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April 5, 2017 · Cleburne County · 2017
EF0

April 5, 2017

3:44 PM
Cleburne County, Alabama · Near Oxford (ZIP 36274)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
0.3 mi
Max Width
75 yd
DateApril 5, 2017
Time3:44 PM
CountyCleburne
CityOxford
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 692736
NWS Birmingham

3 S Trickem - 3 WSW Ranburne National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage and determined that a brief tornado touched down. The tornado hit a chicken house along County Road 10, removing portions of the chicken house roof and scattering it across the nearby pasture. A nearby resident captured the small rope tornado on video. Start: 33.5342/-85.3868 End: 33.5344/-85.3924

NWS EF Scale: F0

Event Narrative

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Cleburne County and determined that a brief tornado touched down and damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 60 mph. The tornado hit a chicken house along County Road 10, removing portions of the chicken house roof and scattering it across the nearby pasture. A nearby resident captured the small rope tornado on video.

Episode Narrative

April 5th was a very active severe weather day across central Alabama. During the pre-dawn hours, a warm lifted northward into south central Alabama. Supercells formed along the advancing warm front, producing numerous reports of large hail and a few reports of wind damage and isolated tornadoes. A second round of severe storms developed during the afternoon and evening as an upper level short wave trough approached the area from the west.

Outbreak Context

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on April 5, 2017

Shared Episode Narrative

April 5th was a very active severe weather day across central Alabama. During the pre-dawn hours, a warm lifted northward into south central Alabama. Supercells formed along the advancing warm front, producing numerous reports of large hail and a few reports of wind damage and isolated tornadoes. A second round of severe storms developed during the afternoon and evening as an upper level short wave trough approached the area from the west.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 692736
SWDI Tornado ID: 2017-04-05T21:39:56Z_KFFC_I8
SWDI Radar Site: KFFC
SWDI Signature: TVS

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