EF0 Tornado — Barbour, Alabama

2022-11-30 · near Lindsey, Barbour, Alabama

Event narrative

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. A tornado touched down in the woods between Stark Brothers Road and County Road 53 just northeast of Texasville. As the tornado crossed County Road 53, a few pine tree tops were snapped. The tornado continued eastward to the intersection of Alabama Highway 131 and County Road 20, where a pine tree was snapped and fell into the roadway. Large limbs were broken to the north of Alabama Highway 131 and west of County Road 20. From there the tornado paralleled Alabama Highway 131 as it traveled east before striking a chicken farm. It caused significant damage to four chicken houses, with large sections of barn roofing were removed and blown as much as 200 yards downstream. The tornado continued across the farm through mainly open fields uprooting a few large trees, and then causing minor damage to a riding arena and farmhouse. The tornado then crossed County Road 67 and uprooted a few pine trees before dissipating.

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 1066707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.