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Huntsville, Alabama – Power outages, downed trees, and structural damage remain the biggest storm threats across northern Alabama as severe thunderstorms continue to be driven more by wind than tornadoes.
According to the National Weather Service in Huntsville, damaging wind events occur 10 to 20 times more often in Alabama than tornadoes, making straight-line winds the most frequent cause of severe weather damage statewide. Thunderstorms become severe when wind gusts reach 58 mph, hail reaches at least one inch in diameter, or a tornado forms…