1.2 WNW White Plains - 1.0 NE White Plains The tornado touched down just west of the intersection of CR 160 and CR 162. The tornado tracked eastward generally along CR 160 and lifted as it approached US Highway 431. Several trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the damage path. Several homes suffered minor shingle damage and a few had metal roofs peeled back. A few manufactured homes suffered minor skirting damage. One barn was totally destroyed. Several automobiles were damaged by fallen trees. Start: 33.0073/-85.3988 End: 33.0084/-85.3658

NWS EF Scale: F0

A tornado touched down just west of the intersection of County Road 160 and County Road 162, near Five Points and moved east along County Road 160 for 1.9 miles before lifting near Highway 431. A dozen trees were blown down along the path, causing damage to a few vehicles. At least six homes sustained minor roof, shingle or skirting damage. One barn was destroyed.

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