2 S Duffy's Bend - Morgan Springs The tornado touched down in a remote area of Hale County, near Clements Bend on the Black Warrior River. From there, it moved east-northeast across CR-35, where downed numerous trees on a farm near the State Cattle Ranch. From there, it continued to snap and uproot numerous trees in a largely rural area, before causing considerable damage to the roof of a house along AL-69. The tornado grew to EF-2 strength as it approached the southern part of the city Of Greensboro. At AL-25, it snapped and uprooted numerous trees, rolled and destroyed a single-wide manufactured home, and caused lighter damage to several other structures. The remaining damage along the path was mostly to timber, including along AL-61 just southeast of Greensboro, and AL-14 just east of the city. The tornado then weakened to high EF-0 to low EF-1 strength as it moved into Perry County near Griffin Cemetery Road, and ultimately dissipated after snapping off its final few trees on Morgan Springs Road. Start: 32.6221/-87.7543 End: 32.7394/-87.4184

NWS EF Scale: F2

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph. This tornado originated in Greene County and crossed a winding Black Warrior River and in and out of Hale County several times. The tornado produced some uprooted and snapped trees along the river banks.

Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted Central Alabama during the morning and afternoon hours of Thursday, January 12th, 2023. Several supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornadoes which caused significant damage in many areas. The severe thunderstorms also produced damaging straight-line winds and hail up to golf ball size.

Part of 16-tornado outbreak on January 12, 2023