1.7 SE Holly Pond - 3.5 NW Arab A tornado developed just south of Holly Pond, Alabama near the intersection of Highway 91 and CR 695 where a couple of trees were uprooted. As the tornado moved northeast it crossed Highway 278 where more trees were snapped and uprooted, and then struck 10 chicken houses. It destroyed nearly all of the chicken houses producing damage consistent with a low end EF-2. Metal roofing from these chicken houses was spread across a large area several hundred yards in width. Additional roof shingle damage also occurred to a family residence along with several snapped and uprooted trees just to the northeast of these chicken houses along CR 1728. The tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Harvey. Start: 34.1522/-86.6058 End: 34.3456/-86.5597

NWS EF Scale: F2

A tornado developed just south of Holly Pond, Alabama near the intersection of Highway 91 and CR 695 where a couple of trees were uprooted. As the tornado moved northeast it crossed Highway 278 where more trees were snapped and uprooted, and then struck 10 chicken houses. It destroyed nearly all of the chicken houses producing damage consistent with a low end EF-2. Metal roofing from these chicken houses was spread across a large area several hundred yards in width. Additional roof shingle damage |also occurred to a family residence along with several snapped and uprooted trees just to the northeast of these chicken houses along CR 1728. ||As the tornado continued to move northeast more trees were snapped and uprooted before 3 more chicken houses were destroyed on CR 1716. ||After proceeding northeast a few miles the tornado strengthened to its maximum intensity snapping and destroying multiple trees and power poles near the intersection of Red Hill Road and CR 1810. ||More trees were uprooted and power lines downed further northeast on Harris Road just west of Joppa.

A quasi-linear convective systeam (QLCS) band of showers and thunderstorms swept northeast through north Alabama during the mid to late evening hours. This band was associated with Tropical Depression Harvey which was tracking into southwest and middle Tennessee. One of the thunderstorms along the line produced a tornado. The tornado produced up to EF-2 damage and tracked from near Holly Pond to Joppa Alabama.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on August 31, 2017