Tornadoes · United States · Alabama · 2022

EF0 tornado, Tanner Williams to Orchard, Alabama, March 30, 2022

Name: EF0 tornado, Tanner Williams to Orchard, Alabama, March 30, 2022
Start: 2022-03-31T03:31:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-31T03:34:00.000Z
Location: Tanner Williams to Orchard, Alabama

From Tanner Williams to Orchard, this EF0 tornado ran 0.9 miles across Mobile County on March 30, 2022, touching down at 10:31 PM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: EF0
Date: March 30, 2022
Touchdown: 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Lifted: 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
On the ground: 3 minutes
Path length: 0.9 miles (1.5 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
County: Mobile County
Touchdown point: 30.701, -88.411
Lift-off point: 30.713, -88.403
Record number: 2203302131-01

The damage survey

9 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS LIX and NWS MOB, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 80 mph.

A few shingles lifted on home roof; fence blown over; twig debris; metal roofing from shed tossed into street sign; small 20yrd wide convergent pattern, difficult to find.
Roof damage to barn; metal roofing blown off a shed; greenhouse tent damaged; larger tree branch snaps
A couple snaps, fence down, awning blown down, basketball hoop blown into brick pillar, several tree branches down
Large uproot, snaps, fencing down, minor roof damage on home, garage damaged, tree branches down

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

What the Weather Service recorded

A very active severe weather season continued as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across the area from the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours on the 31st. A strong spring storm system moved across the area. Ahead of the system plenty of Gulf moisture returned to the central Gulf coast. This led to a very unstable atmosphere over the region which combined to strong wind shear to produce 18 tornadoes which were rated from EF-0 to EF-2. In addition to the tornadoes, the storms produced damaging straight line winds and large hail. Numerous reports of damage came in from southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle.

A brief tornado touched down near Harry Pierce Road and moved|northeast into Alabama and lifted just east of State Line Road.|This was mostly due to tree damage and seeing a debris signature|on radar.

A brief tornado touched down near Ellen Drive, resulting in the|loss of some shingles on a nearby home, a blown over fence, and|metal roofing from a shed which was tossed and wrapped around a|street sign. The width of the convergent pattern was really narrow|at this point, around 20 yards. The tornado then traveled|northeast across Howells Ferry Road and just east of Wulff Road|where the roof of a barn and a greenhouse tent were damaged, along|with metal roofing that was blown off a shed. Additionally, there|were large trees that were snapped. The tornado then likely|lifted shortly after.

Another tornado began south of Howells Ferry Road, east of|Howells Lane. A couple trees were snapped in the residential area,|along with fencing down and the roof of an awning that was blown|down. A basketball hoop was knocked over into a brick pillar,|destroying the pillar. The storm progressed north-northeast and|uprooted one or two large trees and caused several snapped trees.|Minor roof damage was noted to a nearby home along with bent|garage doors as well. The tornado likely continued north-northeast|over more forest and dissipated possibly over an adjacent|landfill. Debris from this landfill was tossed into upstream|residential areas.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

The warnings

44 minutes of warning. NWS LIX issued a tornado warning for this county at 02:47 UTC, 44 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 03:45 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 23:41 UTC and running to 04:07 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
13:00 UTC	02:00 UTC	High Wind Warning	LIX
13:00 UTC	09:51 UTC	Wind Advisory	LIX
15:00 UTC	06:00 UTC	Coastal Flood Advisory	LIX
18:00 UTC	01:38 UTC	Flood Warning	MOB
23:41 UTC	04:07 UTC	Tornado Watch	LIX
02:00 UTC	06:00 UTC	Wind Advisory	LIX
02:02 UTC	02:45 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX
02:47 UTC	03:45 UTC	Tornado Warning	LIX
03:11 UTC	03:44 UTC	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX
03:23 UTC	03:45 UTC	Tornado Warning	LIX

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Moderate Risk, with a 0.15 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 00:57 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Mar 30, 3:29 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:29 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...CORRECTED
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
329 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

.NEAR TERM...Through Tonight

The forecast for the severe weather this afternoon and evening is
still on track. A tornado watch is in effect for all of LA and
southern MS. The coastal MS counties and Pearl River county is
out of the watch right now but may be added as the line gets that
far east. Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been
issued by offices to the west with a few reports of structural and
tree damage. Ahead of the line, winds are already gusting 40-50
MPH which is already causing tree damage and power outages. It
won't take much more wind in the line to have severe storms and
cause more damage. This will be enhanced by some mid level drying.
The main threat is still damaging wind gusts in the line but
brief tornadoes within the line are still a possibility and there
is a history of those in the line.

