EF0 tornado — Walker County, Alabama

EF0 tornado in Walker County, Alabama

Tornado May 6, 2009 · Walker County, Alabama

EF0

Rating

3.4 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$850K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 near the eastern city limits of Jasper, tracked eastward across Highway 78, and lifted near Golf Course Road. Five structures were damaged. A bank drive through structure was detached from the main building and rotated 90 degrees. Two car dealerships sustained damage. Forty cars were totaled, mostly due to broken windows resulting in water damage. Three air handlers atop the dealerships were rolled. Numerous trees were uprooted. A billboard was also impaled by a fiberglass missile.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance and a nearby stationary front combined to produce numerous severe thunderstorms across Central Alabama, that included damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 176015. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Walker County, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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