4 SSW Waterloo - 3 SSW Waterloo A NWS and Colbert County survey team investigated significant tree damage in the Riverton area. The damage was associated with a weak tornado embedded in a line of thunderstorms along a cold front. The damage occurred at 537 UTC, as estimated on radar. Start: 34.8200/-88.0800 End: 34.8300/-88.0700

NWS EF Scale: F0 Polygon

A survey team from the National Weather Service and Colbert County Emergency Management investigated significant tree damage in the Riverton area. The damage was associated with a weak tornado embedded in a line of thunderstorms along a cold front. Numerous softwood trees were either uprooted or snapped just east of Bear Creek along Riverton Rose Trail. Damage was conducive to an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds speeds of 85 MPH.

A line of thunderstorms produced two brief tornadoes in northwest Alabama. The line continued east producing strong and damaging winds in a few locations in northwest Alabama before crossing the rest of north Alabama during the early morning hours of the 18th.