3.7 SW Columbiana - 2.6 WSW Columbiana A short tornado path was observed along CR-65 just to the east of its intersection with Highway 95. Many large trees were snapped or uprooted along this short path. Start: 33.1593/-86.6673 End: 33.1675/-86.6507

NWS EF Scale: F0 Polygon

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Shelby County just southwest of the city of Columbiana and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-0 tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 75 mph. The tornado touched down along CR-97 near the intersection with CR-314. It then moved east-northeast over a largely rural and wooded area and crossed a small portion of CR-305 and Golden Rd before lifting along Peaceful Valley Rd. The majority of the damage consisted of snapped or uprooted trees. There was minor roof damage to a residence on CR-97, and a mobile home at the end of Golden Rd was partially shifted off its foundation.

A trough of low pressure at 500 milibars was analyzed near the New Mexico and Texas border. A weak shortwave trough was also analyzed across northwest Mississippi. At the surface, a stationary front was draped from McComb, Mississippi, eastward to near a Tuscaloosa to Anniston, Alabama line. A surface low began to deepen over east Texas producing strengthening low level wind fields. Despite limited surface based instability over central Alabama due to persistent low clouds, the atmosphere was characterized by deep shear and increasing instability aloft.