EF1 tornado in Jackson County, Alabama

A tornado touchdown occurred on the lee side of an east-northeast facing ridge, south of U.S. Highway 72 off Jackson County Road 226. The main damage indicators were a mix of hard and soft wood trees, with a degree of damage ranging from large snapped branches to uproots and snapped trunks. The tornado appeared to slightly intensify near the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and CR 110. Multiple large, healthy, and deeply rooted hard wood trees were uprooted. Maximum winds were estimated at 105 mph. The torando crossed U.S. Highway 72 and tracked down CR 110 shearing off numerous the upper half of tree tops. Numerous trees were observed uprooted and snapped along a path leading up to North Sauty Creek. In this location, outside of tree damage, a small farm house and shed were completely destroyed and a large horse trailer was overturned. From U.S. Highway 72 looking north, continued tree damage was observed across North Sauty Creek and through Sauty Bottoms. The tornado likely lifted near Roberts Road at State Highway 79, where only small limb damage was observed on the western base of July Mountain.

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.