EF1 Tornado — Mobile, Alabama

2013-04-11 · near Laurendine, Mobile, Alabama

Event narrative

A brief tornado developed along a squall line of thunderstorms moving across east central Mobile county, producing significant damage to 3 large storage warehouses, various outbuildings and numerous automobiles at the Evonik chemical processing plant on Degussa Road near the Theodore Industrial Canal. Approximately 30 employee automobiles had the windows broken from flying debris.

Wider weather episode

On the Afternoon of Thursday April 11, a line of strong to briefly severe thunderstorms crossed Southwest Alabama with isolated reports of severe weather damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 435326. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.