EF1 tornado in Mobile County, Alabama

An EF1 tornado began south of Dees in Mobile County west of Grand

Bay Wilmer Road. A radar indicated tornado debris signature began

in the adjacent forest, tracking northeast across Grand Bay Wilmer

Road. As it crossed the road, multiple pine trees were snapped

midway up the trunk along with a couple smaller pine tree snaps

near the base of the trunk. One tree had fallen across power

lines and brought them down. The smaller snaps to the south were

likely thanks to the supercells RFD with the primary damage being

near the bridge here. The tornado weakened somewhat as it

continued northeast across Balford and Ballard Roads. Here some

metal roofing material was tossed to the west with multiple large

tree limbs broken. The tornado then continued northeast across Ben

Hamilton Road impacting a pond north of the road. This pond had

multiple trees that were uprooted with a tree snapped low. The

tornado went through a majority of forest and open fields between

Ben Hamilton Road and Dawes Road, additionally impacting a

neighborhood with most notable damage being along the intersection

of Southern Oaks Trail and Dawes Road. Damage was mostly

comprised of large tree limbs broken off and minor roofing damage

to homes. There were additional reports of sheds flipped

over/moved and a piece of metal breaking a window of one of the

homes.

A multi-day severe weather episode occurred across southeast Mississippi into southwest and south-central Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with round #1 beginning the afternoon of December 27th and lasting through the evening hours and round #2 beginning the afternoon of December 28th and lasting into the early morning hours of December 29th. Multiple tornadoes and areas of damage were reported.