EF2 tornado in Dekalb County, Alabama

A tornado continued to track from Jackson into DeKalb County, snapping and uprooting softwood trees over the relatively rural landscape along Melton Drive and Elliot Road. Further east and southeast, the tornado moved across the intersection of Culver, Keith, and Lacey Roads, snapping and uprooting more softwood trees. The tornado crossed State Road 40, peeling back tin on several chicken houses between State Road 40 and Valley Road, causing the structural integrity of one of the houses to be compromised. Additional softwood trees were uprooted and snapped near the intersection of County Roads 714 and 120 along State Road 40 as well, with the loss of several roof panels to a shed structure at a house located here.

A large oak tree fell onto a house on County Road 665 at 670. The tornado skipped along uprooting and snapping more hard and softwood trees before lifting near the intersection of County Road 611 and State Road 40.

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.