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EF0 tornado in Macon County, Alabama

Tornado December 29, 2024 · Macon County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
2.8 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A tornado began just west of the confluence of Chewacla Creek and the Tallapoosa River near the Elmore County line and moved east-northeast just north of County Road 8. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in a wooded area adjacent to the railroad. Satellite imagery indicated the tornado dissipated along Chewacla Creek northeast of County Road 8. A Tornado Debris Signature was detected by KMXX (Maxwell Air Force Base) radar. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.

The wider storm

A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) entered western Alabama from Mississippi just after 9 PM on December 28. With ample wind shear and adequate instability with the line as it passed through Central Alabama, 18 confirmed tornadoes were spawned within different line segments as the QLCS pushed eastward. Of the 18 tornadoes, 6 were rated EF1, including one that had a mile-wide path in Hale County near Sawyerville and two tornadoes that struck areas of central Montgomery County. An EF0 in Lowndes County resulted in two injuries. In addition, strong gusts associated with the QLCS resulted in scattered areas of non-tornadic wind damage.

Began near Hornady (32.4729, -85.8696).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Lamar CountyEF1 Greene CountyEF1 Shelby CountyEF1 St. Clair CountyEF1 Montgomery CountyEF1 Montgomery CountyEF0 Lamar CountyEF0 Lamar CountyEF0 Marion CountyEF0 Chilton CountyEF0 Lowndes CountyEF0 St. Clair CountyEF0 Lowndes CountyEF0 Montgomery CountyEF0 Macon CountyEF0 Macon CountyEF0 Macon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1222529. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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