Foodland in Winfield receives damage outside when a surprise EF1 tornado descended.
WINFIELD — A confirmed EF1 tornado touched down in Winfield on Wednesday, June 5, dealing damage to businesses, homes, trees and power lines, but not causing any injuries.
The tornado spun up without any significant warning.
Workers from Shoals Electric begin work on the traffic lights at the intersection of Highways 118 and 43 in downtown Winfield on Monday, Dec. 18.
WINFIELD — The main traffic lights in downtown Winfield are finally being repaired just shy of two weeks before the two-year anniversary of the tornado that destroyed them.
An early morning tornado batters the northeastern part of Marion County, between Hackleburg and Bear Creek, Saturday. What is left of the residence of Eugene and Tracy Marbutt on Chalk Mine Road is shown above.
After early Saturday’s major storm, north Marion County has now suffered two tornadoes in just a week.
Just as the county was catching its collective breath from last week’s tornado weather, Marion County was hit by yet another storm system that brought with it another tornado, this one making it to an EF-1.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado began at 2:32 a.m. on Saturday morning just east of County Highway 348, three miles south southwest of Hackleburg.
Crews use a torch to cut a leaning metal utility pole from the middle of Bankhead Highway
WINFIELD — Winfield Police Chief Brett Burleson said that as of Thursday morning, there were no injuries reported during the tornado on Wednesday night, Dec. 29.
