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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
707 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/18/26 TORNADO EVENT
MOFFETT ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.32 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 06:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 ENE ORCHARD / MOBILE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 30.7281 / -88.1854
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 06:59 PM CDT
END LOCATION: FOREST HILL / MOBILE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 30.7205 / -88.1477
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HOWELLS FERRY RD NEAR GRIDER RD AS A WEAK
EF-0 BRINGING DOWN A COUPLE BRANCHES RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE
ACROSS TWO PROPERTIES. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED SOUTHEAST
ACROSS CARLISLE DR AND STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED CENTRAL BLVD
AND MISSISSIPPI ST. SOUTH OF HOWELLS FERRY RD. SEVERAL LARGE
UPROOTED HARDWOOD TREES WERE NOTED WITHIN THIS AREA WITH MORE
WIDESPREAD SMALL TO LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED THROUGHOUT SEVERAL
ROADS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED EAST
TOWARDS MOFFETT RD AS IT LIKELY MOVED ALONG MOFFETT BEFORE
RESULTING IN A FEW SPORADIC UPROOTED TREES NEAR A WATER TREATMENT
PLANT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOFFETT RD. THE TORNADO LIKELY
WEAKENED AS IT DESTROYED TWO BUSINESSES SIGNS BEFORE DISSIPATING
NEAR NORTHVIEW DR.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>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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