April 15, 2011
6:23 PM| Date | April 15, 2011 |
| Time | 6:23 PM |
| County | Lowndes |
| City | Montgomery |
| Property Loss | $21000.00M |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 310536 |
2.4 N Tyson - 4.6 NNE Tyson Winds were estimated around 75 mph. The tornado touched down just west of County Road 26 on Cruise Road. The tornado tracked northeastward and generally paralleled County Road 26. The tornado lifted just after it crossed County Road 32. The tornado was mainly responsible for tree damage along the path, but a few homes did suffer some minor shingle damage. Start: 32.2140/-86.4519 End: 32.2394/-86.4162
NWS EF Scale: F0
A tornado touched down just west of County Road 26 on Cruise Road in Lowndes County. The tornado tracked northeastward. Numerous trees were either snapped or uprooted along the path and a few homes suffered minor shingle damage. The tornado lifted just after it crossed County Road 32. Maximum winds were estimated to be 75 mph.
A potent storm system, which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States on April 14-16, produced a significant and historic tornado outbreak across Central Alabama on April 15. Forty tornadoes, 30 of which touched down in Central Alabama, occurred in the state. At the time, this set a new record for number of tornadoes within the state from one event. This record was broken on April 27, 2011. ||A surface low developed across the Central Plains on Thursday, April 14, and strengthened as it moved into the mid-Mississippi River Valley. In response, surface dew points in the middle to upper 60s surged northward into Central Alabama and deep vertical wind shear increased, providing support for tornadic supercell development. A weakening line of thunderstorms moved into northwest Central Alabama early Friday morning. The southern end of this line intensified by mid day as it encountered a more unstable airmass. South of the line, supercells formed in Mississippi and tracked eastward into west Central Alabama. The entire system pushed east across the area over the course of about twelve hours, exiting east Central Alabama in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 16. In addition to the thirty tornadoes, the storm system produced widespread straight line wind damage and numerous large hail reports.
Part of 43-tornado outbreak on April 15, 2011
A potent storm system, which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States on April 14-16, produced a significant and historic tornado outbreak across Central Alabama on April 15. Forty tornadoes, 30 of which touched down in Central Alabama, occurred in the state. At the time, this set a new record for number of tornadoes within the state from one event. This record was broken on April 27, 2011. ||A surface low developed across the Central Plains on Thursday, April 14, and strengthened as it moved into the mid-Mississippi River Valley. In response, surface dew points in the middle to upper 60s surged northward into Central Alabama and deep vertical wind shear increased, providing support for tornadic supercell development. A weakening line of thunderstorms moved into northwest Central Alabama early Friday morning. The southern end of this line intensified by mid day as it encountered a more unstable airmass. South of the line, supercells formed in Mississippi and tracked eastward into west Central Alabama. The entire system pushed east across the area over the course of about twelve hours, exiting east Central Alabama in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 16. In addition to the thirty tornadoes, the storm system produced widespread straight line wind damage and numerous large hail reports.