0.6 SE Midfield - 0.3 SSE Grasselli NWS Meteorologists determined a tornado touched down in Midfield with a fairly brief but wide damage path, with a core of concentrated significant damage. Initial damage was found near Downey Street and 51st Street, where trees were toppled and snapped. This damage was rated at EF-1 intensity. The tornado then tracked northeast where EF-2 damage occurred along Jefferson Avenue SW and Park Ave SW, bounded by 50th Street to the south and 49th Street to the north. Here, residential homes were heavily damaged, with two homes flattened. Many trees were also snapped and uprooted. A rapid decline in damage intensity was observed as the tornado moved northeast, with EF-1 and EF-0 damage consisting of roof damage, as well as snapped and uprooted trees stretching from Grasselli Boulevard to Carver Avenue SW and 45th Street SW. There were a total of about 50 homes impacted, with approximately 15 that were uninhabitable. Start: 33.4433/-86.9137 End: 33.4454/-86.8987

NWS EF Scale: F2 Polygon

NWS meteorologists determined a tornado touched down in the city of Midfield with a fairly brief, but wide damage path, with a core of concentrated significant damage. Initial damage was found near Cairo Avenue, where trees were toppled and snapped. This damage was rated at EF-1 intensity. The tornado then tracked northeast, where EF-2 damage occurred along Jefferson Avenue SW and Park Avenue SW, bounded by 50th Street to the south and 49th Street to the north. Here, residential homes were heavily damaged, with two homes flattened. Many trees were also snapped and uprooted. A rapid decline in intensity was observed as the tornado moved northeast, with EF-1 and EF-0 damage consisting of roof damage and snapped/uprooted trees stretching from Grasselli Avenue SW to Carver Avenue SW and 45th Street SW. There were a total of about 50 homes impacted, with approximately 15 that were uninhabitable.

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