National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Tornadoes of November 29-30, 2016

 

A tornado outbreak occurred during the evening hours of the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th. A very mild and unstable air mass was in place along with a strong southwesterly upper level jet. These ingredients combined with a cold front and pre-frontal
trough sweeping from west to east across the area sparked scattered supercell thunderstorms during the evening, a few of which were tornadic. This was followed by a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) that occurred with the trough, which also was responsible for severe weather.

Madison/Jackson Counties EF2 NW Jackson County Tornado N Central Jackson County EF0 Jackson/DeKalb EF3 Tornado Franklin/Colbert Counties - AL Morgan County EF3 Tornado Marshall County EF1 Tornado Early Cullman County EF2 Tornado Late Cullman County EF2 Tornado


ESRI Shapefiles:        

All Survey Shapefiles - Zipped folder contains line, path, survey point, and select estimated damage swath shapefiles of all tornado tracks
that occurred in the Huntsville County Warning Area.  Attribute information includes:  Tornado Name, EF-Scale, Peak Wind, Start Time,
Beginning and Ending Latitudes and Longitudes, End Time, and maximum width in yards. 


 

 Location/Clickable Detailed
Summary Link
Start Time (CST)
Date (MMDD)
EF Scale/Max
Wind Speed (mph) 

Fatalities/
Injuries

Path Length
(Miles)

Path Width
(Yards) 

Starting
Lat/.Long

Ending
Lat/.Long

7:05 PM - 11/29
EF-2 / 115 MPH

0 /3

11.0

100

 34.5415
-87.9038

 34.6272 -86.7439

8:40 PM - 11/29
EF-3 / 140 MPH

0 / 0

6.2

175

 34.4405
-87.0913

 34.5042 -87.0146

9:05 PM - 11/29
EF-1 / 95 MPH

0 / 0

2.4

TBD

 34.1394
-87.1117

 34.1604 -87.0781

9:29 PM - 11/29
EF-2 / 125 MPH

0 / 0

19.9

150

 34.74
-86.53

34.89
-86.24

10:02 PM - 11/29
EF-1 / 95 MPH

0 / 0

0.9

40

 34.92
-86.14

 34.92
-86.13

10:25 PM - 11/29
EF-1 / 100 MPH

0 / 0

350 Yards

50

 34.1745
-87.1109

 34.1760 -87.1089

11:00 PM - 11/29
EF-1 / 100 MPH

0 / 0

2.3

150

 34.87
 -85.71

 34.89
 -85.67

11:05 PM - 11/29
EF-1 / 88 MPH

0 / 0

1.2

50

 34.4315
-86.5032

 34.4403 -86.4828

12:02 AM - 11/30
EF-3 / 145 MPH

3 /10

13.7

206

 35.69
-85.78

 34.78
-85.57

2:11 AM - 11/30
EF-0 / 62 MPH

0 / 0

3.4

30

 34.47
-86.93

 34.5526 -86.8135

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