EF0 Tornado — Perry, Alabama

2019-12-16 · near Morgan Spgs, Perry, Alabama

Event narrative

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Perry County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph.

This is a continuation of a tornado path that began in Hale County. The tornado entered Perry County about one-half mile south of Massengale Road. The tornado tracked northeast across Fellowship Cemetery Road and Little Brush Creek and dissipated just east of County Road 29. At least one hundred trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.

Wider weather episode

A very warm and moist air mass developed over Central Alabama on Monday, December 16th. Afternoon temperatures warmed into the lower and middle 70s, which was 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the middle of December. A surface low tracked north of Alabama Monday night and pushed a strong cold across the state. Several bands of strong to severe storms developed across Mississippi during the afternoon and moved into west Alabama that evening. Most of the severe weather damage across Central Alabama was associated with a long track supercell that started in Mississippi and tracked into southwest Alabama. The supercell entered southern Sumter County and tracked northeast to Shelby County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 869159. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.