2 SSE Athens - 6 NE Hillsboro A tornado started right onshore just east of the Browns Ferry Power Plant. The tornado skipped up and down as it moved northeast moving up north of Tanner before it finally lifted for good. The worst damage was where it touched down east of the Power Plant, with snapped tree trunks, and also near Neely Hill Loop, where the roof was mostly taken off a house. Start: 34.7603/-86.9522 End: 34.6997/-87.1010

NWS EF Scale: F1

A tornado started right onshore of the Wheeler Lake / Tennessee River just east of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. The worst damage was east of the Power Plant, with snapped tree trunks, and also near Neely Hill Loop, where the roof of a home was taken off. The tornado periodically snapped or uprooted trees in between these locations before destroying a large shed just north of Tanner along U.S. Highway 31. The tornado finally lifted near Hatfield Lake Road.

During the late afternoon and evening hours, a broken line of severe thunderstorms pushed rapidly east across north Alabama. The thunderstorms produced at least (6) tornadoes, numerous reports of wind damage and a couple reports of large hail in north Alabama.

Part of 12-tornado outbreak on December 16, 2019