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Tornado in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Tornado May 2, 2021 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 an area in Tuscaloosa County and could not find any observable damage. However, there were several videos indicating a brief and weak tornado occurred near Buhl, AL. One close-range video indicated rising cyclonic motion. Location, time, width, and path length were estimated from video footage and radar data.
The wider storm
A multi-day severe weather event unfolded across Central Alabama from May 2nd through May 4th. Alabama remained on the eastern side of a broad upper trough positioned over the Plains States. Several upper level impulses emanated from the trough axis and produced severe weather across Alabama. The main severe weather event occurred on May 4th when a QLCS tracked eastward across areas along and east of I-20 and produced widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and tornadoes.
Began near Elrod (33.1927, -87.7959).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 957788. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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