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Alabama tornado count climbs to 11 following Thursday’s storms

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ALABAMA – Add one more tornado to the count from Thursday’s round of severe weather.

The National Weather Service offices in Mobile and Birmingham have added one tornado as of Monday evening.

The tornado moved from Choctaw County (covered by the weather service in Mobile) into Marengo County (covered by the weather service office in Birmingham).

It peaked as an EF-2, according to the weather service, but all the details on that storm haven’t been released yet.

The weather service also adjusted the ratings for several previously confirmed tornadoes — upgrading three of them to EF-3s.

The upgraded storms were the Sawyerville-Centreville-Columbiana tornado, the Ohatchee-Wellington tornado and the Elliotts Creek tornado.

The strongest tornado of all of them was the Sawyerville-Centreville-Columbiana tornado, an EF-3 with top winds estimated at 150 mph.

It was on the ground for more than 80 miles.

There were four EF-3s, three EF-2s, three EF-1s and one EF-0, according to the weather service.

The storm surveys aren’t yet done. The weather service in Birmingham said there are potential areas still to survey in Jefferson and Blount counties.

Here is a look at all of the tornadoes confirmed so far in Alabama from March 25:

1. Hale-Tuscaloosa counties (Elliott’s Creek), EF-3 (upgraded), 140 mph. Path 11.15 miles long. No injuries.

2. Bibb-Shelby-St. Clair counties (West Blocton-North Shelby), EF-3, 140 mph. Path length 50.36 miles long. Five injuries.

3. Pickens County (Cochrane), EF-1, 90 mph. Path 5.63 miles long. No injuries.

4. Calhoun County (Ohatchee-Wellington), EF-3 (upgraded), 140 mph. Path 24.31 miles long. Five deaths, TBD injuries.

5. Cherokee County (Piedmont), EF-0, 75 mph. Path 3.57 miles long. No injuries.

6. Greene County (Clinton), EF-1, 100 mph winds. Path 12.05 miles long. No injuries.

7. Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Shelby counties, EF-3 (upgraded), 150 mph winds. Path length 80.38 miles. Two injuries.

8. Jefferson County (South Roebuck), EF-1, 90 mph winds. Path 4.78 miles long. No injuries.

9. Chilton-Coosa counties (Lake Mitchell), EF-2, 115 mph. Path 13.94 miles long. No injuries.

10. Clay-Randolph counties (Sikesville-Wehadkee), EF-2, 125 mph. Path 27.73 miles. No injuries.

11. Choctaw-Marengo counties, EF-2, details TBA.

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