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April 2, 2009 · Madison County · 2009
EF0

April 2, 2009

7:09 PM
Madison County, Alabama · Near Huntsville (ZIP 35805)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
0.6 mi
Max Width
50 yd
DateApril 2, 2009
Time7:09 PM
CountyMadison
CityHuntsville
Property Loss$8000.00M
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 158881
NWS Birmingham

Huntsville An EF-0 tornado with a peak wind of 85 mph, path length of 0.59 miles, and a maximum path width of 50 yards touched down just southwest of Butler High School. This tornado tracked across Holmes Avenue to the Fairway Drive area and lifted before it exited the neighborhood. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted. One home was damaged when a large tree fell on it. A mobile home received minor roof damage. Start: 34.7267/-86.6212 End: 34.7303/-86.6117

NWS EF Scale: F0

Event Narrative

An EF-0 tornado with a peak wind of 85 mph, path length of 0.59 miles, and a maximum path width of 50 yards touched down just southwest of Butler High School. This tornado tracked across Holmes Avenue to the Fairway Drive area and lifted before it exited the neighborhood. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted. One home was damaged when a large tree fell on it. A mobile home received minor roof damage.

Episode Narrative

A powerful low pressure system tracked from Arkansas into the Ohio Valley, lifting a warm front north during the afternoon, and pushing a cold front during the evening hours. Two quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS) tracked east through the Tennessee Valley, resulting in two waves of severe thunderstorms that produced four tornadoes of EF0 and EF1 intensity, wind damage, and several short duration flash floods, mainly in urban areas of Huntsville and Decatur. Damaging non-thunderstorm winds occurred behind the cold frontal passage, enhanced by a possible gravity wave.

Outbreak Context

Part of 6-tornado outbreak on April 2, 2009

Shared Episode Narrative

A powerful low pressure system tracked from Arkansas into the Ohio Valley, lifting a warm front north during the afternoon, and pushing a cold front during the evening hours. Two quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS) tracked east through the Tennessee Valley, resulting in two waves of severe thunderstorms that produced four tornadoes of EF0 and EF1 intensity, wind damage, and several short duration flash floods, mainly in urban areas of Huntsville and Decatur. Damaging non-thunderstorm winds occurred behind the cold frontal passage, enhanced by a possible gravity wave.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 158881

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