2 E Belleville A 2.5 mile long swath of straight line wind south of Belleville preceded the brief Belleville tornado. The straight line wind damage began to the west of CR 15, south of Belleville, and continued to the northeast toward Highway 84. The straight line wind damage may have started prior to CR 15, but the survey team could not access areas further to the southwest. Several trees were snapped and uprooted along the initial swath of straight line wind damage. A brief tornado occurred just east of Belleville along CR 56. Numerous pine trees were snapped along with several hardwoods snapped and uprooted just south of CR 56. Three homes in the area sustained minor roof damage with roof loss for several sheds and storage buildings. Metal roof pieces were noted in nearby trees and scattered along the path. A small flag pole was bent to the ground and a nearby power line was down. The tornado quickly moved northeast across Highway 84 where several more trees were snapped. The tornado likely lifted somewhere just to the north of Highway 84, to the east of Belleville. A path of straight line wind was noted for at least another 1.5 miles to the northeast of the tornado track where several more trees were snapped and a couple of trees were uprooted. Start: 31.4245/-87.0796 End: 31.4261/-87.0769

NWS EF Scale: F1

A 2.5 mile long swath of straight line wind south of Belleville|preceded the brief Belleville tornado. The straight line wind|damage began to the west of CR 15, south of Belleville, and|continued to the northeast toward Highway 84. The straight line|wind damage may have started prior to CR 15, but the survey team|could not access areas further to the southwest. Several trees|were snapped and uprooted along the initial swath of straight line|wind damage. A brief tornado occurred just east of Belleville|along CR 56. Numerous pine trees were snapped along with several|hardwoods snapped and uprooted just south of CR 56. Three homes in|the area sustained minor roof damage with roof loss for several|sheds and storage buildings. Metal roof pieces were noted in|nearby trees and scattered along the path. A small flag pole was|bent to the ground and a nearby power line was down. The tornado|quickly moved northeast across Highway 84 where several more trees|were snapped. The tornado likely lifted somewhere just to the|north of Highway 84, to the east of Belleville. A path of straight|line wind was noted for at least another 1.5 miles to the|northeast of the tornado track where several more trees were|snapped and a couple of trees were uprooted.

A strong cold front moved into an increasing unstable airmass over the Central Gulf Coast. Thunderstorms develop ahead of the frontal boundary and produced two tornadoes along with some wind damage. These tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours on March 9th.

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on March 9, 2022