EF0 tornado in Russell County, Alabama
Tornado April 14, 2019 · Russell County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Russell County → Muscogee County, Georgia; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Russell County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 85 mph.
The tornado began at the Phenix City Water Treatment facility where several uprooted and snapped trees were observed along with substantial roof damage to the facility headquarters. It then tracked across State Docks Road before moving across the Chattahoochee River and into Georgia.
The wider storm
A very potent storm system moved out of the Southern Plains States and into the Central Gulf Coast Region Saturday and into Sunday morning. This system produced widespread severe weather from Texas to Alabama, including numerous tornadoes. A line of severe storms moved into West Alabama shortly before midnight Saturday night and progressed eastward across all of Central Alabama. The line of storms produced pockets of damaging straight line winds, localized flooding, and several tornadoes.
Began near Kaolin (32.4320, -84.9714).
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 821283. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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