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EF0 tornado in Hale County, Alabama

Tornado April 24, 2010 · Hale County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
5.8 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$60K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 first touched down about 5 miles northeast of Greensboro, near the intersection of AL-25 and Crawford Road. It then tracked northeastward, roughly parallel to AL-25, for nearly 6 miles, and lifted just north of Starling Road. Three homes sustained minor damage, one barn was destroyed, and metal sheeting was torn off an outbuilding. At least 40 trees were uprooted along the path, some of them blocking portions of AL-25.

The wider storm

A deepening storm system and associated cold front brought widespread severe thunderstorms, including at least 8 tornadoes, to central Alabama.

Began near Greensboro (32.7628, -87.5461).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Walker County 1 deadEF1 Fayette CountyEF1 Fayette CountyEF1 Blount CountyEF1 Marengo CountyEF0 Sumter CountyEF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 225157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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