2 NE Lapine - 2 SSW Ramer A short-lived tornado began near Highway 9 and the Cherokee County Country Club Golf Course. The tornado moved northeast along County Road 163. At the intersection of Highway 9 and County Road 163, a home sustained damage to the garage door and an adjacent pine tree was snapped. Just east of this location, at least ten pine trees were snapped along portions of the golf course. One half mile to the northeast, shingles were blown off several apartment buildings. Just north of the apartment complex, a farm outbuilding was completely destroyed and the metal panels were thrown 300 yards downstream across a field. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter before it reached Highway 411. The tornado damage path was 1.07 miles long and was 400 yards wide at its widest point. Start: 31.9880/-86.2595 End: 32.0205/-86.2386

NWS EF Scale: F0

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme southwest Montgomery County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of Philadelphia Church Road, northeast of Lapine and west of Grady. The tornado tracked northeastward and crossed Philadelphia Church Road and Naftel Ramer Road. The tornado lifted just after it crossed Smiley Ferry Road. Several trees were uprooted or snapped along the damage path. The most concentrated area of damage was just as the tornado was lifting near Smiley Ferry Road, but still limited to tree damage.

A deepening surface low over south Mississippi tracked northeast and into west Alabama by the late afternoon hours on April 22nd. The surface low pushed and warm front northward into Central Alabama and caused the low level winds to back, increasing the |low level shear and instability.

Part of 7-tornado outbreak on April 22, 2018