June 19, 2023

4 WNW - 3 WNW Bon Secour A tornado began just west of Benton Road in the trees prior to moving over a field and farmhouse. It was here that the first notable damage occurred. A farm building had its entire roof removed which was reinforced with hurricane straps. This would likely have required around 100 mph wind gusts to accomplish. The roofing material was quickly wrapped around the tornadic circulation and thrown back and wrapped around the trees behind the building. In addition to this, inflow winds rapidly strengthened with a tree stand to the southwest having multiple trees snapped and uprooted facing towards the northeast, resulting in the tornadic circulation being approximately 230 yards here. A garage attached to the home just east of the farm building had 50% of its roofing material removed and likewise thrown towards the back. A small outbuilding at this location was destroyed with debris thrown across the field. The tornado continued across the field into an area of forest where drone footage revealed multiple snaps and uproots along a narrow corridor around 100 yards wide. The tornado appears to have shrunk in size as it approaches the next home southeast of the field where a single tree uproot occurred along with a small outbuilding being damaged. It is likely the tornado continued to the southeast and potentially strengthened, however the area is difficult to access and will likely need to be assessed via high resolution satellite imagery when available. Special thanks to Baldwin County EMA for providing drone footage of this part of the tornado path. Start: 30.3410/-87.7910 End: 30.3360/-87.7849

NWS EF Scale: F1