2 NW Roxana-4.77 SSE Waverly Lee County Emergency Management surveyed damage in northwestern Lee County from storms on May 13th. It has been determined that the damage was consistent with a very weak tornado. This is supported by radar imagery that indicated tight rotation within 300 feet of the ground. The tornado touched down just west of County Road 217 and crossed the road, where it did damage to tree branches including one downed tree branch. The tornado continued 2.1 miles to the northeast and crossed County Road 66, where it snapped one small pine tree before dissipating. Start: 32.6557/-85.6899 End:  32.6772/-85.6614

NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon

An EF0 tornado with winds of 50-60 MPH touched down just west of County Road 217 southwest of Roxana, causing damage to several trees. The tornado tracked northeastward and crossed County Road 66, where it continued to cause minor tree damage. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 66.

A weak cold front moved through Alabama on Sunday, May 13. Shear profiles ahead of and along the front were supportive of supercells. Given the enhanced low level storm relative helicity, numerous, weak mesocyclones and rotating wall clouds developed. One storm resulted in a brief tornado touchdown.