EF1 tornado in Limestone County, Alabama

Drone imagery indicated a brief tornado touched down along Dement Road where a tree was knocked down. The tornado continued east moving over mainly wooded areas. Drone imagery showed multiple trees and large branches down continuing east from Dement Road, parallel to U.S. Highway 72. After moving across a property north of U.S. Highway 72, the tornado lifted just before Cox Road.

An outbreak of tornadoes, large hail, wind damage and flash flooding occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Fourteen tornadoes occurred in north Alabama, including 1 EF-0, 10 EF-1, 2 EF-2, and 1 EF-U (unknown) which was a waterspout on Wheeler Lake. One person was injured in Colbert County. There were also several reports of large hail, including baseball sized and larger in northern Lawrence and southeastern Lauderdale Counties. Damaging winds were also experienced as well with the severe thunderstorms. Lightning sparked a fire which resulted in severe structural and water damage and total loss to the Albertville Public Library which is scheduled to be demolished. There were two reports of flash flooding in Jackson County.