March 2, 2012
9:15 PMSuttle-Grist State Park-Bethel Grove National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in southeastern Perry, northern Dallas, and northwestern Autauga Counties and determined that it was a result of an EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down in rural southeast Perry County along Oscar Price Road just northeast of Suttle. In Perry County, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted, and one hunting camp mobile home was destroyed. The tornado crossed County Road 219 north of County Road 6 and into northern Dallas County across Oakmulgee Creek, where at least 1000 trees were snapped in a wide swath near County Road 282. The tornado proceeded to Paul M Grist State Park and busted out windows and tore shingles off at the park center, toppled two campers, and snapped hundreds more trees. The tornado continued northeast toward Highway 22 and County Road 294, where a brick home sustained minor damage and hundreds more trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued to snap and uproot many more trees across northern Dallas County. It then crossed Mulberry Creek into northwest Autauga County just north of Vine Hill, where it snapped dozens of trees. It snapped a few more trees before it lifted near County Road 31 just north of Bethel Grove. Start: 32.5486/-87.1531 End: 32.6350/-8 6 .8455
NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon
A tornado touched down in rural southeast Perry County along Oscar Price Road, just northeast of Suttle. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted and one hunting camp mobile home was destroyed, as the tornado moved northeastward. The tornado crossed Oakmulgee Creek and moved into Northeast Dallas County, before eventually lifting in Autauga County.
On March 2, 2012, a strong cold front moved through Central Alabama. Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front. Some of these thunderstorms were supercells. These supercells produced damage across southern and eastern sections of the area. Damaging straight line winds, tornadoes, large hail and localized flooding occurred with this event.
Part of 12-tornado outbreak on March 2, 2012
On March 2, 2012, a strong cold front moved through Central Alabama. Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front. Some of these thunderstorms were supercells. These supercells produced damage across southern and eastern sections of the area. Damaging straight line winds, tornadoes, large hail and localized flooding occurred with this event.