EF0 tornado in Mobile County, Alabama

A very brief EF0 tornado touched down east of Dauphin Island

Parkway impacting a home adjacent to Mobile Bay. The home

sustained damage to the back patio with the southernmost wall

being pulled out and deposited to the south along with the

contents of the patio. Large tree limbs were also knocked down in

the adjacent tree line to the south and along the driveway.

Outdoor furniture from the home to the south was thrown northward

around the tornado circulation before the tornado moved over the

water. Here it impacted the three adjacent piers doing minor

cosmetic damage to each pier. A fence was also blown over towards

the northwest on the property located north of the tornado path.

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.