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EF0 tornado in Montgomery County, Alabama

Tornado March 1, 2007 · Montgomery County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
24.6 mi
Whole path
600 yd
Path width
6
Injuries
$700K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lowndes County → Montgomery County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 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

After crossing into Montgomery County, the Lowndes County tornado continued to move northeastward, affecting the Davenport, Fleta, Ada, and Sprague Communities, as well as the Ridgeland Farm subdivision. The tornado eventually lifted just east of US Highway 231 near the Carters Hill community. Two of the injuries occurred when an automobile was thrown off the road over 300 feet. In all at least 39 homes suffered varying degrees of damage. Three of the homes were completely destroyed. At least 23 out-buildings or barns were damaged. Five large chicken houses were completely obliterated near the Davenport community. One high voltage power transmission line was totally destroyed. Fourteen grain silos were destroyed. Four of the grain silos were picked up and thrown up to one half of a mile away from where they were anchored. At least 10 automobiles were significantly damaged. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted along the damage path.

The wider storm

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

Began near Devenport (32.0607, -86.4110).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Winston CountyEF2 Russell CountyEF1 Dallas CountyEF1 Fayette CountyEF1 Tuscaloosa CountyEF1 Jefferson CountyEF1 Shelby CountyEF1 Barbour County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22745. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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