EF1 tornado in Lauderdale County, Alabama

A tornado touched down west of Alabama Highway 157 and north of Lauderdale County Road 141, northwest of the Cloverdale community. The tornado snapped multiple trees as it tracked to the northeast. A house off CR 141 had its windows broken and some roofing material removed, several vehicles were pushed aside, and two campers were lifted and moved. The inhabitants took shelter in their basement upon receiving the warning and were unharmed. The tornado tracked further northeast along CR 141, mainly snapping and uprooting trees. The tornado reached peak intensity of 105 mph off CR 10, where a single family home was more heavily damaged, and a nearby barn was completely destroyed. Fortunately nobody was in the home at the time. The tornado reached its peak width along CR 259, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in a wooded area. Additional tree damage was noted along CR 10, and again along CR 259 just south of where it crosses intoTennessee. At this point, the tornado crossed into Wayne County, Tennessee.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved east through across all of north Alabama during the late evening hours of the 5th and early morning hours of the 6th. Three tornadoes occurred in Colbert, Lauderdale and Jackson Counties. There were also a few other reports of damaging winds. In the Shoals, rainfall of 1-1.5 inches fell in an hour or less, producing multiple reports of brief flash flooding in Tuscumbia and Sheffield.