1.7 W Loflin - 1.6 W Loflin This brief tornado touched down just south of Firetower Road, then crossed the road and dissipated quickly just to the north. Damage was limited to mainly minor tree damage. However, one concentrated area at the center of the path had a grove of small to medium hardwood trees that were snapped. One larger hardwood was uprooted in the same location. Power lines were also knocked down along Firetower Road. Special thanks to the Russell County Emergency Management Agency for assisting in the completion of the storm survey. Start: 32.1990/-85.0592 End: 32.2011/-85.0564

NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon

This brief tornado touched down just south of Firetower Road, then crossed the road and dissipated quickly. Damage was limited to mainly minor tree damage. However, one concentrated area at the center of the path had a grove of small to medium hardwood trees that were snapped, where maximum winds were 90 mph. One larger hardwood was uprooted in the same location. Power lines were also knocked down along Firetower Road.

A surface low intensified as it moved from southwest to northeast across Central Alabama during the overnight hours Sunday, November 16th, and into early morning hours on Monday, November 17th. As it did so, moist, unstable air surged northward to the east of the low across the Interstate 85 corridor. Severe thunderstorms developed in the warm sector and produced a few weak tornadoes, which caused tree and power line damage across portions of rural Perry, Pike, Bullock and Russell Counties.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on November 17, 2014