County Road 72 Tornado - March 30, 2022

County Road 72 EF-1 Tornado (Greene County)
March 30, 2022

Event Summary

Rating: (Click for EF Scale)	EF-1
Estimated Maximum Wind:	100 mph
Injuries/Fatalities:	None
Damage Path Length:	8.81 miles
Maximum Path Width:	275 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	2 WNW Tishabee 32.6462/-88.0263 at 910 PM CDT
Approximate End Point/Time:	3 SE Allison 32.7465/-87.9363 at 921 PM CDT

NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Greene County between Boligee and Forkland and determined it was the result of an EF-1 tornado.

The tornado touched down west of Johnston Lake where some trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then impacted some mobile homes on Knott Rd. One mobile home there was rolled and destroyed. The tornado continued northeast across a heavily wooded area but then impacted homes and farm buildings near Taylor Branch. One house sustained minor roof and siding damage, but a mobile home farther east was completely destroyed with debris blown north into a tree line along County Rd 50. Residents were not home at the time. The tornado continued northeast impacting a nearby church at County Rd 50 and 72. Several homes near there sustained minor to significant roof damage on Develle Rd. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Roads 49, 20 and 148 where additional timber damage was observed at these locations. The tornado lifted near Taylor Creek before it could cross US Hwy 43.

The data is PRELIMINARY and may be subject to change.

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Reflectivity (left) and velocity (right) of the circulation just as the tornado touched down.
Images from KGWX at 910 PM CDT.