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EF0 tornado in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Tornado February 28, 2009 · Tallapoosa County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

The tornado touched down briefly near CR-51 in far southern Tallapoosa County. Several trees and power lines were blown down and 2 outbuildings were destroyed. A couple of homes in the area also sustained shingle damage.

The wider storm

A slow moving cold front brought an extended period of severe weather and heavy rain, that lasted about 24 hours. The storms produced damaging winds, large hail, flooding rains, and at least 4 tornadoes.

Began near East Tallasee (32.4977, -85.8708).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Lee County EF1 Lee County EF0 Shelby County EF0 Hale County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 156735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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