4 NW Midway - 6 ENE Midway The tornado began along County Road 35 where a few trees were snapped and uprooted. A debris signature was then seen on KMXX Doppler Radar as the tornado continued eastbound, uprooting additional trees between County Road 35 and County Road 47. The tornado intensified as it crossed County Road 47, where a church was heavily damaged, including wall and roof failures to over half of the building. Here, the tornado was rated a low-end EF-2. Adjacent trees were also snapped and uprooted, and a few nearby homes sustained minor damage. The most chaotic scene was observed on a farmstead just east of County Road 103. At this location, a swath of trees were snapped and uprooted. Large metal farm equipment buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed. This damage was consistent with an EF-2 tornado. The tornado then weakened a bit as it moved east through the property, but continued to down and snap trees. Debris from upstream damage at the farmstead was also seen scattered about the area, approximately one half mile downstream. Additional vegetative damage likely occurred as the tornado continued east, while dissipating, to near the Barbour/Russell County line in an area that was inaccessible. Start: 32.1271/-85.5662 End: 32.1174/-85.4352

NWS EF Scale: F2 Polygon

NWS meteorologists surveyed damage to the southeast of Montgomery near the Mitchell Community and determined it was the result of a tornado. The tornado touched down near Alabama Highway 110 and tracked eastward for approximately 3 miles before dissipating near County Road 7. Along the path several trees were snapped and uprooted.

As a strong shortwave trough approached central Alabama from the west a low level southerly jet intensified over the area. Cold air advection aloft associated with the short wave produced steep lapse rates favorable for damaging winds and large hail.|The low level jet also produced a maximum of storm-relative helicity over east Alabama during the evening hours, and enhanced the threat of tornadoes.

Part of 9-tornado outbreak on April 6, 2016