February 23, 2019
6:38 PM2 NNW Fowlers Crossroads - 2 S Eldridge The tornado touched down in a wooded area between Victor Road and County Road 44 in northeast Fayette County. It traveled north-northeast and paralleled Hwy 13 as it crossed into extreme southwest Walker County. The tornado lifted just east of Hwy 13. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. There was no structural damage observed. Start: 33.8327/-87.6780 End: 33.8909/-87.6253
NWS EF Scale: F0
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far western Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 95 mph.||This tornado was a continuation of a tornado in Lamar County. The tornado entered Fayette County near Twin Lake Road and lifted shortly after entering the county. It produced mostly tree damage.
A east-west zone of deep moisture across north Alabama on February 22nd was located along the northern periphery of a 500mb ridge across Florida. A digging short wave trough over the Southwest United States produced several downstream impulses which produced localized heavy rainfall across Marion County. On the next day, the upper trough tracked northeast into Texas and produced a band of severe storms across Central Alabama.
Part of 3-tornado outbreak on February 23, 2019
A east-west zone of deep moisture across north Alabama on February 22nd was located along the northern periphery of a 500mb ridge across Florida. A digging short wave trough over the Southwest United States produced several downstream impulses which produced localized heavy rainfall across Marion County. On the next day, the upper trough tracked northeast into Texas and produced a band of severe storms across Central Alabama.