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Blackman EF-0 Tornado (Chambers County)
April 5, 2022

Event Summary

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-0
Estimated Maximum Wind:	80 mph
Injuries/Fatalities:	None
Damage Path Length:	0.44 miles
Maximum Path Width:	200 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	2 ESE Ridge Grove 32.8765/-85.5300 at 1145 AM CDT
Approximate End Point/Time:	2 E Ridge Grove 32.8803/-85.5240 at 1146 AM CDT

NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage in western Chambers County just north of Blackman and determined it was the result of an EF-0 tornado.

An outbuilding was damaged with sheet metal blown downwind. Otherwise, some trees were snapped and uprooted along the short path of the tornado.

Reflectivity (left) and velocity (right) of the circulation just before the tornado touched down.
Images from KMXX at 1144 AM CDT.