9 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in February 2022, across 11 counties. That is more than double the February average of 3.8 over the previous 30 years, and the most in a February since 2018.
The busiest day was February 3, 2022, when 5 tornadoes crossed Bibb, Elmore, Greene and 3 other counties. Tornadoes also broke out on February 17, 2022 (3).
The strongest was an EF2 near Demopolis on February 3, 2022, with a 25.9-mile path up to 1,700 yards wide. 1 person was killed and 8 people injured over the month.
Tornadoes by day
Tornado by tornado
As they happened, with notes from the damage surveys.
- 12:52 PM
EF2 in Sumter County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Sumter County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado began on Jarman Road where some trees were snapped.
- 1:38 PM
EF2 near Demopolis
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Greene County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado touched down just south of Greene County Road 69 in the Charleston Swamp east of Tishabee and west of Riverwalk Road.
- 2:30 PM
EF2 in Hale County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado touched down in the Talladega National Forest along Forest Road 704, where minor tree and limb damage was noted.
- 5:02 PM
EF0 near Wetumpka
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of Todd where large branches and a pine tree were uprooted.
- 5:33 PM
EF0 in Elmore County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. A brief tornado touched down near the intersection of Martin Dam Road and Griffin Hall Road.
14 days later
4:14 PMEF1 in Tuscaloosa County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far northern Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. The tornado touched down about three-quarters of a mile northwest of the intersection of Old Jasper Road and Doc Nabors Road.
- 4:53 PM
EF1 near Gardendale
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Jefferson County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph. The tornado touched down just south of Interstate 22 just west of the Highway 78 exit.
- 6:08 PM
EF1 near Mountain Brook
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Shelby County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph. A tornado touched down in the Lake Purdy community near Brook Highland Parkway.
5 days later
7:22 PMEF0 near Huntsville
The main damage indicators from this tornado were at least 2 downed or uprooted trees and multiple areas of large branches that were downed by the winds. S. Highway 431 in Hazel Green. Damage also extended into a neighborhood off Grimwood Drive near Bentley and Cherrywood Drive.
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