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EF1 tornado in Crenshaw County, Alabama

Tornado January 12, 2023 · Crenshaw County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado touched down just west of Old Union Road and moved to

the northeast. As it crossed Old Union Road, it moved through a

grove of trees where dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. It

continued briefly to the northeast for a tenth of a mile before

lifting.

The wider storm

A very warm and moist airmass developed ahead of an approaching strong cold front. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and moved across the area. The storms produced three tornadoes along with a swath of wind damage stretching from the I-65 corridor in Conecuh County o far southeastern Crenshaw County.

Began near Bullock (31.5050, -86.2428).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Mobile County EF0 Conecuh County EFU Covington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074158. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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