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EF0 tornado in Chambers County, Alabama

Tornado January 3, 2023 · Chambers County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
4.4 mi
Path length
500 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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 northern Chambers County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado began near intersection of County Roads 155 and 158. The tornado tracked northeastward with mainly uprooted softwood trees observed along County Roads 235, 237, 258, and 241. One residence suffered some roof damage along County Road 237. The tornado dissipated along Highway 258 just south of the Randolph County line.

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 Happyland (33.0648, -85.4433).

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 Randolph CountyEF0 Macon CountyEF0 Macon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074318. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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