1 NW Poseys Crossroads - 2.9 SSE Pine Flats Winds were estimated around 150 mph. The tornado touched down just east of the Old Kingston Community near the intersection of County Road 40 and County Road 63. This tornado was the third tornado to affect this same general area during the evening hours. The tornado tracked east-northeast and passed north of Poseys Crossroad and entered Boones Chapel. The tornado then crossed Interstate 65 and lifted along County Road 85 north of the Stoney Point Community. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or were uprooted. At least 50 homes and one business were significantly damaged or were destroyed. Three occupants of a manufactured home were killed and 4 others were seriously injured. Start: 32.5803/-86.5818 End: 32.6126/-86.4269

NWS EF Scale: F3

A tornado touched down approximately 2 miles southeast of Independence along County Road 13. The tornado moved northeast where it snapped or uprooted several trees. As the tornado moved into the Old Kingston community, it strengthened to and EF-1 rating, with maximum winds of 90 mph, and removed the steeple from a church. A mobile home also sustained significant damage. The tornado lifted 2 miles north of Old Kingston near County Roads 161 and 150.

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