November 30, 2016
12:35 PM5 E Camp Hill - 2 E Waverly National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme northern Lee County and extreme southern Chambers near Waverly and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. This tornado formed along the squall line on Wednesday afternoon in extreme northwestern Lee County. The first damage surveyed was along Lee Road 88 just southwest of US Highway 280 near Waverly. The tornado then traveled northeast and crossed Lee Road 453 where it caused minor structure damage and several trees were either snapped or uprooted. The tornado then crossed US Highway 280 and went into Chambers County along County Road 21 where it was at its widest and most destructive point. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado lifted just north of County Road 21. The tornado was 3.2 miles long and was 300 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum winds around 90 mph. Start: 32.7056/-85.5591 End: 32.7352/-85.5164
NWS EF Scale: F1 Polygon
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme northern Lee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado, with maximum winds estimated near 90 mph.||The first damage surveyed was along Lee Road 88 just southwest of US Highway 280 near the town of Waverly. The tornado then traveled northeast and crossed Lee Road 453 where it caused minor structure damage and several trees were either snapped or uprooted. The tornado then crossed US Highway 280 and entered southern Chambers County about one mile west of Highway 147.
A warm front moved northward during the day on Tuesday, November 29th, and surface temperatures climbed into the 70s across north Alabama. Low level shear and storm relative helicity increased over west Alabama Tuesday evening and discrete supercells developed over west Alabama.
Part of 5-tornado outbreak on November 30, 2016
A warm front moved northward during the day on Tuesday, November 29th, and surface temperatures climbed into the 70s across north Alabama. Low level shear and storm relative helicity increased over west Alabama Tuesday evening and discrete supercells developed over west Alabama.