May 2, 2009
4:27 PM| Date | May 2, 2009 |
| Time | 4:27 PM |
| County | Lamar |
| City | Vernon |
| Property Loss | $5000.00M |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 174975 |
2.1 SSE Hightogy - 0.2 SE Kingville The tornado touched down along AL-17 just south of the Hightogy Community. It then traveled east-northeast, and lifted after it crossed CR-20 near Wright Road. The damage path was mainly confined to wooded areas. Several trees were snapped off along the path and a few roadways were temporarily impassable. Start: 33.6711/-88.0898 End: 33.6781/-88.0468
NWS EF Scale: F0
The tornado touched down along AL-17 just south of the Hightogy Community. It then traveled east-northeast, and lifted after it crossed CR-20 near Wright Road. The damage path was mainly confined to wooded areas. Several trees were snapped off along the path and a few roadways were temporarily impassable.
A cold front dipping into the Tennessee Valley helped spark strong to severe thunderstorms for several days, with large hail, damaging winds, and several tornadoes.
Part of 2-tornado outbreak on May 2, 2009
A cold front dipping into the Tennessee Valley helped spark strong to severe thunderstorms for several days, with large hail, damaging winds, and several tornadoes.