2.7 SSE Grant - 3.1 WSW Stamp A tornado touched down approximately 2.5 miles south southeast of Grant along Campbell Mill Road. A few houses sustained minor roof damage on the southeast side of Grant. At least two mobile homes sustained major damage from falling trees. The tornado continued east crossing Old Union Road, Columbus City Road, and Cardessa Lane before descending into the Tennessee River Valley. The tornado crossed Highway 79 at approximately 307 PM CDT at the Baker Mountain Road intersection. At this point the damage path width was just below a half of a mile wide. One woman was injured when a tree fell on her car near the Waterfront Grocery S tore. Several houses sustained substantial damage on the east side of Highway 79 and many trees were snapped and uprooted. The roof was blown off of one home and a brick wall collapsed. The tornado crossed a small inlet onto the south side of Preston Island, wiping out several boat docks and boat houses. Several homes sustained significant damage on the island from falling trees. At least two wood homes had complete roof collapse and partial wall collapse. The tornado crossed Lake Guntersville into the South Sauty C ommunity. At least one person was injured in this area when he was caught outside during the tornado. At this point, the damage path width increased to at least a half a mile wide. Several well built homes were damaged by falling trees along Memonminee Road. At least 20 boat houses were destroyed in the community. Along Chilcotin Road a well constructed two story brick house lost its roof. Also falling trees damaged several camper trailers. One trailer was blown into Lake Guntersville. Thousands of trees were uprooted or snapped along the path of the tornado in Marshall C ounty. The tornado crossed the CR 67 causeway and very shortly after moved into Jackson C ounty. On CR 67, tornadic winds damaged the shoulder of the roadway as it crossed. Just east of CR 67, this tornado continued east northeast from Marshall C ounty and into southern Jackson C ounty. Several homes were destroyed in the Macedonia C ommunity along with numerous large trees uprooted and snapped. Three TVA high voltage powerline towers also collapsed. As the tornado approached Powell, a double wide manufactured home was shifted off its foundation with total roof collapse and complete destruction to the front of the home. This destructive tornado continued to move east northeast from Jackson Co unty into Dekalb C ounty. Just on the east side of Highway 35, a large metal industrial building that was securely anchored into the ground was completely destroyed. In Sylvania, significant damage occurred to several homes in the Stonebrook Sub division. One home was completely lifted off its foundation and driven nearly 4 feet into the ground. Sporadic damage continued just to the east of Sylvania until the tornado apparently lifted between 335 and 340 PM CDT, just south of the Mahan Crossroads C ommunity in west central Dekalb C ounty. Start: 34.495/-86.249 End: 34.5561/-85.7754

NWS EF Scale: F3

An EF-0 tornado with a 1.9 mile path length and maximum path width of 200 yards touched down just west of Martling Roadin the Martin/Asbury community. The tornado tracked east across Martling Road, Bell Orr Drive, and Claude Hill Road before weakening and lifting near Asbury Church Road. Along the track, several trees were uprooted and a few were snapped. Most of a metal roof was peeled from a a well constructed barn. A few houses near Claude Hill Road sustained minor roof damage.

Thunderstorms erupted during the late night and early morning hours across north Alabama in advance of a strong storm system moving from the southern Plains into the middle Mississippi Valley. The storms evolved into a small quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) as they moved into northeast Alabama. A meso-cyclone developed along this line producing a short-lived EF0 tornado in eastern Marshall County.

Part of 11-tornado outbreak on April 10, 2009