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April 19, 2009 · DeKalb County · 2009
EF0

April 19, 2009

8:03 PM
DeKalb County, Alabama · Near Fort Payne (ZIP 35988)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
1.1 mi
Max Width
50 yd
DateApril 19, 2009
Time8:03 PM
CountyDeKalb
CityFort Payne
Property Loss$17000.00M
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 159801
NWS Birmingham

2.6 SSE Stamp - 0.7 ESE Hammondville The tornado touched down along CR 121. Several trees were uprooted and some small trees were snapped. Falling trees caused some minor structural damage. An awning was damaged at one home along CR 121. Damage became more sporadic farther east, where there were mainly uprooted trees along the damage path. The tornado finally lifted near the intersection of Alabama Highway 117 and Lowery Road just west of Valley Head. A strong low pressure system tracking northeast from the southern Ozarks into the Ohio Valley brought a cold front into the central Tennessee Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. Supercells erupted across northern Mississippi, moving into far northwest Alabama shortly before 5 pm CDT. Initially, these storms were large hail producers, with up to baseball sized hail reported in the town of Red Bay in Franklin County. As the early evening progressed, this supercell tracked into Lawrence and Morgan Counties producing wind damage and at least six tornadoes as it moved east. A male individual was killed in the town of Priceville in Morgan County when a tree was knocked down onto his trailer home. The thunderstorms evolved into a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) as they moved into Marshall and DeKalb Counties. Another tornado developed rapidly in the community of Asbury in Marshall County, killing one and critically injurying another when their mobile home was destroyed. The QLCS progressed into DeKalb County producing additional tornado damage. Start: 34.5484/-85.7062 End: 34.5752/-85.6195

NWS EF Scale: F1

Event Narrative

An EF-0 tornado touched down briefly in the Guest community along CR 50. Several softwood trees were uprooted and a small barn was destroyed on the north side of hte road. The tornado continued to move northeast along CR 44 causing sporadic tree damage before lifting.

Episode Narrative

A strong low pressure system tracking northeast from the southern Ozarks into the Ohio Valley brought a cold front into the central Tennessee Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. Supercells erupted across northern Mississippi, moving into far northwest Alabama shortly before 5 pm CDT. Initially, these storms were large hail producers, with up to baseball sized hail reported in the town of Red Bay in Franklin County. As the early evening progressed, this supercell tracked into Lawrence and Morgan Counties producing wind damage and at least six tornadoes as it moved east. A male individual was killed in the town of Priceville in Morgan County when a tree was knocked down onto his trailer home. The thunderstorms evolved into a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) as they moved into Marshall and DeKalb Counties. Another tornado developed rapidly in the community of Asbury in Marshall County, killing one and critically injurying another when their mobile home was destroyed. The QLCS progressed into DeKalb County producing additional tornado damage.

Outbreak Context

Part of 18-tornado outbreak on April 19, 2009

Shared Episode Narrative

A strong low pressure system tracking northeast from the southern Ozarks into the Ohio Valley brought a cold front into the central Tennessee Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. Supercells erupted across northern Mississippi, moving into far northwest Alabama shortly before 5 pm CDT. Initially, these storms were large hail producers, with up to baseball sized hail reported in the town of Red Bay in Franklin County. As the early evening progressed, this supercell tracked into Lawrence and Morgan Counties producing wind damage and at least six tornadoes as it moved east. A male individual was killed in the town of Priceville in Morgan County when a tree was knocked down onto his trailer home. The thunderstorms evolved into a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) as they moved into Marshall and DeKalb Counties. Another tornado developed rapidly in the community of Asbury in Marshall County, killing one and critically injurying another when their mobile home was destroyed. The QLCS progressed into DeKalb County producing additional tornado damage.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 159801

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