4 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in May 2022, across 4 counties. That is below the May average of 4.5 over the previous 30 years.
The busiest day was May 6, 2022, when 2 tornadoes crossed Baldwin and Mobile counties.
The strongest was an EF1 near Hartselle on May 26, 2022, with a 0.7-mile path up to 65 yards wide. No deaths or injuries were reported.
2 of the 4 touched down at night, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Tornadoes by day
Tornado by tornado
As they happened, with notes from the damage surveys.
- 1:56 AM
EF1 near Mobile
A brief and very narrow high end EF-1 tornado touched down at the Greer`s and Family Dollar on Broad Street. The tornado directly moved over the Family Dollar with the building completely destroyed.
- 2:47 AM
EF1 near Daphne
A brief EF1 tornado first touched down just north of County Road 64, west of Capital Drive. A home at this location was damaged by an downed tree.
19 days later
9:28 AMEF0 near Albertville
At 10:28 AM on Wednesday, May 25th 2022, an EF-0 tornado touched down near an open-walled garage and caused minor roof damage to the metal roofing panels. The tornado then tracked north-northwest, crossing CR-34 and directly hitting an open-walled chicken house.
1 day later
12:25 PMEF1 near Hartselle
A tornado touched down on the south side of Wilson Mountain Rd just south of the intersection with Key Turney Rd in Falkville, AL. The tornado snapped a couple of hardwood trees and did minor roof damage to a mobile home near its touchdown point.
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