2.6 S Pike Road National Weather Service Meteorologists surveyed damage south of the Pike Road community in Montgomery County and determined that the damage was consistent with a tornado. This tornado occurred on private property near Mockingbird Lane and adjacent to London Road, mainly on pasture lands. The tornado uprooted and snapped several hard and softwood trees that were consistently observed to be convergent. A small garden shed along the path was also heavily damaged. Start: 32.2737/-86.0500 End: 32.2748/-86.0500

NWS EF Scale: F0

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage south of the Pike Road community in Montgomery County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph.||This tornado occurred on private property near Mockingbird Lane and adjacent to London Road, mainly on pasture lands. The tornado uprooted and snapped several hard and softwood trees that were consistently observed to be convergent. A small garden shed along the path was also heavily damaged.

A deep upper level trough moved through the Tennessee Valley. The associated surface low pressure system moved northeastward from the Central Plains into the Great Lakes. The system had a strong low level jet, while the upper level jet remained displaced to the north and west. A large complex of storms developed and swept through Central Alabama during the day on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. A few stronger storms developed along a bowing line segment during the late morning and into the early afternoon hours.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on February 7, 2017