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EF2 tornado in Winston County, Alabama

Tornado March 1, 2007 · Winston County, Alabama

EF2
Rating
9.4 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$50K
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 EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 County Road 41 and County Road 62, about 2 miles north of Arley. It then tracked northeastward, crossed Smith Lake, crossed County Road 77, before it moved into Cullman County. Several homes and barns were damaged along the path. One chicken house was totally destroyed and two others sustained major damage. Numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped off.

The wider storm

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

Began near Lewis Smith Lake (34.0800, -87.2500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22764. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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