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EF0 tornado in Fayette County, Alabama

Tornado November 29, 2016 · Fayette County, Alabama

EF0
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Fayette County near Flynn and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-0 tornado, with maximum winds estimated near 65 mph.

A brief, weak tornado touched down near the intersection of Flynn Road and Alabama Highway 102. This location is about 3 miles southwest of Fowlers Crossroads or 10 miles northeast of Fayette. Some trees were knocked down along the short path. Minor roof damage to an outbuilding occurred near the end of the path.

The wider storm

A warm front moved northward during the day on Tuesday, November 29th, and surface temperatures climbed into the 70s across north Alabama. Low level shear and storm relative helicity increased over west Alabama Tuesday evening and discrete supercells developed over west Alabama.

Began near Hubertville (33.7722, -87.6959).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Winston CountyEF2 Winston CountyEF1 Pickens CountyEF1 Winston CountyEF1 Lamar CountyEF1 Marion CountyEF1 Marengo CountyEF1 Lee CountyEF0 Marion County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668088. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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