2.5 NW Jones Chapel - 1.6 SE Jones Valley NWS Huntsville and Cullman County EMA survey team determined a 200 yard swath of damage adjacent to widespread straightline wind damage was attributed to an EF-1 tornado. Max winds were estimated at 100 MPH. The tornado appeared to develop near the intersection of CR 1043 and CR 1047 where roof damage to a farm house was noted. The tornado continue near CR 1043 and uprooted several trees before heavily damaging a farm structure west of the CR 1043 and CR 1082 intersection. Sporatic tree limb damage was noted between CR 1082 and CR 1039 north of Jones Chapel. South of Jones Chapel, several chicken houses were severely damaged by the tornado before dissipating near the CR 991/992. Convergent damage from the uprooted trees north of Jones Chapel coincided with a tightening rotation velocity gradient from KHTX which led to the conclusion that a tornado touched town. Start: 34.2400/-87.0800 End: 34.1800-87.0400

NWS EF Scale: F1

A National Weather Service and Emergency Management survey team determined a 200 yard swath of tornado damage adjacent to widespread straight-line wind damage. The tornado was an EF-1 with maximum winds estimated at 100 mph.||The tornado appeared to develop near the intersection of CR 1043 and CR 1047 where roof damage to a farm house was noted. The tornado continued near CR 1043 and uprooted several trees before heavily damaging a farm structure west of the CR 1043 and CR 1082 intersection.||Sporadic tree limb damage was noted between CR 1082 and CR 1039 north of Jones Chapel. South of Jones Chapel, several chicken houses were severely damaged by the tornado before dissipating near the CR 991/992.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms moved into and developed over north Alabama in an unstable and moderately sheared environment. A few supercells developed amongst these storms producing large hail and a couple of tornadoes.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on April 22, 2017