EF1 tornado in Conecuh County, Alabama

A 2.5 mile long swath of straight line wind south of Belleville

preceded the brief Belleville tornado. The straight line wind

damage began to the west of CR 15, south of Belleville, and

continued to the northeast toward Highway 84. The straight line

wind damage may have started prior to CR 15, but the survey team

could not access areas further to the southwest. Several trees

were snapped and uprooted along the initial swath of straight line

wind damage. A brief tornado occurred just east of Belleville

along CR 56. Numerous pine trees were snapped along with several

hardwoods snapped and uprooted just south of CR 56. Three homes in

the area sustained minor roof damage with roof loss for several

sheds and storage buildings. Metal roof pieces were noted in

nearby trees and scattered along the path. A small flag pole was

bent to the ground and a nearby power line was down. The tornado

quickly moved northeast across Highway 84 where several more trees

were snapped. The tornado likely lifted somewhere just to the

north of Highway 84, to the east of Belleville. A path of straight

line wind was noted for at least another 1.5 miles to the

northeast of the tornado track where several more trees were

snapped and a couple of trees were uprooted.

A strong cold front moved into an increasing unstable airmass over the Central Gulf Coast. Thunderstorms develop ahead of the frontal boundary and produced two tornadoes along with some wind damage. These tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours on March 9th.