March 25, 2010

1.1 NW Penn - 1.0 W Massey An EF-1 tornado touched down just inside southwest Morgan C ounty, west of Massey. This tornado east northeast along a 3 mile path before dissipating. Initial damage was seen off of Holladay R oad and CR 55, where a mobile home was flipped upside down and several surrounding large trees were snapped near their base. Additional damage occurred along Summerford R oad between Tanner R oad and CR 55. A small barn was completed destroyed and two chicken houses sustained significant loss roof and siding panels. Just to the east of this location at Safe-T-Shelter, off of CR 55, a portion of the roof was completely lifted off one of their warehouses as the front of the facility collapsed on itself. Low topped supercell thunderstorms developed across northwest and north central Alabama ahead of a strong cold front and beneath a pronounced southwesterly upper level jet stream and dry slot. Despite low instability, strong low and deep layer wind shear provided an environment adequate for meso-cyclone development. Two of the supercells exhibited strong rotation that tracked through Morgan and Cullman Counties producing large hail and one tornado. Start: 34.36/-87.085 End: 34.372/-87.037

NWS EF Scale: F1

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on March 25, 2010