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EF1 tornado in Dale County, Alabama

Tornado April 19, 2020 · Dale County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

37.5 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Death

$455K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

An EF1 tornado touched down in Ozark and tracked east into Henry county. Max winds were estimated at 105 mph. Most of the damage was snapped trees and some roof damage in Ozark.

The wider storm

A potent upper trough moved across the southeast states with numerous severe storms, including widespread wind damage and tornadoes. The tri-state area was under an enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center. Some of the tornadoes were significant and rated EF2. Unfortunately, one fatality occurred in southeast Alabama.

Began near Dale County Lake (31.4600, -85.6300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Houston County EF0 Coffee County EF0 Geneva County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890441. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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