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March 30, 2022 · Mobile County · 2022
EF0

March 30, 2022

9:43 PM
Mobile County, Alabama · Near Prichard (ZIP 36608)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
0.7 mi
Max Width
30 yd
DateMarch 30, 2022
Time9:43 PM
CountyMobile
CityPrichard
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 1015096
NWS Birmingham

1.7 SSW Tillmans Corner - 1.4 NE Tillmans Corner The tornado began near Rabbit Creek Drive and progressed northeast over Rangeline Road, snapping several power poles along the way. Strong straight-line winds, likely nearing 100 mph, snapped several other power poles along a half mile stretch of Rangeline Road south of the main circulation. It continued northeast on Rabbit Creek Drive and caused minor damage to roofs (missing shingles) and tree damage. Several trees were snapped and a street sign was knocked down with another bent. The most significant damage occurred near the Dog River, where multiple trees were snapped near the base and some were uprooted. At least a couple more power poles were snapped near the top, likely due to a combination of trees falling on the lines and tornadic winds. Start: 30.5600/-88.1400 End: 30.5942/-88.1057

NWS EF Scale: F1

Event Narrative

A brief tornado touched down near Harry Pierce Road and moved|northeast into Alabama and lifted just east of State Line Road.|This was mostly due to tree damage and seeing a debris signature|on radar.

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: 1015096

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