4.4 S Coaling - 0.7 SE Dudley NWS Meteorologists surveyed tornado damage just south of Coaling in Tuscaloosa County. The tornado was weak and rated an EF-0 with highly spotty damage consisting of snapped trees. The area of rotation then weakened as it moved northeast across I-20 in Tuscaloosa County, before entering Jefferson County and rapidly intensifying near Lipscomb. Start: 33.1063/-87.3473 End: 33.1624/-87.2933

NWS EF Scale: F0 Polygon

NWS meteorologists determined a weak tornado touched down along Clements Road near Leeman Lane and continued northeast crossing Hagler Coaling Road, Wire Road and Dudley Road. The damage path was at its widest along Wire Road and Dudley Road. No damage was observed along Highway 11 farther to the northeast. The tornado is estimated to have lifted just northeast of Dudley Road, south of Upper Dudley Road. Only minor tree damage was observed along the path with approximately one dozen trees snapped or uprooted.

A low level boundary across southeast Alabama became the focus for heavy rainfall and severe weather during the early morning hours of December 24th. As the boundary lifted northward, the focus for heavy rainfall and severe weather shifted into north central Alabama.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on December 25, 2015