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EF1 tornado in Fayette County, Alabama

Tornado April 24, 2010 · Fayette County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
6.6 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$77K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 intersection of CR-15 and Fulmer Road, just west of US-43. It then tracked northeastward for about 6.5 miles, crossing US-43 and CR-63 on the southern city limits of Berry. Four homes on CR-56 southwest of Berry received minor damage, ranging from shingle damage to garage door blown in. One metal outbuilding was destroyed. Around 50 trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.

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 Bankston (33.6024, -87.6769).

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 Blount CountyEF1 Marengo CountyEF0 Sumter CountyEF0 Hale CountyEF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 225167. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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