EF0 tornado in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tornado March 26, 2023 · Tallapoosa County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

7.5 mi

Whole path

950 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Elmore County → Tallapoosa County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 950 yards (0.54 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 southern Tallapoosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. This tornado started in Elmore County and crossed into Tallapoosa County near Long Beach Drive. The tornado tracked east-northeast for several miles before dissipating near Centerport Road. A few trees were uprooted along Long Branch Drive and Old Tree Road.

The wider storm

A multi-day severe weather event produced all modes of severe weather across Central Alabama. An upper low parked over the Midwest States and an upper ridge over the Florida Peninsula produced a deep layer of moisture and shear over Alabama. A slow moving surface cold front provided the focus for severe storms late Saturday night and continuing through Monday morning.

Began near Barnesville (32.7140, -85.8910).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Marengo County EF2 Macon County EF0 Autauga County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1088201. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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