On Saturday, January 19th, a significant tornado tore through the center of Wetumpka, Alabama. The tornado in my opinion after looking at the damage pictures will likely be rated around the EF-2 to EF-3 range. (Tornado has been rated a high-end EF-2) Thankfully, there were only a few injuries as of the writing of this post. Obviously, the people of Wetumpka will need a lot of help. If you want to help, find out more below.
Checks can be made payable to CACF, listing Wetumpka Tornado Relief on the memo line and mailed to:
Central Alabama Community Foundation
Wetumpka Tornado Relief
114 Church Street
Montgomery, AL 36104— Central Alabama CF (@CACFinfo) January 20, 2019
As you can see on the radar images below, it does look like a big tornado did strike.
Radar velocity and correlation coefficient of the tornado that moved through Wetumpka, Alabama earlier causing damage and injuries. pic.twitter.com/SSNccpsb4c
— Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) January 19, 2019
Wetumpka, AL took a DIRECT HIT from a damaging #tornado today.
Here's the Velocity & CC data taken from Montgomery’s radar site. In the second half of this video, the radar is detecting debris (shown in blue) being lofted by the tornado. ⚠️🌪#thinkweather #alwx #weather #wx pic.twitter.com/0mYhkh1zh8
— Nash Rhodes (@NashWX) January 20, 2019
And the tornado was caught by WSFA-TV on one of their skycams.
🌪‼️ Damage on Main St. in Wetumpka is now being reported, and we potentially just spotted a rain-wrapped tornado from our tower cam… ⤵️ • @wsfa12news / @NWSBirmingham pic.twitter.com/i1zBIPmqHM
— Amanda Curran ☼ (@amanduh_curran) January 19, 2019
Below are pictures and video from the tornado damage in Wetumpka, Alabama.
Aerial view of Tornado damage in Wetumpka, Alabama.
Damage shown also includes overturned 18 wheeler trailers at the Industrial park behind the hospital. #Wetumpka #Tornado #alwx #SkyBama @spann pic.twitter.com/hYYFeL9XXr— Kevin Henderson (SkyBama) (@kd4zgn) January 20, 2019
Here are a few photos from our survey. These were taken near the First Baptist & First Presbyterian Churches on Bridge St. #alwx pic.twitter.com/Zid719jmkI
— NWS Birmingham (@NWSBirmingham) January 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/lhilyer_lance/status/1086732090232786944
Significant tornado in Wetumpka. Injuries also reported pic.twitter.com/UGt7BQEN5i
— James Spann (@spann) January 19, 2019
Damage in Wetumpka, AL from a tornado warned cell moving through the town! pic.twitter.com/Bpxkc5i50q
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) January 19, 2019
Significant storm damage from Wetumpka. #alwx @NWSBirmingham @ALNewsNetwork pic.twitter.com/7vrE5FdEL4
— Ryan Stinnett (@Ryan_Stinnett) January 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/JennWSFA/status/1086737908306989057
Tornado damage in Wetumpka coming from the WSFA skycam. #alwx pic.twitter.com/sRNysQdpM3
— Nathan Young ❄️☮️💜💙🧡 (@nvyoung) January 19, 2019
Damage near Elmore Community Hospital…initial report is that everyone at the hospital is safe. #alwx pic.twitter.com/LrC5c9NOLq
— Josh Johnson (@JoshWeather) January 19, 2019
#Alabama (#ALwx): RT@JeffSandersNews: #Wetumpka #TORNADO destruction https://t.co/t1ioPT6yF9 https://t.co/lPjpI95ax5
— Johnny Kelly (Veteran/Meteorology/US government) (@stormchaser4850) January 19, 2019
Some of the damage in wetumpka atm pic.twitter.com/ik6YP1JLqu
— triston edwards (@7ristonn) January 19, 2019
More pics from Wetumpka #alwx pic.twitter.com/3wgJ4i1B5b
— WVTM 13 (@WVTM13) January 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/rosserrandall70/status/1086740716947206145
This is her house! She is out safely now. pic.twitter.com/dyTCdtfYDn
— NashLiberalStorm🟧🏳️🌈🇺🇦🌩🌪 (@HummingbirdTN77) January 19, 2019
