EF1 tornado in Mobile County, Alabama
Tornado December 25, 2012 · Mobile County, Alabama
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 the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado touched down at the intersection of Findley
Road and Natchez Highway where it flipped over a tractor trailer
semi rig...produced minor damage to one manufactured home...destroyed
a second manufactured home...and damaged the roof of a frame house.
The tornado continued northeast passing just southeast of Wilmer...
damaging a nursery with several destroyed greenhouses...and snapping
several trees before crossing Highway 98. The tornado lifted just east
of Glenwood Road.
The wider storm
A powerful storm system moved out of the plains on
Christmas, producing numerous strong storms across southeast
Mississippi, southwest Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle
out ahead of a strong cold front and accompanying squall line. Multiple
tornadoes, some long track, were observed along the central gulf coast
region.
Began near Piercie (30.7937, -88.4133).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 422369. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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