3 SSE Berry - 4 NNW Boley Springs A tornado touched down along Christian Road, south southeast of Berry. The tornado moved northeastward and crossed County Road 30, County Road 46 and County Road 47. The tornado lifted along Highway 18 just inside the Walker County line. Several trees were snapped off or uprooted along the damage path. At least a few structures suffered minor shingle loss. The tornado damage path was 6.15 miles long and was 600 yards wide at its widest point. The maximum winds were estimated around 95 mph. Start: 33.6264/-87.5872 End: 33.6983/-87.5245

NWS EF Scale: F1

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southern Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. This tornado is a continuation from Pickens County and dissipated near County Road 12 shortly after entering Fayette County.

An upper-level low over the southwest United States evolved into a negatively-tilted shortwave trough as it moved over the southeastern United States. A warm front steadily moved northward during the morning and afternoon hours on Sunday, April 12. This allowed an unstable air mass to move northward and overspread much of the region. At the same time, very strong wind shear developed over Alabama as the upper trough neared the state.||An initial wave of severe storms affected areas near and north of Interstate 20, involving tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds, and some hail. Through the evening, a second wave of thunderstorms affected the remaining areas of Central Alabama with tornadoes and damaging straight-line winds. Flooding also resulted from training rainfall near and north of Interstate 20. Some roads became impassible or were washed out. This weather event was large in scope and produced severe weather from Oklahoma and Texas, through the southeastern United States, then up the east coast to New York.

Part of 27-tornado outbreak on April 12, 2020