EF0 tornado in Madison County, Alabama

A tornado touched down in the Hill Chase neighborhood on the west-facing slope of Rainbow Mountain. Several trees were uprooted in this neighborhood, with at least two trees on houses. The tornado continued east-southeast over Rainbow Mountain where additional trees were uprooted or snapped, fences damaged, and at least one power pole was toppled. The tornado damaged more trees in the Highland Lakes neighborhood, on the east-facing slope of Rainbow Mountain. Numerous trees were uprooted in this area with a snapped trunk of at least one weaker, softwood tree. This damage indicator was reduced to account for the condition of the tree. The tornado then continued eastward across Slaughter Road. More trees were uprooted along Mingo Road. Minor damage was observed in the Creekwood neighborhood and into the Indian Creek basin where the tornado lifted.

A significant outbreak of tornadoes occurred in two waves during the evening of the 8th and early morning hours of the 9th. The first wave occurred as multiple supercell thunderstorms developed across southern middle Tennessee and far north central Alabama. These storms moved east during the evening hours, producing ## tornadoes in north central and northeast Alabama.

A break in the activity was then followed by a line of thunderstorms that dropped southeast through southern middle Tennessee into north central and northeast Alabama after Midnight through the early morning hours. The line produced tornadoes in southern middle Tennessee, a couple of which continued into northeast Alabama. Additional tornadoes occurred with the line in far northeast Alabama.

In addition, locally heavy rainfall from the slow-moving supercells produced flash flooding during the evening of the 8th, with several roadways covered with or barricaded due to hazardous driving conditions. This primarily affected locations in southeastern Madison County, northern Marshall County, and southwest Jackson County.