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EF1 tornado in Autauga County, Alabama

Tornado February 13, 2007 · Autauga County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 briefly central Autauga County, about 5 miles west of Autaugaville, near the intersection of State Highway 14 and County Road 33. Several trees were snapped off and uprooted. The roof of a carport was lifted off and thrown into the front yard of another residence, and a tractor shed in the same area had sheet metal blown off its roof.

The wider storm

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

Began near Mulberry (32.4653, -86.7469).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tuscaloosa County EF0 Hale County EF0 Bibb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 11363. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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