January 19, 2019
1:47 PM7.5 SE Selma - 11.2 ESE Selma The tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 74 and County Road 885. This location is in eastern Dallas County 7 to 8 miles southeast of Selma. The tornado either snapped off or uprooted hundreds of trees as it moved northeastward. As the tornado moved parallel to County Road 461, it damaged some large farm irrigation equipment. The tornado turned slightly eastward as it neared the intersection of County Road 461 and County Road 462, then crossed the Alabama River. The tornado moved a short distance in Autauga County and lifted near County Road 1 and Jim Adams Lake. This location is about 11 miles east southeast of Selma. The tornado damage path was 6.18 miles long and was 75 yards wide at its widest point. The maximum winds were around 100 mph. Start: 32.3481/-86.9097 End: 32.3981/-86.8233
NWS EF Scale: F1
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Dallas County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 74 and County Road 885. The tornado either snapped off or uprooted hundreds of trees as it moved northeastward. As the tornado moved parallel to County Road 461, it damaged some large farm irrigation equipment. The tornado turned slightly eastward as it neared the intersection of County Road 461 and County Road 462, then crossed the Alabama River into Autauga County.
A strong storm system developed over the southern Plains on Friday. A surface low deepened as it moved northeastward across the lower Mississippi Valley early Saturday. Increasing southerly surface winds ahead of the surface low ushered in lower 60s surface dew points into south-central Alabama. The storm system was accompanied by high shear values and strong forcing aloft. The combination of a high-shear and|low level instability was conducive for severe thunderstorm development.||Several rotating thunderstorms were present within a broken line of storms that moved through Central Alabama Saturday afternoon. A total of 4 tornadoes touched down and affected Dallas, Autauga, Elmore and Coosa Counties. In addition to these tornadoes, there were a few reports of damaging straight-line winds and numerous reports of trees down due to the strong winds both ahead and behind the strong cold front.
Part of 4-tornado outbreak on January 19, 2019
A strong storm system developed over the southern Plains on Friday. A surface low deepened as it moved northeastward across the lower Mississippi Valley early Saturday. Increasing southerly surface winds ahead of the surface low ushered in lower 60s surface dew points into south-central Alabama. The storm system was accompanied by high shear values and strong forcing aloft. The combination of a high-shear and|low level instability was conducive for severe thunderstorm development.||Several rotating thunderstorms were present within a broken line of storms that moved through Central Alabama Saturday afternoon. A total of 4 tornadoes touched down and affected Dallas, Autauga, Elmore and Coosa Counties. In addition to these tornadoes, there were a few reports of damaging straight-line winds and numerous reports of trees down due to the strong winds both ahead and behind the strong cold front.