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EF0 tornado in Macon County, Alabama

Tornado January 4, 2023 · Macon County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.7 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 western Macon County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. This brief tornado began in an inaccessible area southwest of Deer Run Trail, in the town of Shorter. It caused minor tree damage and damage to some outbuildings along Deer Run Trail, also knocking over a couple basketball goals. It quickly dissipated after crossing Deer Run Trail. A brief TDS was observed on MXX radar.

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 Shorter (32.3840, -85.9258).

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 Chambers CountyEF0 Macon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1074336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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