EF1

April 27, 2011

6:32 PM
Bibb, Shelby County, Alabama · Near Montevallo (ZIP 35184)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
5.4 mi
Max Width
50 yd
DateApril 27, 2011
Time6:32 PM
CountyBibbShelby
CityMontevallo
Property Loss$20000.00M
Crop Loss$0
SourceSPC
NWS Birmingham

1.1 SE Garnsey - 0.4 NNE Pea Ridge National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage near Marvel extending from far northeast Bibb County into extreme southwest Shelby County. It was determined that this was a continuation of the Wateroak supercell and that the damage was a result of an EF-1 tornado. Maximum winds were estimated around 105 mph. The tornado touched down in northeast Bibb County in a forested area just west of the intersection of County Roads 65 and 10. It then traveled northeast snapping off dozens off pine trees. The tornado lifted in a grassy field just north of County Road 10 in Shelby County, between Blossom Street and Springbrook Lane. The damage path was 5.41 miles long and 50 yards wide at its widest point. Start: 33.1169/-87.0081 End: 33.1560/-86.9274

NWS EF Scale: F1

Outbreak Context

Part of 59-tornado outbreak on April 27, 2011

EF1Unknown CountyView →EF1Lauderdale CountyView →EF2Pickens CountyView →EF3Pickens, Tuscaloosa CountyView →EF1Fayette CountyView →EF3Tuscaloosa, Jefferson CountyView →EF3Walker CountyView →EF2Cullman County1 fatalView →EF1Shelby, Jefferson CountyView →EF2Jefferson, Blount CountyView →EF2Jefferson CountyView →EF1Blount, Marshall CountyView →EF2St. Clair CountyView →EF1Cullman, Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF2Marshall, DeKalb CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF0Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Marshall CountyView →EF1Jackson, DeKalb County1 fatalView →EF2DeKalb, Jackson CountyView →EF1DeKalb CountyView →EF0Limestone CountyView →EF1Morgan, Limestone CountyView →EF0Limestone CountyView →EF1Limestone CountyView →EF1Limestone, Madison CountyView →EF1Madison CountyView →EF1Madison CountyView →EF0Madison CountyView →EF4Cullman, Morgan, Marshall County6 fatalView →EF5Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan County72 fatalView →EF4Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Fayette County13 fatalView →EF4DeKalb County14 fatalView →EF1Madison CountyView →EF4Greene, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson County64 fatalView →EF1Limestone, Madison CountyView →EF4Jackson County1 fatalView →EF3Marion, Winston CountyView →EF3Greene, Hale, Bibb County7 fatalView →EF3Fayette CountyView →EF5DeKalb County25 fatalView →EF4St. Clair, Calhoun, Etowah County22 fatalView →EF1Hale, Bibb CountyView →EF0Cullman CountyView →EF4Elmore, Tallapoosa, Chambers County7 fatalView →EF1Shelby, Talladega CountyView →EF1Perry CountyView →EF2DeKalb CountyView →EF1Chambers CountyView →EF1Chambers CountyView →EF0Chilton CountyView →

See Also

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