Tornadoes of February 3, 2022

Event Summary

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in southern Sumter County and determined it was the result of an EF-2 tornado.

The tornado began on Jarman Road in far southwest Sumter County where some trees were snapped. It continued northeast and quickly reached its maximum intensity near Jemison Street and Campbell Street. Here numerous trees were downed and a home was shifted off its foundation with collapse of some of its walls. The tornado weakened by the time it crossed County Road 10, but continued to cause timber damage on Johnson Street and Siloam Road. Trees continued to be snapped and uprooted near the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 17, with a 300 yard wide swath of downed trees reported by a landowner on Rumley Tower Road. The tornado dissipated after crossing County Road 13. 

Event Summary

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in southern Greene County northeastward into northern Hale County and determined it was the result of an EF-2 tornado.

The tornado first touched down just south of Greene County Road 69 in the Charleston Swamp east of Tishabee and west of Riverwalk Road. The first damage produced was along CR 69, and was limited to trees damaging homes. Tree damage continued as the tornado moved off to the north-northeast, crossing AL HWY 43 before moving over inaccessible land between HWY 43 and the Black Warrior River.

The tornado crossed into Hale County at approximately 1:53 PM and intensified, uprooting and mowing down hundreds of trees as it moved along Bass Lane near the Black Warrior. The tornado then moved along Mason Bend Road on a slightly diagonal angle uprooting and snapping numerous hardwood and softwood trees, damaging or destroying several manufactured homes, and causing a few minor injuries. One unoccupied single-wide manufactured home rolled over and landed upside-down on top of a car. From there it continued east-northeastward, crossing Erie Rd and CR 92 with slightly less intense damage to trees. As it approached AL HWY 14 just north of Sawyerville, several homes were damaged, and one double-wide was destroyed, causing several injuries. The tornado turned over a fish truck causing the load of fish to be scattered across the road, and it deposited two pickup trucks in a pond. The tornado continued east-northeastward snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed CR 17.

As it approached CR 30, the tornado reached its maximum intensity of about 135 mph. A double-wide manufactured home was torn from it`s anchors, lofted and tossed approximately 50 yards across the road, causing one fatality and 2 serious injuries. A site-built home diagonally across the street sustained significant roof damage and broken glass. A double-wide home a few hundred yards south of the first home was split in two, with one half of the home remaining anchored while the other half appeared to roll away. The tornado then crossed wooded land and pastures on either side of Big Brush Creek, before crossing CR 21, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along the road. Similar, but less consistent damage, continued as it crossed Raspberry and Hubbard Roads before moving over inaccessible woods and pastures along Five Mile Creek. The tornado continued to weaken as it crossed AL HWY 69 near Harper Hill, causing only sporadic tree damage. Based on radar data the tornado quickly dissipated past this point and may have continued a few hundred yards into woods somewhere between Harper Hills Road and CR 31.

Event Summary

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage stretching from extreme northeast Hale County northeastward into southwest Tuscaloosa County and determined it was the result of an EF-2 tornado.

The tornado touched down in the Talladega National Forest along Forest Service Road 704, where minor tree and limb damage was noted. The path continued northeast, crossing F.S. 704 and 718B, before reaching Eagle Drive and County Road 49 where EF-1 tree damage was noted. In addition, shingle damage occurred on a single family home and sheet metal was torn from the roof of a barn. The tornado continued northeastward crossing F.S. 718A and 731, snapping and uprooting trees along the path. An extensive area of tree damage was found just north of F.S. 731 where hundreds of trees were either snapped or uprooted, consistent with EF-2 wind speeds. Farther north, trees were snapped and uprooted along a ridge line, before the tornado crossed over F.S. 707 and 751 west of Low Gap. Widespread tree damage consistent with EF-2 wind speeds was noted once again along F.S. 751. The tornado continued northward and ended just across Lake Payne Road north of the fork with Shiloh Fire Tower Loop Road.

Event Summary

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage northeast of Deatsville in Elmore County and determined it was the result of an EF-0 tornado.

The tornado began near Highway 111 and Todd Road where large branches and a pine tree were downed. The tornado approached the south side of the lake, crossing the western end of Shady Nook Drive where additional timber damage occurred. The path crossed over two homes at Shady Nook Drive, but no structural damage was seen. A swath of uprooted and some snapped trees were observed along the north side of the lake, from the water`s edge northeastward to Possum Trot Road. The last area of damage occurred at the end of Marina Road along the Coosa River where a couple metal carports were tossed and some tree damage was noted.

Event Summary

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in extreme northeast Elmore County and determined it was the result of an EF-0 tornado.

A brief EF-0 tornado affected Griffin Hall Road near Red Hill in Elmore County. Several trees were downed. One home suffered damage from a fallen tree. One home had some shingle loss. One outbuilding had metal paneling blown off and another had its roof lofted toward the south. A faint TDS was also noted on radar. Farther southwest along the track of the rotation, damage was absent except toward Newman Road where some trees were downed, seemingly related to a wind surging into the backside of the storm.