EF1 Tornado — Mobile, Alabama
2024-12-27 · near Grand Bay, Mobile, Alabama
Event narrative
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.
Wider weather episode
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.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1225944. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.