1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F1 tornado began just northwest of Gadsden along US 11. The tornado traveled along US 11 into Reece City. Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, and a few of the trees fell onto homes.
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Every storm in Alabama in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1998Warnings in Alabama, April 1998
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