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EF0 tornado in Bullock County, Alabama

Tornado April 19, 2009 · Bullock County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$5K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 about two miles north of the Shopton community. Several trees were snapped or uprooted.

The wider storm

A powerful spring storm system and associated cold front brought numerous thunderstorms to central Alabama. Many of the storms produced large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.

Began near Hector (32.1617, -85.9348).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Blount CountyEF2 Russell CountyEF1 Perry CountyEF1 Perry CountyEF1 Montgomery CountyEF1 St. Clair CountyEF0 Hale CountyEF0 Shelby CountyEF0 Shelby CountyEF0 Montgomery County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 168527. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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