Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.37 Miles
-- Width 100 Yards
State ALABAMA
County/Area BLOUNT
WFO BMX
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2020-04-12 17:10 CST-6
Begin Location 3SE SNEAD
Begin Lat/Lon 34.0721/-86.3249
End Date 2020-04-12 17:11 CST-6
End Location 3ESE SNEAD
End Lat/Lon 34.0757/-86.3202
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 An upper-level low over the southwest United States evolved into a negatively-tilted shortwave trough as it moved over the southeastern United States. A warm front steadily moved northward during the morning and afternoon hours on Sunday, April 12. This allowed an unstable air mass to move northward and overspread much of the region. At the same time, very strong wind shear developed over Alabama as the upper trough neared the state.
An initial wave of severe storms affected areas near and north of Interstate 20, involving tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds, and some hail. Through the evening, a second wave of thunderstorms affected the remaining areas of Central Alabama with tornadoes and damaging straight-line winds. Flooding also resulted from training rainfall near and north of Interstate 20. Some roads became impassible or were washed out. This weather event was large in scope and produced severe weather from Oklahoma and Texas, through the southeastern United States, then up the east coast to New York.
Event Narrative National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Blount, near the Etowah County line, and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph.
The tornado first touched down near the Walnut Grove community along the Blount-Etowah County line. Here sporadic tree damage was noted with some large limbs snapped and trees uprooted along Highway 278. The tornado tracked northeast and into Etowah County.


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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 6 0.00K 0.00K
PICKENSVILLE PICKENS CO. AL 04/12/2020 14:38 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SHOTTSVILLE MARION CO. AL 04/12/2020 14:53 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CARROLLTON PICKENS CO. AL 04/12/2020 14:56 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ETHELSVILLE PICKENS CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:01 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GORDO PICKENS CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PALMETTO PICKENS CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:18 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NEWTONVILLE FAYETTE CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:25 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SAMANTHA TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NEWTONVILLE FAYETTE CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:34 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
STERLING TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BERRY FAYETTE CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:41 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CARONA WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:48 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PROVIDENCE WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:53 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TAYLORS FERRY JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 15:58 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GORGAS WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:04 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PALOS JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 60 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BRYAN WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:14 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KILGORE JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:15 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LINN CROSSING JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ADVILLE BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:44 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ADVILLE BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:47 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ONEONTA BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:50 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TIDWELL BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 16:50 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HAYDEN BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HENDRIX BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:04 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WALNUT GROVE ETOWAH CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:07 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
IVALEE ETOWAH CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:08 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SNEAD BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:10 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WALNUT GROVE ETOWAH CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:11 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 3 0.00K 0.00K
ALABAMA CITY ETOWAH CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:14 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SLACKLAND CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:31 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LEONARD CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:33 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LEONARD CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:33 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NEW MOON CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 17:56 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHAMBERS (ZONE) CHAMBERS (ZONE) AL 04/12/2020 18:00 CST-6 High Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GAINESVILLE SUMTER CO. AL 04/12/2020 18:05 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BLANCHE CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 18:09 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CARBON HILL WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 19:12 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 3 0.00K 0.00K
SNODDY GREENE CO. AL 04/12/2020 19:16 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOX TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 19:27 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOX TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 19:33 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
(TCL)TUSCALOOSA ARPT TUSCALOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 20:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JASPER WALKER CO ARP WALKER CO. AL 04/12/2020 20:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GARDENDALE JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 20:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HOPEWELL BLOUNT CO. AL 04/12/2020 20:27 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
VINELAND MARENGO CO. AL 04/12/2020 20:41 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRAYSVILLE JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TRUSSVILLE JEFFERSON CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SPRINGVILLE ST. CLAIR CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LEVERT PERRY CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:14 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BERLIN DALLAS CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:27 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MILLBROOK ELMORE CO. AL 04/12/2020 21:57 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:07 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ANNISTON CALHOUN CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JACKSONVILLE CALHOUN CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PIEDMONT CALHOUN CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SYLACAUGA TALLADEGA CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WARE ELMORE CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EAST TALLASEE TALLAPOOSA CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
IVALEE ETOWAH CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SLACKLAND CHEROKEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NOTASULGA MACON CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:42 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 59 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
AUBURN LEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 22:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FAIRFAX CHAMBERS CO. AL 04/12/2020 23:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NEEDMORE PIKE CO. AL 04/12/2020 23:28 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SMITHS STATION LEE CO. AL 04/12/2020 23:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PHENIX CITY RUSSELL CO. AL 04/12/2020 23:38 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EUFAULA BARBOUR CO. AL 04/13/2020 00:23 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 6 0.00K 0.00K