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EF1 tornado in Hale County, Alabama

Tornado April 24, 2010 · Hale County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

8.2 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Injuries

$170K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

After touching down in Marengo County, and moving across a portion of Greene County, the Demopolis Tornado crossed the Black Warrior River for a second time and moved into Hale County. Within Hale County, the tornado stayed over primarily wooded terrain, and caused sporadic tree damage.

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 Arcola (32.6074, -87.7779).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Walker County 1 dead EF1 Fayette County EF1 Fayette County EF1 Blount County EF0 Sumter County EF0 Hale County EF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 228071. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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