EF0 tornado in Jackson County, Alabama
Tornado April 28, 2014 · Jackson County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jackson County → Dekalb County → Jackson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A tornado touched down along County Road (CR) 326 in extreme eastern Jackson County, just south of CR 324. This produced EF-0 damage by uprooting hardwood trees. It tracked northeast into extreme northern DeKalb County just south of Higdon, Alabama.
The wider storm
A tornado outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and evening across the central Tennessee Valley on the 28th. Several cyclic supercells produced tornadoes, some of which were strong. Very heavy rainfall occurred in some areas as well. In particular, up to 5 inches fell in just a few hours which led to severe flash flooding in Valley Head.
An additional round of thunderstorms late in the day/evening of the 29th produced a few reports of damaging winds and hail.
Began near Flat Rock (34.7945, -85.6557).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 505303. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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