12 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in November 2022, across 12 counties. That is above the November average of 6.4 over the previous 30 years, and the most in a November since 2016.
The busiest day was November 30, 2022, when 11 tornadoes crossed Barbour, Blount, Calhoun and 7 other counties.
The strongest was an EF3 near Chatom on November 30, 2022, with a 16.5-mile path up to 700 yards wide. 2 people were killed and 2 people injured over the month; the deadliest tornado struck near Montgomery on November 30, 2022.
10 of the 12 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.
- 9:44 PM
EF1 near Eutaw
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Greene County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph.
- 12:28 AM
EF0 in Walker County
A NWS Birmingham survey team was able to find very minor and spatially isolated timber damage along Tutwiler Road. This was the only damage observed on the survey. Radar data indicated a weak TVS northwest of Highway 69 in an inaccessible area.
- 12:57 AM
EF0 near Oneonta
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in the Locust Fork area of Blount County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. The tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area near the Locust Fork River, just west of Standridge Trail.
- 1:11 AM
EF1 in Marengo County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Marengo County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. The tornado began in a wooded area southeast of County Road 6 to the southwest of Sweet Water.
- 1:37 AM
EF0 near Anniston
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Calhoun County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph.
- 2:27 AM
EF3 near Chatom
The tornado began near Highway 57 in Greene County where several softwood tree trunks were snapped. It continued on an east northeast track producing damage along Nursery Road. The track continued into Washington County Alabama.
- 3:14 AM
EF2 near Montgomery
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. The tornado began just west of the Montgomery County line near the Alabama River Parkway, where an outbuilding and retaining wall were damaged.
- 3:38 AM
EF2 near Wetumpka
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 115 mph. The tornado began along Rock Springs Road north of Rifle Range Road, downing branches and causing damage to an outbuilding.
- 5:42 AM
EF0 near Troy
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. A brief weak tornado developed along County Road 6643 just east of Highway 130 and the Buckhorn community.
- 5:45 AM
EF0 in Pike County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The brief tornado touched down in the woods between Ten Mile Road and Barefoot Road.
- 6:06 AM
EF0 in Barbour County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. A tornado touched down in the woods between Stark Brothers Road and County Road 53 just northeast of Texasville.
- 6:42 AM
EF1 near Dothan
A brief EF1 tornado touched down along Hundley Road near Slocomb with significant roof damage to a house and carport. The rear window of a Tahoe was also blown out. The tornado moved southeastward through a wooded area with some trees snapped along its path.
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