EF0 Tornado — Pike, Alabama

2022-11-30 · near Brundidge Muni Arpt, Pike, Alabama

0.8 mi

Path length

150 yds

Path width

Event narrative

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The brief tornado touched down in the woods between Ten Mile Road and Barefoot Road. As the tornado approached Barefoot Road, numerous pine trees received large limb damage. The tornado crossed Barefoot Road and caused more tree limb damage. The tornado lifted between Barefoot Road and Pike County Road 4420.

Wider weather episode

A very dynamic and deepening low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley states on November 29-30 with a trailing cold. The air mass across Central Alabama was initially stable during the day on November 29th with surface dewpoints in the 40s and 50s. Instability increased dramatically the evening of the 29th as 60 plus surface dewpoints advected northward into Central Alabama. A QLCS developed ahead of the approaching cold front in addition to discrete thunderstorms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1066695. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.