Ahead of the line, showers have not been able to get going due to
a cap. This cap should continue to break which will enhance the
instability in front of the line, keeping the line strong to
severe as it moves into SE LA. There's already 60-70 knots of bulk
shear, with 30-40 knots of 0-1 km shear. The shear is there; the
question is the instability, which continues to increase each
hour.

Overall, there is really no change to our thoughts over the last
few days. The line is still expected to have severe winds (greater
than 58 MPH gust) when it moves through the region. The latest
timing for when the line gets to a parish/county is similar to
before, Wilkinson/Iberville/Pointe Coupee from now through 4PM,
Baton Rouge area 4-7, New Orleans 6-9 and the MS coast 8-10.
Remember to take severe thunderstorm warnings as serious as
tornado and get to an interior room if a warning is issued!

.SHORT TERM...Thursday through Saturday Night

By Thursday morning, the front will be off to the east with drier
and cooler air moving in and winds subsiding. Lows Thu night will
be in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Surface high pressure quickly
moves into the region but the previous front will stall over
the open Gulf. Rain looks to redevelop over the boundary from west
to east with the aid of a weak shortwave in zonal flow aloft.
This looks to be mostly Saturday evening and overnight. Highs and
lows will start to warm again as we go into Saturday.

.LONG TERM...Sunday through Wednesday

An upper trough is moving through the northeast on Sunday with a
lingering boundary along the Gulf Coast. High pressure will
continue to move southeast over the region. As the upper pattern
flattens, the surface high pressure will shift to the east but the
area will remain dry. The next trough will start to dig into the
desert southwest Monday afternoon. With a surface low forming
ahead of it, a front and its precip will start to move in Monday
night and move through by Wednesday morning.

Highs will be generally in the lower 80s through the long term.
Lows will be in the 50s Sat and Sun night and then warming into
the lower 60s.

&&

.AVIATION...
A mix of MVFR and VFR conditions are occurring with conditions
probably settling to IFR/VFR as the rain moves in. Wind gusts are
gusting as high as 40 knots with sustained anywhere from 20-30
knots. Occasionally higher values are possible. A line of strong
to severe thunderstorms is going to move through this evening and
the line was timed out with TEMPO groups. Wind gusts of 50-60kts
are possible with that line, if not higher than that. Behind the
line, winds shift NW and will be less than 15 knots.

&&

.MARINE...
Gale Warning will remain as is, with conditions relaxing on
Thursday. Exercise Caution headlines likely to be appropriate at
times over the weekend over the open waters. Likely to need Small
Craft Advisories ahead of the next large scale trough around Monday
night or Tuesday next week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  51  73  45  75 /  30   0   0   0
BTR  51  75  47  77 /  10   0   0   0
ASD  56  77  48  78 / 100   0   0   0
MSY  59  75  56  75 /  80   0   0   0
GPT  59  77  51  76 / 100   0   0   0
PQL  60  77  50  76 / 100   0   0   0

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...High Wind Warning until 9 PM CDT this evening for LAZ034>037-039-
     046>050-056>061-063>072-075>078.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for LAZ064-
     066>070-075-076-078.

     Wind Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 1 AM CDT Thursday for
     LAZ061-063-064-068>070-076>078.

GM...Gale Warning until 1 AM CDT Thursday for GMZ530-532-534-536-538-
     550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

MS...High Wind Warning until 9 PM CDT this evening for MSZ068>071-077-
     080>082.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for MSZ080>082.

     Wind Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 1 AM CDT Thursday for
     MSZ080>082.

