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November 16, 2011 · Sumter County · 2011
EF2

November 16, 2011

7:07 AM
Sumter County, Alabama · Near Livingston (ZIP 36742)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Path Length
1.5 mi
Max Width
600 yd
DateNovember 16, 2011
Time7:07 AM
CountySumter
CityLivingston
Property Loss$200000.00M
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 350974
NWS Birmingham

3.0 N Persimmon Grove - 3.9 SSW Moscow A tornado touched down in Whitfield and moved to the northeast. Along its path, approximately 150 softwood trees were snapped, 50 hardwood trees were uprooted, and five outbuildings were damaged. Six homes and one double wide mobile home were also damaged. One home along County Road 42 was destroyed causing 1 injury. Start: 32.3633/-88.0894 End: 32.3763/-88.0689

NWS EF Scale: F2

Event Narrative

A tornado touched down in Whitfield and moved to the northeast. Along its path, approximately 150 softwood trees were snapped, 50 hardwood trees were uprooted, and five outbuildings were damaged. Six homes and one double wide mobile home were also damaged. One home along County Road 42 was destroyed causing 1 injury.

Episode Narrative

Several waves of thunderstorms affected Central Alabama on Wednesday, November 16. The airmass ahead of a slow-moving, strong cold front became increasingly moist and unstable during the early morning hours. Rotating supercells within several broken lines of thunderstorms began producing damage just after sunrise in west Central Alabama. Isolated damage continued across the southern portion of the area through the early afternoon. In addition to damage across portions of Alabama, this storm system produced damage from Eastern Texas to the Atlantic Coast.

Outbreak Context

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on November 16, 2011

Shared Episode Narrative

Several waves of thunderstorms affected Central Alabama on Wednesday, November 16. The airmass ahead of a slow-moving, strong cold front became increasingly moist and unstable during the early morning hours. Rotating supercells within several broken lines of thunderstorms began producing damage just after sunrise in west Central Alabama. Isolated damage continued across the southern portion of the area through the early afternoon. In addition to damage across portions of Alabama, this storm system produced damage from Eastern Texas to the Atlantic Coast.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 350974

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