1.1 SSE Davistown-3.6 SE Davistown This tornado formed three miles east of the Langston C ommunity, which is just south of the Tennessee River in southern Jackson County, and moved to the southeast before ending one mile southeast of the Macedonia C ommunity near the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church. Most of the damage along its path was rated EF-0, except for a small area of EF-1 damage in Macedonia where maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 95 m.p.h. About half a mile from the crossroads at Macedonia on County Road 38, the tornado did the most damage. Parts of a two-story family dwelling roof and siding were carried away, a couple century old harwood trees were uprooted, a large outbuilding was completely destroyed, and the roof was ripped off another nearby building. Some of the debris from this property was scattered more than half a mile away. At the Corinth Missionary Church windows were broken and fascia board was ripped from the main structure, while another smaller building on the church property was blown slighly off its foundation. Roofing shingles were ripped off Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church and parts of Macedonia S chool, where a communications tower was bent in half. A line of thunderstorms developed across the Mid Mississippi Valley during the afternoon hours and moved southeast into the Tennessee Valley during the overnight hours. After several cell mergers as the line moved into southern middle Tennessee, the line intensified and accelerated southeast across northern Alabama. Two tornadoes developed in the vicinity of mergers of the squall line with thunderstorms that developed ahead of the line. Start: 34.5400/-86.0100 End: 34.5100/-86.9800

NWS EF Scale: F1 (F0)

This tornado formed three miles east of the Langston community, which is just south of the Tennessee River in southern Jackson County, and moved to the southeast before ending one mile southeast of the Macedonia community near the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church. Most of the damage along its path was rated EF-0, except for a small area of EF-1 damage in Macedonia where maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 95 m.p.h. |About half a mile from the crossroads at Macedonia on County Road 38, the tornado did the most damage. Parts of a two-story family dwelling roof and siding were carried away, a couple century old harwood trees were uprooted, a large outbuilding was completely destroyed, and the roof was ripped off another nearby building. Some of the debris from this property was scattered more than half a mile away. At the Corinth Missionary Church windows were broken and fascia board was ripped from the main structure, while another smaller building on the church property was blown slighly off its foundation. Roofing shingles were ripped off Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church and parts of Macedonia school, where a communications tower was bent in half.

A line of thunderstorms developed across the Mid Mississippi Valley during the afternoon hours and moved southeast into the Tennessee Valley during the overnight hours. After several cell mergers as the line moved into southern middle Tennessee, the line intensified and accelerated southeast across northern Alabama. Two tornadoes developed in the vicinity of mergers of the squall line with thunderstorms that developed ahead of the line.