GM...Gale Warning until 1 AM CDT Thursday for GMZ532-534-536-538-550-
     552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

&&

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
757 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0623 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSELAND                30.77N 90.52W
03/30/2022                   TANGIPAHOA         LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM
            ROSELAND. TREES DOWN A MOBILE HOME, ROOF
            RIPPED OFF, AND TREES DOWN IN AREA.
            *POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE* *CORRECTED TIME*.

&&

JFL

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
841 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

LAZ075-076-MSZ077-080>082-310315-
Southeast St. Tammany LA-Northwest St. Tammany LA-Jackson MS-
Harrison MS-Hancock MS-Pearl River MS-
841 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern St.
Tammany Parish, Harrison, Hancock, Jackson and southeastern Pearl
River Counties through 1015 PM CDT...

At 840 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles west of McHenry to near Pearlington.
Movement was east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Long Beach, Moss Point, Bay St.
Louis, Waveland, St. Martin, Escatawpa, Diamondhead, Gautier,
D'iberville, Wade, Saucier, Helena, Hurley, Latimer, Kiln,
Pearlington and Big Point.

This includes the following Interstates...
 Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 271 and 273.
 Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 1 and 76.
 Interstate 110 in Mississippi between mile markers 2 and 4.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 400 AM CDT
for southern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3032 8848 3043 8899 3042 8901 3040 8888
      3030 8927 3037 8935 3034 8938 3032 8932
      3018 8946 3018 8948 3015 8961 3016 8962
      3017 8958 3020 8977 3075 8934 3065 8934
      3067 8889 3073 8888 3074 8841 3035 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 251DEG 44KT 3071 8930 3019 8959

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KLG

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
841 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

LAZ059>061-063-064-067>070-310245-
Lower Plaquemines LA-Upper St. Bernard LA-St. Charles LA-
Lower Jefferson LA-Lower St. Bernard LA-Lower Lafourche LA-
Upper Plaquemines LA-Upper Lafourche LA-Upper Jefferson LA-
841 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of St. Bernard,
southeastern St. Charles, east central Lafourche, Jefferson and
northwestern Plaquemines Parishes through 945 PM CDT...

At 841 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Violet to near Galliano. Movement was east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cut Off, Galliano, Marrero, Harvey, Timberlane, Belle Chasse, Larose,
Gretna, Westwego, Golden Meadow, Jean Lafitte, Woodmere, Violet,
Terrytown, Lafitte, Poydras, Myrtle Grove, Estelle, Shell Beach and
Barataria.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana.

&&

LAT...LON 2941 9041 2984 9028 2992 9003 2987 8991
      2999 8989 2993 8981 2996 8973 2988 8972
      2987 8962 3000 8957 3003 8940 2998 8946
      2995 8939 2973 8961 2975 8965 2964 8970
      2943 9001 2944 9001 2944 9002 2937 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 267DEG 28KT 2993 8983 2947 9028

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MEFFER

Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
845 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0747 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW LACOMBE           30.33N 89.99W
03/30/2022                   ST. TAMMANY        LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A FEW TREES AND A POWER LINE DOWN. *POSSIBLE
            TORNADO DAMAGE*.

&&

HL

Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
858 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0743 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 12 SSW MANDEVILLE       30.20N 90.12W
03/30/2022  M53 MPH          GMZ530             LA   MESONET

            MEASURED WIND GUST ON THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.

&&

HL

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:04 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1004 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0917 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW LYMAN             30.48N 89.14W
03/30/2022                   HARRISON           MS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.

&&

HL

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), 00:00Z

3.5 hours before the tornado, 134 km from the path. March 31, 2022.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 1111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 6.4 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), 12:00Z

