Two Tornadoes in West Central Alabama on May 2, 2021 On the afternoon of Sunday May 2, 2021, a shortwave trough moved northeast from the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, generally toward the Tennessee River Valley. This storm system featured an area of showers and thunderstorms that moved northeast across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Despite a marginal thermodynamic environment, sufficient low-level and deep-layer wind shear was present across the area. This allowed more robust updrafts to take on rotation and mesocyclones, several of which were able to produce tornadoes. Most tornadoes from this event impacted central and northern Mississippi, although a couple tornadoes hit west-central Alabama. |
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Tubbs Creek EF-0 Tornado (Greene County)
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Sipsey Swamp EF-U Tornado (Tuscaloosa County)
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