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March 1, 2012 · Geneva County · 2012
EF1

March 1, 2012

1:02 PM
Geneva County, Alabama · Near Enterprise (ZIP 36340)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
6.7 mi
Max Width
50 yd
DateMarch 1, 2012
Time1:02 PM
CountyGeneva
CityEnterprise
Property Loss$50000.00M
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 359463
NWS Birmingham

1.4 SSE Slocomb - 1.6 SE Slocomb A second EF1 tornado touched down briefly near the intersection of Highway 103 and Tindil Creek Road to the south of the first tornado around 114 pm CST. This tornado traveled east-northeastward around one-third of a mile across Tindil Creek Road before lifting around 115 pm CST. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along its path. The path width was estimated around 30 yards with maximum winds around 95 mph. Monetary damage was estimated. Start: 31.0814/-85.5795 End: 31.0824/-85.5738

NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon

Event Narrative

A second EF1 tornado touched down briefly near the intersection of Highway 103 and Tindil Creek Road to the south of the first tornado around 114 pm CST. This tornado traveled east-northeastward around one-third of a mile across Tindil Creek Road before lifting around 115 pm CST. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along its path. The path width was estimated around 30 yards with maximum winds around 95 mph. Monetary damage was estimated.

Episode Narrative

Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward. Subtle surface boundaries were also in the area with a relatively warm, moist and unstable airmass in place. Instability values approached 2000 j/kg with low level shear around 30 knots and deep layer shear around 50 knots. Several tornadoes occurred in the National Weather Service Tallahassee forecast area with numerous instances of straight line wind damage, heavy rain, and localized flooding as well.

Outbreak Context

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on March 1, 2012

Shared Episode Narrative

Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward. Subtle surface boundaries were also in the area with a relatively warm, moist and unstable airmass in place. Instability values approached 2000 j/kg with low level shear around 30 knots and deep layer shear around 50 knots. Several tornadoes occurred in the National Weather Service Tallahassee forecast area with numerous instances of straight line wind damage, heavy rain, and localized flooding as well.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 359463
SWDI Tornado ID: 2012-03-01T18:59:10Z_KEVX_R0
SWDI Radar Site: KEVX
SWDI Signature: TVS

See Also

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