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EF0 tornado in Randolph County, Alabama

Tornado January 3, 2023 · Randolph County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 far western Randolph County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of the Clay/Randolph County line near County Road 231. Damage consisted of uprooted softwood trees and was observed along County Roads 231, 229, 276, 11, and 113. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing County Road 113.

The wider storm

A long-duration severe weather event occurred from the late morning hours of Tuesday, January 3rd to the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 4th. Several rounds of rain and thunderstorms impacted Central Alabama, producing tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds, quarter size hail, and flooding.

Began near Dingler (33.3464, -85.6469).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Elmore CountyEF1 Marengo CountyEF1 Perry CountyEF1 Chilton CountyEF1 Tallapoosa CountyEF1 Montgomery CountyEF0 Bibb CountyEF0 Autauga CountyEF0 Clay CountyEF0 Chambers CountyEF0 Macon CountyEF0 Macon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074309. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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