Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 9.73 Miles
-- Width 400 Yards
State ALABAMA
County/Area BARBOUR
WFO BMX
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2017-01-21 09:29 CST-6
Begin Location 5NW BAXTERS
Begin Lat/Lon 31.7889/-85.6644
End Date 2017-01-21 09:38 CST-6
End Location 3NNW LINDSEY
End Lat/Lon 31.7882/-85.4987
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative After over a week of near-record to record high temperatures, several upper-level disturbances followed by a strong upper-level low pressure system produced multiple rounds of severe weather across Central Alabama. This system was characterized by strong upper-level winds and very cold upper-level temperatures. The first round produced one brief, weak tornado in St. Clair County on the evening of January 19. The second round occurred on the morning of January 20 with 12 tornadoes across Marengo, Elmore, Macon, Lee, Pike, and Barbour Counties. A third round produced damaging straight line winds on the night of January 21, including in the Birmingham metro area where the Birmingham airport measured a 75 mph wind gust and in Oneonta where 80 mph straight-line winds caused significant damage. A brief tornado also occurred in Tuscaloosa County with this activity. Finally, a fourth round moved through during the day on January 22 with 3 tornadoes across Bullock and Lee Counties.
Event Narrative National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Barbour County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. This tornado began in Pike county about 5 miles north of the town of Goshen and traveled due east entering Barbour County near CR 130. Damage across Barbour County was mainly uprooted trees. The tornado lifted just east of the town of Louisville off Carroway Road.


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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 0 0.00K 0.00K
LOGAN MARTIN RES ST. CLAIR CO. AL 01/19/2017 17:58 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BARTON LOWNDES CO. AL 01/21/2017 04:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DEMOCRAT MARENGO CO. AL 01/21/2017 05:29 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WAYNE MARENGO CO. AL 01/21/2017 05:55 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COBBS FORD ELMORE CO. AL 01/21/2017 07:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLAUD ELMORE CO. AL 01/21/2017 07:50 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MAN ELMORE CO. AL 01/21/2017 07:55 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WETUMPKA ELMORE CO. AL 01/21/2017 07:55 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WARE ELMORE CO. AL 01/21/2017 07:57 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SOCIETY HILL MACON CO. AL 01/21/2017 08:48 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BEEHIVE LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 08:49 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MITCHELL XRD LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 08:50 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WINGARD PIKE CO. AL 01/21/2017 08:55 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MITCHELL XRD LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 08:56 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEPPERELL LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 09:00 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PRINCE XRD LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 09:08 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SMITHS STATION LEE CO. AL 01/21/2017 09:19 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BAXTERS BARBOUR CO. AL 01/21/2017 09:29 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WADLEY RANDOLPH CO. AL 01/21/2017 09:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JEMISON CHILTON CO. AL 01/21/2017 22:30 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HAYNEVILLE LOWNDES CO. AL 01/21/2017 23:05 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PLEASANT GROVE JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 00:57 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WOODWARD JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 00:57 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CENTERVILLE BIBB CO. AL 01/22/2017 00:58 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PHOENIXVILLE JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 01:01 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HOMEWOOD JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 01:07 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HOMEWOOD JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 01:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(BHM)BIRMINGHAM ARPT JEFFERSON CO. AL 01/22/2017 01:14 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ONEONTA BLOUNT CO. AL 01/22/2017 01:38 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BURKVILLE LOWNDES CO. AL 01/22/2017 12:36 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HAGLER TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 01/22/2017 12:36 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DEATSVILLE ELMORE CO. AL 01/22/2017 12:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DEATSVILLE ELMORE CO. AL 01/22/2017 12:56 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HECTOR BULLOCK CO. AL 01/22/2017 13:06 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BEEHIVE LEE CO. AL 01/22/2017 13:46 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TOHOPEKA TALLAPOOSA CO. AL 01/22/2017 13:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(AUO)AUBURN OPELIKA LEE CO. AL 01/22/2017 14:00 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LOUINA RANDOLPH CO. AL 01/22/2017 14:16 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FORNEY CHEROKEE CO. AL 01/22/2017 20:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RINGGOLD CHEROKEE CO. AL 01/22/2017 20:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K