{"id":3515,"date":"2011-03-10T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T23:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2011-03-10T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T23:40:54","slug":"alabama-tornadoes-captured-on-video-ripping-apart-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/alabama-tornadoes-captured-on-video-ripping-apart-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama tornadoes captured on video ripping apart store"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 9, 2011 - This truck was flipped on its side by the tornado that struck Theodore, AL. (Twitpic\/WKRG_Jessica http:\/\/twitpic.com\/47u3yv)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Deep South was the scene of some nasty weather yesterday as severe storms brought damaging winds, flash floods and tornadoes to four states in the region<\/a>.\u00a0 One particularly damaging tornado struck Theodore, Alabama and surveillance video captured the effects of the storm as it tore apart a hardware store.<\/p>\n

According to the National Weather Service the tornado initially touched down at about 9:00am local time yesterday as an EF1.\u00a0 As it tracked to the northeast the tornado increased to EF2 strength packing winds up to 120mph.\u00a0 At its maximum size it was 150 yards across.<\/p>\n

Four people suffered injuries from the tornado and 25 residential and commercial structures were damages.\u00a0 Cars in a strip mall were tossed about like toys and a gas station awning collapsed.<\/p>\n