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November 18, 2017 · Lawrence County · 2017
EF1

November 18, 2017

5:18 PM
Lawrence County, Alabama · Near Moulton (ZIP 35674)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
4.3 mi
Max Width
300 yd
DateNovember 18, 2017
Time5:18 PM
CountyLawrence
CityMoulton
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 722664
NWS Birmingham

4.2 NW Hatton - 4.3 NNE Hatton The tornado looks to have touched down on CR-140 and along a forested area just west of where CR-140 and AL Highway 157 intersect. Just east of 157, a house had significant damage. The tin roof was peeled away from its wooden supports, some of which were broken. Large trees were snapped and uprooted and were laying in multiple directions. A well constructed sturdy barn with metal supports was completely mangled and collapsed. Debris from the barn and the house was tossed into the woods behind it and wrapped around trees. The tornado then tracked east, with a swath of damage bordering and along CR-140. The houses all along this road had shingle damage, as well as a few holes through the wood of the roof. Another house had an east facing door blown in with a back porch pulled away from another. One house in particular, along with roof damage, had a roof completely removed from a large car port with its supports pulled from the concrete. A trailer was also picked up and placed on top of a tractor. This house also had a row of trees completely snapped near the center of the tree. All along the road there were very large trees uprooted and trunks snapped. The tornado moved east through forested areas before impacting more houses along CR-449. One house had a window blown out and an interior door was twisted along with a small outbuilding collapsed. Start: 34.6094/-87.4622 End: 34.6180/-87.3868

NWS EF Scale: F1

Event Narrative

A tornado touched down on CR-140 and along a forested area just west of where CR-140 and AL Highway 157 intersect. Just east of Highway 157, a house had significant damage. The tin roof was peeled away from its wooden supports, some of which were broken. Large trees were snapped and uprooted and were laying in multiple directions. A well constructed sturdy barn with metal supports was completely mangled and collapsed. Debris from the barn and the house was tossed into the woods behind it|and wrapped around trees. The tornado then tracked east, with a swath of damage bordering and along CR-140. The houses all along this road had shingle damage, as well as a few holes through the wood of the roof. Another house had an east facing door blown in with a back porch pulled away from another. One house in particular, along with roof damage, had a roof completely removed from a large car port with its supports pulled from the concrete. A trailer was also picked up and placed on top of a tractor. This house also had a row of trees completely snapped near the center of the tree. All along the road there were very large trees uprooted and trunks snapped. The tornado moved east through forested areas before impacting more houses along CR-449. One house had a window blown out and an interior door was twisted along with a small outbuilding collapsed. Next door, a mobile home had the tin peeled off and twisted and some thrown around trees. Siding on the back side was peeled off and the undercarriage was blown out in a few places. A standalone garage port was slightly|shifted off its foundation with the doors blown in. Multiple trees were uprooted and snapped as well. The tornado crossed AL-101 uprooting trees. A mobile home had a few shingles missing along with a few trees uprooted and snapped were found near CR-256 and Broad Hollow Road. No damage was found east of this point.

Episode Narrative

A narrow fast-moving line of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms produced numerous reports of wind damage and two tornadoes.

Outbreak Context

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on November 18, 2017

Shared Episode Narrative

A narrow fast-moving line of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms produced numerous reports of wind damage and two tornadoes.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 722664

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