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EF0 tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tornado March 22, 2022 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
175 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 175 yards (0.10 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

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado formed in a wooded area southwest of Williams Camp Road. It uprooted and snapped some trees in a narrow convergent path as it crossed Williams Camp Road twice. Along the lake, several homes had minor roof damage and a few boathouses were damaged, though some of this damage appeared to be from inflow and forward flank winds outside of the tornado damage path. The tornado intensified as it crossed the lake, with a couple dozen snapped and uprooted trees visible across the lake as well as a damaged boathouse. The tornado moved northeast in a wooded area with several downed trees visible in a ravine. The tornado dissipated as it crossed a logging road.

The wider storm

Several supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a QLCS in advance of a cold front. One supercell produced three weak tornadoes, with another QLCS producing a weak tornado. Training thunderstorms resulted in many instances of flash flooding and river flooding, with three flash flood fatalities occurring in Tuscaloosa County.

Began near Sterling (33.5094, -87.3777).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1018321. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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