2 SE Alexander City - 1 E Alexander City Maximum winds were estimated to be 85 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Dean Road and Sunset Ridge just south of U.S. Highway 280. Here only a couple of trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northward, crossed U.S. Highway 280, and uprooted between one and two dozen trees in the Fairlane community along Fairlane Circle. One house in this community sustained damage due to a fallen tree, and one car had a pine tree land on it. Crossing Dadeville Road, the tornado ripped an awning off of a church, removed shingles from a house, and uprooted several hardwood trees along Davis Road and Wayside Circle. The tornado crossed Sanders Road causing minor tree damage before ending just to the south of Jim Pearson Elementary School along Scott Road. A special thanks to Tallapoosa County Emergency Management for their assistance. Start: 32.9030/-85.9304 End: 32.9304/-85.9298

NWS EF Scale: F0 Polygon

A brief tornado, with maximum winds of 85 mph, touched down in west-central Tallapoosa County, approximately 1.6 miles southeast of Alexander City and just south of Highway 280, where a few trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northward across Highway 280 and uprooted nearly two dozen trees in the Fairlane Community. One house in the community sustained damage due to a fallen tree, and one car sustained damage due to a fallen tree. The tornado crossed Dadeville Road and ripped an awning off a church, removed shingles from a house, and uprooted several hardwood trees along Davis Road and Wayside Circle. The tornado crossed Sanders Road causing minor tree damage before ending just south of Jim Pearson Elementary School.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms moved northward across Central Alabama Wednesday afternoon, May 14. This activity developed just ahead of an approaching cold front. The atmosphere was quite tropical with precipitable water values over 1.50 inches. Environmental parameters were marginal for the development of severe thunderstorms. However, isolated thunderstorms did exhibit some rotation across East Central Alabama.

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on May 14, 2014