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EF0 tornado in Conecuh County, Alabama

Tornado January 9, 2022 · Conecuh County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado first touched down on the west side of I-65 at the Owassa

Exit and crossed the interstate. The only damage noted in the area was

to some fencing on the west side of I-65, however, surveillance video

from a nearby gas station showed a very narrow funnel in contact with

the ground that moved across the interstate before briefly lifting. The

tornado touched down again on Wilcox Rd, producing minor tree damage and

damaging a tin roof on a nearby structure. It is possible the tornado

produced sporadic minor damage between the interstate and this final point.

The wider storm

Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold

front Sunday, producing large hail, a couple of tornadoes, and isolated

straight line wind damage. Two EF-0 tornadoes were identified by a NWS

Survey Team in Conecuh and Butler Counties. In addition, a significant

swath of straight line wind damage was surveyed in far northwest Butler

County.

Began near Owassa (31.5063, -86.9244).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Butler County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1001338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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