April 28, 2014
9:55 PM| Date | April 28, 2014 |
| Time | 9:55 PM |
| County | TuscaloosaJefferson |
| City | Hueytown |
| Property Loss | $0 |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 522984 |
2 NE East Brookwood - 2 NW Weller National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Tuscaloosa County and eastern Jefferson County and have determined that the damage is consistent with an EF-1 tornado. The tornado touched down approximately two-tenths of a mile north of Milldale Road. It then traveled to the northeast where it snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado crossed Griffen Ridge Road, Ridge Road and then Weller Road where trees were uprooted along each road. The tornado crossed into Jefferson County approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Weller road and continued to produce minor tree damage. It lifted just inside the Jefferson County line, approximately one mile east of Sealy Ann Mountain Road. Start: 33.3129/-87.2197 End: 33.3587/-87.1667
NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon
The tornado touched down approximately a quarter mile west of Milldale Road near Davis Creek. It traveled to the northeast where it snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado crossed Griffen Ridge Road, Ridge Road and then Weller Road with winds of 105 mph and uprooted trees along each road. The tornado continued northeastward into Jefferson County.
A large scale severe weather event began Saturday, April 26 and ended Wednesday, April 30th, producing several waves of severe weather from the Central Plains eastward through the Deep South, and across a significant portion of the eastern United States. Strong and violent tornadoes, very large hail, flash flooding, and damaging straight line winds accompanied this dynamic storm system. The most tornadoes occurred across the Deep South as the system moved into Mississippi and Alabama on Monday, April 28th. Supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon over eastern Mississippi and northwest Alabama in the warm sector well ahead of a cold front. The activity slowly spread east and southeast overnight, with this wave of severe storms ending early Tuesday morning. Storms redeveloped late Tuesday afternoon and moved into Central Alabama. A large area of rainfall across the northern Gulf Coast limited the amount of instability across the area, and storms remained below severe limits. The last wave of severe weather occurred early Wednesday morning across the south as an isolated storm produced large hail, as the system finally pulled east of the area.
Part of 20-tornado outbreak on April 28, 2014
A large scale severe weather event began Saturday, April 26 and ended Wednesday, April 30th, producing several waves of severe weather from the Central Plains eastward through the Deep South, and across a significant portion of the eastern United States. Strong and violent tornadoes, very large hail, flash flooding, and damaging straight line winds accompanied this dynamic storm system. The most tornadoes occurred across the Deep South as the system moved into Mississippi and Alabama on Monday, April 28th. Supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon over eastern Mississippi and northwest Alabama in the warm sector well ahead of a cold front. The activity slowly spread east and southeast overnight, with this wave of severe storms ending early Tuesday morning. Storms redeveloped late Tuesday afternoon and moved into Central Alabama. A large area of rainfall across the northern Gulf Coast limited the amount of instability across the area, and storms remained below severe limits. The last wave of severe weather occurred early Wednesday morning across the south as an isolated storm produced large hail, as the system finally pulled east of the area.