EF1 tornado — Dallas County, Alabama

EF1 tornado in Dallas County, Alabama

Tornado March 1, 2007 · Dallas County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

12.2 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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

A tornado that had previously caused EF-4 damage in Wilcox County crossed the Wilcox-Dallas county line about 6.4 miles southeast of the town of Alberta. The tornado then tracked northeastward and ended along the Alabama River, east of the Whites Bluff community. The most concentrated damage in Dallas County occurred just south of Five Points along County Road 31 and along County Road 33. Twenty seven homes suffered varying degrees of damage, and two homes were completely destroyed. At least six outbuildings were damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were either snapped off or uprooted along the path.

The wider storm

A powerful spring storm system brought an outbreak of tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail to Central Alabama.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22730. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Dallas County, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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