1.2 SSE Nottingham - 1.4 SE Nottingham A weak, brief tornado touched down along CR 46 or Grist Mill Road. The tornado moved eastward and ended just after it crossed Reynolds Mill Road. Several trees were snapped off or were uprooted along the path. This location is just east of Alpine or 2.5 miles northwest of Winterboro. One home suffered front porch damage, several softwood trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the path. A few outbuildings also had metal roofs partially removed. Start: 33.3540/-86.2212 End: 33.3548/-86.2152

NWS EF Scale: F0

A brief tornado touched down along CR 46, about 2.5 miles northwest of Winterboro and moved eastward, dissipating just after it crossed Reynolds Mill Road. Several trees were snapped or uprooted along the short path. One home sustained damage to the front porch and metal roofs to several outbuildings were partially removed.

On the afternoon of Sunday, February 27th, a low pressure system developed in the Southern Plains, eventually tracking across the Tennessee Valley, well to the north of Alabama. In response to this low pressure, coupled by high pressure off the Atlantic Coast, southerly flow brought low 60 dew point temperatures as far north as Huntsville by 12 am Sunday night. By the late morning hours of Monday, February 28th, a secondary surface low developed and tracked across the northern half of the state of Alabama. This surface low created storms that began of a cellular nature by Noon on Monday. These cells evolved into a broken line of thunderstorms by the middle of the afternoon on Monday. Embedded in the line were storms that developed supercellular structures, a few of which spawned tornadoes and many areas of straight line wind damage. Click on each for a summary of the tornadoes.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on February 28, 2011