Tornadoes of March 31, 2020

Tornadoes of March 31, 2020

Event Summary for Central Alabama

A strong upper level disturbance caused a wave of low pressure to form along a quasi-stationary front and move eastward along the Highway 80 and Interstate 85 corridors. This allowed a warm front to lift northward across the southeast portions of Central Alabama. North of the warm front, a line of showers with sporadic lightning strikes along an inverted trough was able to produce damaging winds despite a cool and stable air mass at the surface, knocking down numerous trees from Tuscaloosa County to Randolph County during the first part of the morning. A QLCS ahead of the cold front moved eastward later in the morning from Lowndes County to Barbour County, producing sporadic damaging winds. Additionally, bookend vortices and embedded supercell structures caused 1 weak tornado in Montgomery County, 3 weak tornadoes in Pike County, and a strong tornado near Eufaula in Barbour County.

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Location/Clickable Detailed Summary Link	Damage Rating/Estimated Maximum Wind Speeds	Injuries/Fatalities	Damage Path Length/Width	Starting Point/Time	Ending Point/Time
Smith Gamble Tornado (Montgomery County)	EF-0 70 mph	None	3.33 miles 190 yards	2 WNW Meadville 32.0817/-86.1751 10:23 am CDT	3 NNE Meadville 32.1071/-86.1270 10:30 am CDT
County Road 1112 Tornado (Pike County)	EF-0 70 mph	None	0.14 miles 80 yards	4 WSW Orion 31.9371/-86.0665 10:33 am CDT	4 WSW Orion 31.9379/-86.0643 10:33 am CDT
Troy Airport Tornado (Pike County)	EF-0 80 mph	None	1.61 miles 80 yards	1 WSW Troy Municipal Airport 31.8539/-86.0307 10:34 am CDT	1 SE Troy Municipal Airport 31.8580/-86.0037 10:36 am CDT
Sandfield Tornado (Pike County)	EF-0 75 mph	None	0.83 miles 180 yards	1 S Sandfield 31.9011/-85.8111 10:51 am CDT	1 ESE Sandfield 31.9025/-85.7972 10:52 am CDT
Eufaula Tornado (Barbour County)	EF-2 130 mph	None	7.85 miles 350 yards	3 ENE Baker Hill 31.8016/-85.2636 11:34 am CDT	5 S Eufaula 31.8173/-85.1313 11:46 am CDT

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Severe Weather Episode Data

250 mb Analysis March 31 at 7 am	500 mb Analysis March 31 at 7 am	850 mb Analysis March 31 at 7 am
Surface Analysis March 31 at 7 am	Surface Analysis March 31 at 10 am	Surface Analysis March 31 at 1 pm
Local Severe Outlook Issued March 29 at 310 am	Local Severe Outlook Issued March 30 at 410 am	Local Severe Outlook Issued March 31 at 230 am
KLIX Sounding March 31 at 7 am	KBMX Sounding March 31 at 7 am	KTAE Sounding March 31 at 7 am
Storm Reports March 31

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