4 WNW Roanoke - 1 WNW Roanoke NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage near Roanoke in Randolph County and determined it was the result of a tornado. A brief EF-0 tornado moved along an eastward track just north of County Road 22 in southern Randolph County. Several metal roof panels were blown off a barn on County Road 865, with a few instances of snapped tree branches and snapped, slender pine trees noted downstream. A split tree within the city limits of Roanoke fell onto an SUV. Tree damage from the December 8th snowstorm turned out to be more prominent than the tornado damage. Special thanks to the Randolph County EMA for their assistance in this survey. Start: 33.1695/-85.4267 End: 33.1597/-85.3732

NWS EF Scale: F0

NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Randolph County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado. The weak tornado touched near County Road 865 just north of Highway 22. Several metal roof panels were blown off a barn on County Road 865, with a few instances of snapped tree branches and snapped, slender pine trees noted downstream. A snapped tree was noted within the city limits of Roanoke.

A line of thunderstorms pushed eastward through central Alabama during the morning hours on December 20th. Wind shear values were favorable for rotating storms with 0-6km Bulk Shear values near 50 knots and 0-3km Storm Relative Helicity values near 350 m2/s2. Surface based instability also increased during the morning hours, reaching values near 500 j/kg by the time the tornado formed.