EF1 tornado in Hale County, Alabama
Tornado January 12, 2023 · Hale County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Greene County → Hale County → Greene County → Hale County → Tuscaloosa County → Bibb County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 575 yards (0.33 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph. This tornado originated in Greene County and crossed a winding Black Warrior River and in and out of Hale County several times. The tornado produced some uprooted and snapped trees along the river banks.
The wider storm
Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted Central Alabama during the morning and afternoon hours of Thursday, January 12th, 2023. Several supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornadoes which caused significant damage in many areas. The severe thunderstorms also produced damaging straight-line winds and hail up to golf ball size.
Began near Akron (32.8860, -87.8130).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1076603. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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