Tornado in Covington County, Alabama
Tornado January 12, 2023 · Covington County, Alabama
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 the National Weather Service wrote
Additional tornado discovered via Planet Satellite Imagery from the same supercell that spawned several other tornadoes along its track across the CWA on 1/12/2023. This tornado began near Turkey Creek Road carving a narrow path of intermittent tree damage eastward across Johnson Road and Oakey Streak Road. The tornado likely lifted just after this point where visible damage on satellite imagery becomes indiscernible. This tornado was given an EF-U rating given there was no available high-resolution imagery to reveal what types of DI's could be used. If high resolution imagery becomes available, we may be able to assess this tornado's intensity.
The wider storm
A very warm and moist airmass developed ahead of an approaching strong cold front. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and moved across the area. The storms produced three tornadoes along with a swath of wind damage stretching from the I-65 corridor in Conecuh County o far southeastern Crenshaw County.
Began near South (31.4323, -86.5628).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1161245. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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