8.5 hours after it, 134 km from the path. March 31, 2022.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84888 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 3.2 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Mobile/Bates Field (MOB), 16 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
01:35 UTC			160° 21 kt	33	1005.4
01:40 UTC			160° 23 kt	34	1005.1
01:45 UTC			150° 27 kt	38	1005.1
01:50 UTC			150° 27 kt	38	1004.7
01:55 UTC			160° 22 kt		1004.7
01:56 UTC	74	68	160° 18 kt	38	1004.4
02:00 UTC			160°		1004.4
02:05 UTC			160°	35	1004.1
02:10 UTC			23 kt	36	1004.4
02:15 UTC			24 kt	31	1004.1
02:20 UTC			22 kt	30	1004.1
02:25 UTC			160° 22 kt	29	1004.4
02:30 UTC			160° 20 kt	24	1004.1
02:35 UTC			160° 22 kt	37	1004.4
02:40 UTC			170° 21 kt	30	1004.4
02:45 UTC			150°		1004.1
02:47 UTC	74	68	170° 23 kt	38	1004.1	VCTS
02:50 UTC			160° 21 kt	28	1004.4
02:55 UTC			170° 22 kt	28	1004.4
02:56 UTC	74	68	170° 21 kt	36	1004.4	VCTS
03:00 UTC			18 kt	24	1004.1
03:05 UTC			21 kt	29	1003.7
03:07 UTC	74	68	160° 24 kt	39	1004.1	TS
03:10 UTC			21 kt	27	1004.1	-RA
03:15 UTC			20 kt	27	1003.4	-RA
03:20 UTC			170° 21 kt	31	1004.1	RA
03:25 UTC			17 kt		1003.4	+RA BR
03:29 UTC	73	70	140° 19 kt	33	1002.7	+TSRA BR
03:30 UTC			17 kt	28	1002.7	+RA BR
03:35 UTC			19 kt	28		+RA BR
03:40 UTC			190°	40	1003.4	RA BR
03:45 UTC			210°	40	1003.7	+RA BR
03:46 UTC	68	66.2	210° 24 kt	44	1003.7	+TSRA BR
03:50 UTC			200°	31	1003.7	+RA BR
03:54 UTC	64.4	64.4	220° 21 kt	41	1005.4	+TSRA BR
03:55 UTC			20 kt	27	1005.4	+RA BR
03:56 UTC	65	65	230° 17 kt	36	1004.7	+TSRA BR
03:59 UTC	64	64	270° 15 kt	34	1005.1	+TSRA BR
04:00 UTC			270° 17 kt	22	1005.1	+RA BR
04:05 UTC			260° 14 kt	21	1005.4	+RA BR
04:07 UTC	62	62	260° 12 kt	26	1005.8	TSRA BR
04:10 UTC			260° 5 kt		1005.4	-RA BR
04:14 UTC	62	62	250° 8 kt	22	1006.1	-TSRA
04:15 UTC			250° 7 kt		1006.1	-RA
04:20 UTC			250° 4 kt		1005.8	-RA
04:21 UTC	62	61	4 kt		1005.8	VCTS -RA
04:25 UTC			230° 7 kt		1006.1	-RA
04:30 UTC			240° 4 kt		1005.8	-RA
04:35 UTC			250° 4 kt		1005.8
04:40 UTC			220° 5 kt		1005.8
04:45 UTC			220° 2 kt		1005.4
04:50 UTC			250° 4 kt		1005.8
04:55 UTC			240° 5 kt		1006.1	-RA
04:56 UTC	62	61	240° 5 kt		1006.1	-RA
05:00 UTC			220° 7 kt		1006.4	-RA
05:05 UTC			210° 2 kt		1006.1
05:10 UTC			180° 2 kt		1006.1
05:15 UTC			170° 4 kt		1006.1	RA
05:20 UTC			190° 7 kt		1006.8	-RA
05:23 UTC	62	61	220° 9 kt		1007.1	-RA
05:25 UTC			220° 9 kt		1007.8
05:30 UTC			220° 7 kt		1007.5	-RA

