EF0 Tornado — Mobile, Alabama

2024-01-09 · near Tanner Williams, Mobile, Alabama

Event narrative

The tornado began likely just west of Novatan Rd south of Tanner Williams rd. in the forest based off of TDS from KMOB. Exact location is difficult to find and may need satellite imagery at a later date. The tornado quickly moved east across Novatan Rd where it caused a few softwoods to lose large limbs. Sporadic nature of the damage supported lower bound wind estimates for the damage. A small shed was also tossed at this point. Tornado continued northeast where it produced light sporadic damage to trees. The tornado crossed Tanner Williams Road near Rigby Rd causing minor damage to trees and brought down a traffic light. Sporadic damage continues to the northeast towards Snow Road where damage became too sporadic to determine a convergent path and the tornado likely lifted. A weak discontinuous path may be possible further east; however, damage was either too weak or too small to sporadic for ground surveys to determine a path after Snow Road.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across southwest Alabama starting during the late evening hours of January 8th and continued through early morning hours of the 9th. This system produced four EF-0's and two EF-1's in Alabama.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1156680. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.