EF1 tornado in Colbert County, Alabama

A tornado touched down near Pride, where numerous trees were damaged or uprooted, and a small farm building sustained minor roof damage. The tornado continued eastward across Little Bear Creek, where widespread tree damage was observed, including several instances where falling trees caused structural damage to single-family homes. Additional tree damage was caused by the tornado as it moved through Sheffield before it lifted just west of Highway 43.

A line of severe thunderstorms roared east-northeast through north Alabama during the evening of the 5th into the early morning hours of the 6th. The line produced four tornadoes in north Alabama and several reports of wind damage, particularly in northwest Alabama. Also, flash flooding resulted in multiple water rescues including 10 hikers in Bankhead National Forest, a woman and two childeren swept off of a road in Lawrence County, and a woman in Cullman County.