A vehicle is overturned following a tornado in McCalla,Alabama,on Thursday,June 22,2017.
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Tropical Storm Cindy spawned a tornado Thursday afternoon that left damage in areas southwest of Birmingham,Alabama,but it was not immediately known if there were any injuries.
The tornado was spotted at about 1 p.m. CDT Thursday afternoon near the towns of McCalla and Fairfield as it tracked northeast. A few minutes later,several reports of structural damage were relayed to the National Weather Service.
Severe damage was reported to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Fairfield,among several other structures.
Fairfield is a town of 10,000 located about 10 miles southwest of Birmingham.
