, a day after the anniversary of the deadly 1989 tornado that struck Huntsville. The sound made many who experienced the April 27 twisters nervous.
Areas experiencing damage include Sumter County, Lee County, Madison County, Tuscaloosa County and more.
View pictures accompanying this story and see a more detailed story in Thursday’s print and online editions of The News Courier.
