EF1 Tornado — Bullock, Alabama

2022-04-05 · near Almeria, Bullock, Alabama

Event narrative

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Bullock County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph. A tornado touched down near Mascott Road and tracked eastward across Beaverdam Creek. As it approached County Road 14 in the High Ridge area, the tornado intensified and broadened, uprooting numerous softwood trees or snapping large limbs on some hardwood trees, especially alongside the road. The tornado then ascended the High Ridge area and dissipated somewhere over inaccessible land west of Alabama Highway 223.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level disturbance moved across the Deep South in the early morning hours of April 5, 2022. This fostered the development of a surface low which moved across Central Mississippi and into North Alabama. Thunderstorms in the morning initially posed a threat of large hail and damaging winds. Later in the morning and into the afternoon, storms became more surface-based and a tornado threat resulted, mainly impacting the southern and southeastern portions of Central Alabama. On April 6th, a strong cold front moved through Alabama, producing another round of severe thunderstorms, but no tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1021399. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.