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EF1 tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tornado February 13, 2007 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

9.7 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$105K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado touched down in southeastern Tuscaloosa County in the Talladega National Forest, and from there moved nearly due east. The heaviest damage was near the intersection of County Road 1 and US Highway 82 on the Bibb and Tuscaloosa county line. Several trailers, homes, barns and sheds were damaged along the path. Additionally, numerous trees were snapped off and downed.

The wider storm

An intense winter storm and passing cold front caused several tornadoes and numerous severe thunderstorms across Central Alabama.

Began near Hagler (33.0128, -87.3994).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Autauga County EF0 Hale County EF0 Bibb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 11359. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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