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EF1 Tornado — Macon, Alabama

2011-11-16 · near Notasulga, Macon, Alabama

$500K

Property damage

2.0 mi

Path length

700 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado touched down in northeast Macon County south of Notasulga, east of County Road 81, along County Road 59. The tornado moved to the northeast, causing extensive tree damage. Approximately a dozen mobile homes sustained damage along County Road 54, before the tornado crossed into Lee County, south of Hunter Road.

Wider weather episode

Several waves of thunderstorms affected Central Alabama on Wednesday, November 16. The airmass ahead of a slow-moving, strong cold front became increasingly moist and unstable during the early morning hours. Rotating supercells within several broken lines of thunderstorms began producing damage just after sunrise in west Central Alabama. Isolated damage continued across the southern portion of the area through the early afternoon. In addition to damage across portions of Alabama, this storm system produced damage from Eastern Texas to the Atlantic Coast.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 350981. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.