EF1 Tornado — Butler, Alabama

2024-12-28 · near Starling, Butler, Alabama

Event narrative

The tornado touched down along McNeil Road just east of Furlong

Creek, where numerous trees were snapped. The tornado continued

to the northeast, crossing McNeil Road, continuing to snap or

uproot trees along its path. One tree fell on a home, causing

significant. The tornado continued to the northeast towards Mt

Pisgah Road, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its

path. The tornado appears to have lifted just northeast of Mt

Pisgah Road. Special thanks to the Butler County EMA for their

assistance with this survey.

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.7130, -86.8838)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226777. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.