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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
856 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

...NWS Damage Survey for 06/16/23 Tornado Event...

..Mobile River Delta Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.23 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   30 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/16/2023
Start Time:             08:00 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 E Bucks / Mobile County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          31.0091 / -87.9701

End Date:               06/16/2023
End Time:               08:07 AM CDT
End Location:           1 NW I65 And Al 225 / Baldwin County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            30.958 / -87.8678

Survey Summary:
An unusual anticyclonic tornado began just west of the Mobile
River associated with the anticyclonic bookend vortex of a
powerful Mesoscale Convective System moving across the area. The
tornado likely began just west of the Mobile River based on a
radar debris signature and continued to the southwest of Stockton
near the Tensaw River. After completion of the storm survey, it
was determined the tornado continued as an EF1 cutting across the
Tensaw river where a narrow path of trees snapped exists. The
tornado turned to the east moving across Live Oak Road snapping
and uprooting multiple pines and oaks. Past this, a lack of
convergent damage suggests the tornado likely lifted somewhere on
Live Oak Road prior to reaching State Highway 225. Additional
intense straight line wind damage was surveyed near the path
associated with the bookends RFD just to the north where straight
line wind speed estimates were upwards of 90mph.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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