EF1 tornado in Elmore County, Alabama
Tornado January 23, 2012 · Elmore County, Alabama
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A tornado touched down along County Road 39, just east of the Autauga County line, and moved eastward, crossing County Road 7, near the Pines Golf Club. Approximately 50 trees were knocked down along the golf course. As the tornado briefly tracked parallel to County Road 7, it reached it maximum strength with winds of 100 MPH. The tornado crossed County Road 3 and moved along Alabama Highway 14, lifting just west of the Wetumpka Municipal Airport. Along the path, approximately 60 homes sustained minor roof or siding damage. An apartment building on County Road 7 had its metal roof removed. An auto center sustained damage to its garage doors.
The wider storm
An upper level low pressure system developed over the Great Plains and moved east across the Ohio River Valley, dragging a cold front through the lower Mississippi River Valley. As the cold front moved through Arkansas, a squall line formed, producing severe thunderstorms to areas west of Alabama. As the cold front progressed eastward, individual supercells developed in advance of the front and moved through Alabama during the early morning hours on January 23rd. Several long track supercells produced strong, long track tornadoes.
Began near Robinson Spgs (32.5209, -86.4119).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 363584. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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