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EF0 tornado in Hale County, Alabama

Tornado April 13, 2022 · Hale County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.7 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The brief tornado touched down near County Road 50 about 500 yards east of County Road 49. Before dissipating, several trees were uprooted and snapped along its short path.

The wider storm

A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) developed across Mississippi and tracked eastward across Central Alabama on the evening of April 13th. Numerous trees were uprooted as surface winds gusted to 60-70 mph in some locations. A few tornadoes also formed within the line and impacted portions of Greene, Hale, and Tuscaloosa Counties.

Began near Phipps (32.9510, -87.4440).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Greene CountyEF0 Tuscaloosa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1021694. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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