3.9 NNW Boykin - 1.4 S Andalusia A tornado touched down approximately one half mile west of Damascus Road and quickly widened to near 300 yards and strengthened to EF-2 intensity. Near and along Damascus Road the tornado destroyed one wood frame home, and severely damaged or affected several other brick homes and adjacent manufactured homes. The tornado rolled one single-wide manufactured home onto its roof and trapped the occupants inside for several minutes. Several minor injuries were reported. The tornado continued east crossing Eddie Jackson Road, Hoomesville Road, and Brooklyn Road where trees were snapped or uprooted along a 200 yard wide path. The tornado continued moving east into Conecuh County. The tornado continued east from the Damascus area of eastern Escambia County, Alabama, where it snapped or uprooted numerous hardwood and softwood trees along a 150 yard wide path. The tornado continued east from extreme southeastern Conecuh County Alabama, and snapped or uprooted trees along a 150 yard wide path. As the tornado moved into Covington County, it produced damage to several homes, outbuildings and structures adjacent to Brooklyn Road where several homes had significant roof damage due to fallen trees. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 29 at County Road 56 then lifted as it moved across the Covington County Arena area producing roof damage to the Kiwanis Building. Start: 31.2030/-86.8600 End: 3 1.2800/-86.4820

NWS EF Scale: F2

Several trees down in the Appleton area where tornado path began. Near Highway 31 approximately 9 miles north of Brewton, the tornado had strengthened, where it destroyed one round top (quonset type) metal building, destroyed one small outbuilding, and produced shingle damage to one home on the south side of the tornado circulation.

Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed in the late morning through the evening hours across Mississippi and Alabama. A series of long track tornadic supercell thunderstorms moved out of southeast Mississippi in the late morning, and crossed southwest Alabama in the late morning through the afternoon and evening hours. In southwest Alabama, the tornadoes missed the larger populated towns and communities, but did produce significant damage to numerous homes in rural areas. Several injuries were reported with 3 fatalities in Deer Park, Alabama (Washington County) from an EF-3 tornado during the early evening hours. Widespread damage to timber along several 200 to 600 yard-wide tornado paths resulted in significant losses to the timber industry. The Alabama Forestry Commission estimated timber losses in southwest Alabama to be near 7.3 million dollars.

Part of 43-tornado outbreak on April 15, 2011