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March 30, 2022 · Clarke County · 2022
EF1

March 30, 2022

9:33 PM
Clarke County, Alabama · Near Grove Hill (ZIP 36451)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
0.1 mi
Max Width
75 yd
DateMarch 30, 2022
Time9:33 PM
CountyClarke
CityGrove Hill
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 1016763
NWS Birmingham

1 WNW - 1 NW Whatley The brief tornado began along Ft. Sin Quefield Road where several branches and a couple trees were snapped. The tornado then crossed the road and removed most of the roof and some exterior metal walls of a large metal building structure. Several softwood uproots and a couple softwood snaps were noted at this location. A large swath of wind damage with divergent pattern extended South along Ft. Sin Quefield Road with several snapped softwoods noted. The tornado then lifted quickly as it approached Highway 84 where only sporadic large tree branches were snapped. This tornado was associated with a larger swath of 90 to 95 mph straight-line wind damage with sporadic snapped softwoods. Start: 31.6641/-87.7298 End: 31.6650/-87.7274

NWS EF Scale: F1

Event Narrative

The brief tornado began along Ft. Sin Quefield Road where several|branches and a couple trees were snapped. The tornado then|crossed the road and removed most of the roof and some exterior|metal walls of a large metal building structure. Several softwood|uproots and a couple softwood snaps were noted at this location. A|large swath of wind damage with divergent pattern extended South|along Ft. Sin Quefield Road with several snapped softwoods noted.|The tornado then lifted quickly as it approached Highway 84 where|only sporadic large tree branches were snapped. This tornado was|associated with a larger swath of 90 to 95 mph straight-line wind|damage with sporadic snapped softwoods.

Episode Narrative

A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area. Ahead of the system plenty of Gulf moisture returned to the central Gulf coast. This led to a very unstable atmosphere over the region which combined to strong wind shear to produce 18 tornadoes which were rated from EF-0 to EF-2. In addition to the tornadoes, the storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail. Numerous reports of damage came in from southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle.

Outbreak Context

Part of 20-tornado outbreak on March 30, 2022

Shared Episode Narrative

A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area. Ahead of the system plenty of Gulf moisture returned to the central Gulf coast. This led to a very unstable atmosphere over the region which combined to strong wind shear to produce 18 tornadoes which were rated from EF-0 to EF-2. In addition to the tornadoes, the storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail. Numerous reports of damage came in from southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 1016763

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