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EF0 tornado in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tornado March 12, 2023 · Tallapoosa County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
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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 western Tallapoosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. A brief tornado began just north of Highway 280 and moved along an east-northeast path across Flint Hill Place. Several smaller trees uprooted around a cemetery near Flint Hill Methodist Church. The tornado continued across County Road 21 and Dadeville Road. Several pine trees were uprooted on the north side of Dadeville Road before the tornado dissipated.

The wider storm

A pre-frontal line of thunderstorms tracked eastward across east Alabama during the morning hours on March 12th. A segment of the line intensified over Tallapoosa and chambers counties, producing a weak tornado and some wind damage.

Began near Bevelle (32.9070, -85.9110).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083444. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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