#Alabama (#ALwx) #TORNADO aftermath: RT@RichThomasWX: #Wetumpka damage pictures pic.twitter.com/4Glkk5HfIY https://t.co/oXUDugy1ez
— Johnny Kelly (Veteran/Meteorology/US government) (@stormchaser4850) January 19, 2019
Our crews are live in Wetumpka with damage video on WSFA now. Watch here: https://t.co/9RRFr8Y1Ic #alwx pic.twitter.com/eUVJ9DeYTM
— Josh Johnson (@JoshWeather) January 19, 2019
Wetumpka #alwx pic.twitter.com/KvzpllqCHd
— Trev✌ (@TrevorPicciano) January 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/TigerTrey3/status/1086742428583948293
#Alabama (#ALwx): RT@spann: #TORNADO damage at #Wetumpka pic.twitter.com/0vVCIsMPER https://t.co/O4nOylSZIQ
— Johnny Kelly (Veteran/Meteorology/US government) (@stormchaser4850) January 19, 2019
More tornado damage Wetumpka Alabama pic.twitter.com/j0e2sN9Ovq
— Sammy Randolph (@sammy_randolph) January 19, 2019
Wetumpka tornado damage pic.twitter.com/5xCe5qAp3x
— Sammy Randolph (@sammy_randolph) January 19, 2019
BUILDING COLLAPSES as tornado tore through Wetumpka, AL. Fire crews conducting search and rescue operations after the storm. We are LIVE on location. #ALwx pic.twitter.com/tMOxL8Jeix
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) January 19, 2019
Getting more pics in from my moms street. It is completely destroyed! pic.twitter.com/eDZ9YDwZtx
— NashLiberalStorm🟧🏳️🌈🇺🇦🌩🌪 (@HummingbirdTN77) January 19, 2019
Extensive damage from a possible tornado has been reported in Wetumpka, Alabama: https://t.co/rziJlQ5gJN (Photo: @TigerTrey3) pic.twitter.com/QYqm4CO2eK
— Breaking Weather by AccuWeather (@breakingweather) January 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/JennWSFA/status/1086748362890727424
Video image from @wsfa12news show the extent of damage in parts of Wetumpka, Alabama. pic.twitter.com/dIqtfdR2fk
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 19, 2019
Photos from FBC Wetumpka this afternoon provided by @alsbomdr … pic.twitter.com/5jrMwyRBs6
— Jennifer Davis Rash (@RashionalThts) January 19, 2019
Y’all pray for Wetumpka! pic.twitter.com/QlFoFPT2In
— Stephanie Schodorf (@backwoodsBQ) January 19, 2019
Devastating tornado has rolled through Wetumpka this afternoon. Stay tuned for more coverage from @WetumpkaHerald. pic.twitter.com/ZgSq54qYth
— Caleb Turrentine (@CalebTurrentine) January 19, 2019
#PHOTOS: Here are more photos of the damage left behind following the strong storm that blew threw downtown, #Wetumpka. #alwx pic.twitter.com/vxqctH1N4S
— WAKA News (@WAKA8News) January 19, 2019
The great people of Wetumpka are in our thoughts. Please help first responders by staying away from downtown Wetumpka.
Wetumpka High School has been opened as a shelter & when we have more information on how you can help those impacted, we will share it.
📷: Elmore Fire/Rescue pic.twitter.com/6B5JEFk9S4— Central Alabama CF (@CACFinfo) January 19, 2019
Tornado damage in Wetumpka, AL pic.twitter.com/oL6490wY2B
— Matt Breland WX (@mattbrelandwx) January 19, 2019
I’m on the ground in Wetumpka, this is what part of downtown looks like. pic.twitter.com/Wp1m8x9mRe
— Reshad Hudson (@ReshadHudson) January 19, 2019
This is so sad. #Wetumpka #alwx @spann pic.twitter.com/0ftCKhHJPu
— Mike Wilhelm (@bamawx) January 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/TylerEricBurton/status/1086780874614624257
Wetumpka's First Presbyterian church before and after Saturday's Tornado @MGMAdvertiser #alwx #wetumpka pic.twitter.com/Ec6IGycnq0
— Mickey Welsh (@mickeywelsh) January 20, 2019
A rainbow over tornado-damaged Wetumpka. Read and see more from the storm that caused major damage in Alabama here: https://t.co/RsrreccP7l @spann pic.twitter.com/SNgZXWaDdG
— MontgomeryAdvertiser (@MGMAdvertiser) January 19, 2019
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