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EF0 tornado in Lamar County, Alabama

Tornado April 2, 2009 · Lamar County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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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

A public official observed a brief tornado touchdown on AL-17, near the Hightogy community. Subsequent investigation revealed no known damage.

The wider storm

A cold front pushing through the southeastern states brought several rounds of severe thunderstorms to central Alabama. The storms produced widespread damaging winds and two tornadoes.

Began near Hightogy (33.6896, -88.0922).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Tuscaloosa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 163072. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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