Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 0.38 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State ALABAMA
County/Area WINSTON
WFO BMX
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2013-04-11 14:26 CST-6
Begin Location 2N NESMITH
Begin Lat/Lon 34.1931/-87.1196
End Date 2013-04-11 14:27 CST-6
End Location 2N NESMITH
End Lat/Lon 34.1984/-87.1218
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 1/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative Severe thunderstorms ahead of and along a cold front moved across Central Alabama on Thursday, April 11th. Storms along the cold front formed into a quasi-linear convective system, causing wind damage and producing seven tornadoes across the area. Ahead of the line, strong daytime heating and increasing instabilities coupled with strong diffluence aloft created prime conditions for discrete thunderstorms to form. These storms caused wind damage across portions of northeast Central Alabama during the late afternoon.
Event Narrative National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Winston County and have determined that the damage was due to an EF-1 tornado, with winds of 100 mph. The brief tornado touched down in a field just southeast of the intersection of County Road 45 and County Road 3734. This location was approximately 3.49 miles east southeast of Addison. The tornado snapped and uprooted several large trees, completely demolished two sheds, and damaged a double wide home where a woman was injured. The woman was injured as she attempted to enter her vehicle and go to a shelter. The tornado continued north northwest where it twisted and rolled an unoccupied mobile home over 50 yards. The tornado snapped several more trees and rolled an unsecured mobile home on Dakota Drive. The tornado lifted just beyond Dakota Drive.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 2 0.00K 0.00K
PICKENSVILLE PICKENS CO. AL 04/11/2013 11:48 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BAZEMORE FAYETTE CO. AL 04/11/2013 13:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KANSAS WALKER CO. AL 04/11/2013 13:45 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FAYETTE FAYETTE CO. AL 04/11/2013 13:54 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
POPLAR SPGS WINSTON CO. AL 04/11/2013 13:57 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DOUBLE SPGS ARPT WINSTON CO. AL 04/11/2013 14:10 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NESMITH WINSTON CO. AL 04/11/2013 14:26 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 1 0.00K 0.00K
SHOCCO SPGS TALLADEGA CO. AL 04/11/2013 14:54 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HARRISBURG BIBB CO. AL 04/11/2013 15:18 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MONTEVALLO SHELBY CO. AL 04/11/2013 15:48 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CALERA SHELBY CO. AL 04/11/2013 15:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HIGH TOWER CLEBURNE CO. AL 04/11/2013 16:00 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HOPEWELL CLEBURNE CO. AL 04/11/2013 16:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LE GRAND MONTGOMERY CO. AL 04/11/2013 18:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PINEDALE MONTGOMERY CO. AL 04/11/2013 18:28 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHEHAW MACON CO. AL 04/11/2013 19:34 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 1 0.00K 0.00K
ROXANA LEE CO. AL 04/11/2013 19:43 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SPRING HILL BARBOUR CO. AL 04/11/2013 20:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 2 0.00K 0.00K