June 20th, 2011
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Author: RAINSVILLE, Alabama — The National Weather Service has upgraded the category of one devastating tornado that passed through DeKalb County on April 27th.
According to the NWS, additional information gathered during a June 15 ground survey led to one tornado being upgraded to an EF-5.
According to the NWS, a total of six tornadoes tore through DeKalb County on April 27.
The newly-rated EF-5 tornado is reported to have been on the ground for 33.8 miles or 37 minutes, at a width of ¾ mile and an estimated wind peak of 200 mph, destroying numerous homes, leveling them to their foundations, and vehicles and debris strewn for hundreds of feet.
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