2.3 NNE Moody-3.2 SE Wattsville 26 homes destroyed, 30 with major damage, 59 with minor damage. 2 fatalities occurred in a mobile home. Start: 33.6202/-86.4715 End:  33.6640/-86.2290

NWS EF Scale: F2

The tornado began 2.3 miles north-northeast of Moody and just west of US 411. The tornado crossed US 411 where a large church and associated buildings, some recently constructed were destroyed. The tornado traveled on an east-northeast track moving through relatively rural areas. It affected a portion of CR 174 and then crossed US 231 just south of Wattsville. The tornado damaged a number of buildings in the Coal City area including a mobile home where two people were killed and three children were injured. The tornado ended in an open area just east of Coal City. Emergency Management for St. Clair County reported that 26 homes were destroyed, 30 homes suffered major damage, and 59 sustained minor damage. This included 42 mobile homes.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on April 8, 1998