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 03:33 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Report	Where	County	Remark
03:34 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Big Creek Lake	Mobile, AL	REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES NEAR THE WULFF ROAD S AND HOWELLS FERRY RD AREA.
03:34 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Big Creek Lake	Mobile, AL	REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES NEAR WULFF ROAD SOUTH AND HOWELLS FERRY ROAD.
03:34 UTC	TORNADO	2 Wsw Tanner Williams	Mobile, AL	A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HARRY PIERCE ROAD AND MOVED NORTHEAST INTO ALABAMA AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF STATE LINE ROAD. THIS WAS MOSTLY DUE TO TREE DAMAGE AND SEEING A DEBRIS SIGNATURE ON RADAR.
03:36 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Big Creek Lake	Mobile, AL	REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES IN THE WULFF ROAD SOUTH/HOWELLS FERRY ROAD AREA.
03:41 UTC	TORNADO	2 Ese Big Creek Lake	Mobile, AL	A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ELLEN DRIVE, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF SOME SHINGLES ON A NEARBY HOME, A BLOWN OVER FENCE, AND METAL ROOFING FROM A SHED WHICH WAS TOSSED AND WRAPPED AROUND A STREET SIGN. THE WIDTH OF TH
03:43 UTC	TORNADO	2 Ene Snow And Tanner W	Mobile, AL	ANOTHER TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF HOWELLS FERRY ROAD, EAST OF HOWELLS LANE. A COUPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, ALONG WITH FENCING DOWN AND THE ROOF OF AN AWNING THAT WAS BLOWN DOWN. A BASKETBALL HOOP WAS K
03:45 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Grand Bay	Mobile, AL	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 SSE GRAND BAY. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND A COUPLE SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES WITH FEW SNAPPED OR UPROOTED SOFTWOOD TREES. A COUPLE OUT BUILDINGS WITH MOST OF THEIR ROOFS REMOVED AND
03:49 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Dixon Corner	Mobile, AL	SEVERAL LARGE SNAPPED HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD BRANCHES HERE. AN OUT BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND AN ATV WAS ROLLED. WIND ESTIMATED TO BE 75 MPH AND TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
03:54 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	Tillmans Corner	Mobile, AL	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR RANGELINE RD.
03:57 UTC	MARINE TSTM WIND 43	Brookley Field Asos	Mobile, AL	ASOS STATION KBFM MOBILE BROOKLEY REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 43 MPH.
03:58 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Hollingers Island	Mobile, AL	REPORTS RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN NEAR HAMILTON BLVD AND RANGELINE RD IN THEODORE, AL.
03:58 UTC	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Hollingers Island	Mobile, AL	REPORTS RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF TREES/POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HAMILTON BLVD AND RANGELINE RD IN THEODORE, AL.
03:58 UTC	TORNADO	2 Wnw Hollingers Island	Mobile, AL	NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR RABBIT CREEK DR. IN THEODORE, AL AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS RANGELINE ROAD. SEVERAL WOODEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG RANGLINE ROAD WITH ABOUT A HALF MILE SWATH OF STRA
03:58 UTC	COASTAL FLOOD	2 E Pinto Island	Baldwin, AL	U.S. 90 CAUSEWAY IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING.
04:03 UTC	MARINE TSTM WIND 48	1 Ne Hollingers Island	Mobile, AL	MESONET STATION - MOBILE DOG RIVER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 48 MPH.
04:30 UTC	COASTAL FLOOD	2 Ne Hollingers Island	Mobile, AL	WATER WAS REPORTED OVER DAUPHIN ISLAND PARKWAY (SR 163) AT DOG RIVER BRIDGE MAKING IT IMPASSABLE. ALL LANES WERE CLOSED.

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The other tornadoes of March 30, 2022

