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EF0 tornado in Macon County, Alabama

Tornado January 4, 2023 · Macon County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
1.1 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 eastern Macon County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado touched down in an open field just west of the intersection of Highway 80 and County Road 26, causing minor damage to trees and a roadside sign. The tornado tracked eastward through a farm just north of the intersection of Highway 80 and County Road 43. While a cotton gin on the farm was destroyed, other surrounding buildings had only minor roof damage. Just east of the farm, the tornado uprooted a tree which fell into a mobile home. Sporadic minor tree damage was noted along the reminder of the path. The tornado ended along Highway 80 just west of the Lee 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 Society Hill (32.4249, -85.4533).

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 1074339. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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