5.3 SW Southside-4.5 SSW Southside Several trees downed. Several homes and outbuildings were damaged. Start: 33.9500/-86.0800 End:  33.9300/-86.0500

NWS EF Scale: F0

A weak tornado touched down just inside the Etowah County line near Southside. The tornado caused some minor damage to a house and knocked a few trees down on Babe Jackson Road then crossed H. Neely Henry Lake on the Coosa River. On the eastern bank of the lake, the roof was torn off one mobile home and minor damage occurred to several other homes and outbuildings. Several trees were uprooted in the area.

Part of 4-tornado outbreak on February 27, 1999