2 WNW Beans Crossroads - 4 E High Ridge The tornado touched down along CR 13 between CR 7 and Rabbit Rd and then traveled northeast. The majority of the damage was around Hooks Crossroads, the intersection of CR 14 and CR 15, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and one camper was overturned. A concentrated area of tree damage was noted in a wooded area between CR 15 and East Creek. The tornado lifted just north of East Creek. The damage path was 3.4 miles long and was 485 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado was rated EF-1 with maximum winds around 90 mph. Special thanks to Bullock County Emergency Management Agency for their help in conducting the survey. Start: 32.0308/-85.8742 End: 32.0669/-85.8351

NWS EF Scale: F1

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Bullock County just west of Clayton determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds estimated near 90 mph. The tornado touched down along CR 13, between CR 7 and Rabbit Rd, and then traveled northeast. The majority of the damage was around Hooks Crossroads, the intersection of CR 14 and CR 15, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and one camper was overturned. A concentrated area of tree damage was noted in a wooded area between CR 15 and East Creek. The tornado lifted just north of East Creek. Special thanks to Bullock County Emergency Management Agency for their help in conducting the survey.

A warm front lifted northward during the morning hours on January 2nd. Cold temperatures aloft created steep mid level lapse rates and several of the storms produced hail, mostly below 1 inch. During the afternoon, a low level jet developed across south Alabama increasing the instability across region. Precipitable water values also increased to above 1.5 inches, setting the stage for heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on January 2, 2017