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EF0 tornado in Butler County, Alabama

Tornado January 9, 2022 · Butler County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

1.0 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 touched down at Hayes Road and Armstrong Road (County Road 36),

producing sporadic tree damage. A shed at a residence was destroyed. The

tornado continued on its intermittent track, producing additional damage

on Garden Road (County Road 35). Damage was confined to some tree damage with

a downed power line. A mobile home suffered very minor damage. The tornado

appears to have lifted just east of Garden Road, but areas to the east were

not accessible.

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 Mc Kenzie (31.5312, -86.7063).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Conecuh County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1001339. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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