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EF1 tornado in Mobile County, Alabama

Tornado April 19, 2020 · Mobile County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
12.1 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Mobile County → Mobile County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

The tornado touched down just west of North Grand Bay Wilmer

Road and continued east-southeast to Eliza Jordan Road South,

then turned toward the southeast crossing over Airport Boulevard.

The most significant damage occurred after the tornado crossed

Airport Blvd. in the Wakefield and Dominion Subdivisions where

many homes suffered damage to roofs, siding, gutters, chimneys,

and porches. Numerous fences were brought down as well. The

tornado continued southeast before finally lifting just south

of Cottage Hill Road. Numerous trees were either snapped or

uprooted along the entire path.

The wider storm

A powerful storm system swept across the southeast states through the day and into the evening on the 19th. Ahead of this system a warm front brought a very warm, moist and unstable air mass northward across the area. Numerous thunderstorms develop along and south of the warm front and became severe, producing wind damage tornadoes and large hail.

Began near Tanner Williams (30.7092, -88.3781).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Covington CountyEF1 Mobile CountyEF1 Baldwin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 886645. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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