4.2 WNW Tyson - 1.7 NE Tyson The tornado touched down just to the west of the intersection of Deer Trace Road and County Road 37. The tornado tracked to the southeast for almost 5 miles, crossed over the intersection of County Roads 26 and 5, and lifted just to the west of Interstate 65. Along the path, 5 grain elevators were destroyed, 3 chicken houses were damaged or destroyed and one home had nearly total roof removal on the windward side. Numerous trees were snapped which included a healthy live oak snapped at the base. Start: 32.2105/-86.5114 End: 32.1965/-86.4282

NWS EF Scale: F1

The tornado touched down just to the west of the intersection of Deer Trace Road and County Road 37 and traveled southeast for almost 5 miles lifting just to the west I-65. Along the path, five grain elevators were destroyed, three chicken houses were damaged or destroyed, and one home had nearly total roof removal. Numerous trees were also snapped.

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