Rainsville assessing storm damage from Wednesday night
No serious injuries, trying to determine if it was a tornado
UPDATE:
The National Weather Service has finished their evaluation and now say it was an EF-1 tornado with 104 mph winds that hit Rainsville and Sand Mountain last night.
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RAINSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) – Officials are still trying to determine it if was a tornado that hit downtown Rainsville, Alabama last night.
But city officials say they do have pictures and video that seem to show a tornado along the path.
So far, there are not reports of significant injuries.
The storm hit the Sand Mountain town around 8:30 CST.
BlueScope Steel suffered damage and power is out around the city.
Vehicles, homes and power lines were all damaged in the Kilgore St, Willingham St, Hodges St, and Church Ave North areas.
