EF0 tornado in Lee County, Alabama

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Macon and Lee Counties and have determined that the damage was due to an EF-2 tornado. Winds of 120 mph had weakened to less than 86 mph before the tornado crossed into Lee County. The tornado initially touched down along St. John's Church Road at Saint John's Church in Macon County. The most significant damage along the path was found in Macon County north of Tallapoosa Street on the northwest side of Notasulga. Here several mobile homes were damage or destroyed and a two story home was significantly damaged. It continued to the northeast crossing into Lee County, where only minor tree damage occurred. The tornado quickly lifted along Roxana Road.

Severe thunderstorms ahead of and along a cold front moved across Central Alabama on Thursday, April 11th. Storms along the cold front formed into a quasi-linear convective system, causing wind damage and producing seven tornadoes across the area. Ahead of the line, strong daytime heating and increasing instabilities coupled with strong diffluence aloft created prime conditions for discrete thunderstorms to form. These storms caused wind damage across portions of northeast Central Alabama during the late afternoon.