80 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 30	4:04 AM CDT	EF3	Springdale tornado, AR	5.2	350	7	$20 million
March 30	4:34 AM CDT	EF1	Rockwall, TX	0.5	50		$500,000
March 30	4:39 AM CDT	EF0	Pittsburg, OK	0.6	100		$75,000
March 30	6:25 AM CDT	EF1	Red River, TX	3.0	100		$25,000
March 30	7:47 AM CDT	EF1	Johnson, AR	3.5	400
March 30	11:16 AM CDT	EF1	Sabine, TX	0.9	100		$15,000
March 30	11:41 AM CDT	EF1	Newton, TX	1.9	100		$150,000
March 30	11:53 AM CDT	EF0	Natchitoches Parish, LA	1.2	100		$5,000
March 30	11:53 AM CDT	EF0	Natchitoches Parish, LA	5.5	100
March 30	12:05 PM CDT	EF1	Natchitoches Parish, LA	3.7	200		$12,000
March 30	12:20 PM CDT	EF1	Bienville Parish, LA	1.7	400
March 30	12:22 PM CDT	EF0	Natchitoches Parish, LA	2.7	50
March 30	12:28 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson Parish, LA	0.3	200		$1,000
March 30	12:37 PM CDT	EF1	Vernon Parish, LA	2.1	85		$10,000
March 30	12:42 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson Parish, LA	0.7	500
March 30	12:44 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson Parish, LA	4.2	200		$10,000
March 30	1:53 PM CDT	EF1	Richland Parish, LA	7.4	1,000		$50,000
March 30	2:03 PM CDT	EF0	Richland Parish, LA	1.8	25		$50,000
March 30	2:10 PM CDT	EF1	Franklin Parish, LA	6.8	350		$85,000
March 30	2:51 PM CDT	EF2	Madison Parish, LA to MS	17.3	300		$270,000
March 30	3:19 PM CDT	EF1	Bolivar, MS	7.9	450		$60,000
March 30	3:31 PM CDT	EF1	Bolivar, MS	1.0	75	1	$110,000
March 30	3:41 PM CDT	EF1	Warren, MS	6.0	100		$20,000
March 30	3:58 PM CDT	EF1	Yazoo, MS	16.6	700		$110,000
March 30	4:21 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes, MS	11.5	1,700	1	$140,000
March 30	4:26 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds, MS	6.4	350		$45,000
March 30	4:37 PM CDT	EF1	Panola, MS	16.2	200	1	$140,000
March 30	4:41 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds, MS	2.9	350		$175,000
March 30	4:43 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds, MS	8.5	200		$280,000
March 30	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Carroll, MS	6.1	250		$30,000
March 30	4:56 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, MS	5.3	350		$20,000
March 30	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin, IL	4.0	100		$62,000
March 30	5:24 PM CDT	EF1	Calhoun, MS	7.6	100		$60,000
March 30	5:32 PM CDT	EF2	Leake, MS	10.7	1,200		$850,000
March 30	6:01 PM CDT	EF0	Wayne, IL	0.3	50		$30,000
March 30	6:11 PM CDT	EF1	White, IL	6.6	400		$200,000
March 30	6:12 PM CDT	EF1	Tangipahoa Parish, LA	6.4	150		$250,000
March 30	6:18 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, TN	8.5	175		$500,000
March 30	6:31 PM CDT	EF1	Madison, TN	7.1	250		$300,000
March 30	6:50 PM CDT	EF1	Carroll, TN	9.2	150		$200,000
March 30	6:59 PM CDT	EF1	Vanderburgh, IN	1.0	75		$10,000
March 30	7:16 PM CDT	EF0	Monroe, MS	7.7	150		$50,000
March 30	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Lamar, MS	1.9	425		$20,000
March 30	7:44 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar, MS	7.3	25		$35,000
March 30	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Tammany Parish, LA	2.0	50
March 30	8:01 PM CDT	EF0	Clarke, MS	2.1	125		$35,000
March 30	8:06 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke, MS	3.7	50		$152,000
March 30	8:08 PM CDT	EF2	Noxubee, MS	11.0	400	2	$250,000
March 30	8:11 PM CDT	EF2	Forrest, MS	11.3	500		$250,000
March 30	8:24 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale, MS	6.8	200		$50,000
March 30	8:31 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale, MS	3.9	250		$75,000
March 30	8:43 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, MS	0.5	50
March 30	8:45 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, MS	0.2	50
March 30	8:46 PM CDT	EF2	Perry, MS	2.0	250
March 30	8:47 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, MS	1.9	30
March 30	8:51 PM CDT	EF1	Sumter, AL	5.6	600
March 30	8:55 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, MS	0.3	50
March 30	9:02 PM CDT	EF1	Pickens, AL	16.6	450
March 30	9:10 PM CDT	EF1	Greene, AL	8.8	275
March 30	9:12 PM CDT	EF2	Choctaw, AL	37.4	1,350

All 81 of them

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.