Thunderstorm Wind — Escambia, Alabama

2022-03-18 · near Porch, Escambia, Alabama

Event narrative

A swath of damaging straight line winds impacted

the Poarch, AL area on 3/18/22 at 9:04 AM CDT. A narrow swath of

intense wind gusts estimated at 90 to 100mph affected a mobile

home park where several mobile homes were rolled/destroyed. The

surrounding area sustained severe wind gusts to the southeast

where several trees were snapped/uprooted and a farm and nearby

residences sustained roof damage to several buildings. The survey

team found no evidence of convergence with all damage laid out in

a southwest to northeast swath suggesting straight line wind

damage.

Wider weather episode

A very warm and unstable airmass developed ahead of an approaching strong low pressure system. Strong vertical wind shear in combination with the instability caused storms to become severe and produce several reports of damaging winds along with one tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1012561. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.