EF1 tornado in Baldwin County, Alabama

A tornado began just west of Benton Road in the trees prior to moving over a field and farmhouse. It was here that the first notable damage occurred. A farm building had its entire roof removed which was reinforced with hurricane straps. This would likely have required around 100mph wind gusts to accomplish. The roofing material was quickly wrapped around the tornadic circulation and thrown back into the trees behind the building. In addition to this, inflow winds rapidly strengthened with a tree stand to the southwest having multiple trees snapped and uprooted facing towards the northeast, resulting in the tornadic circulation being approximately 230 yards here. A garage attached to the home just east of the farm building had 50% of its roofing material removed and likewise thrown towards the back. A small outbuilding at this location was destroyed with debris thrown across the field. The tornado continued across the field into an area of forest where drone footage revealed multiple snaps and uproots along a narrow corridor around 100 yards wide. Based on Digital Globe Worldview satellite imagery the details of what happened for the rest of the tornado path have become clearer. The tornado turned to the south where it crossed a small pond to the southwest of a home uprooting a tree facing north. Sporadic uproots are visible on satellite imagery to the west of a large field within the forest, generally consisting of high end EF0 wind speeds. The tornado continued to the south-southeast through the forest, eventually intensifying notably west of Magnolia Springs Highway where numerous uproots are noted. This is where the tornado likely peaked in intensity with at least 100mph winds. The tornado may have continued southeast from here, but cloud cover in the area prevented visibility of the damage path in this area. Analysis further southeast will have to wait until a clear satellite pass is able to be analyzed.

Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.