1 NNE Winston Free State Barn - 2 NE Houston Recreational Area The tornado developed near a mobile home manufacturing facility where it peeled portions of sheet metal from the roof of the building, removed some skirting from a modular building and blew out two windows on a vehicle. The tornado then crossed Highway 33 where it remained just north of County Road 24 and remaining to the north of the Winston County School complex and transportation lot. The tornado continued east through wooded, uninhabited and inaccessible area. The tornado was found to have dissipated before reaching County Road 2 where there was no observable damage. The National Weather Service would like to thank Winston County EMA for their assistance in these damage assessments. Start: 34.1684/-87.4100 End: 34.1698/-87.3654

NWS EF Scale: F1

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeastern Winston County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 105 mph.||The tornado developed in a wooded area east of County Road 195. The tornado tracked northeast, crossing County Road 6 near Sandy Creek, where it caused minor timber damage. The tornado caused minor damage to the roof of a chicken house just off of County Road 415. The tornado continued northeast where it approached Highway 33 west of Moreland. The tornado caused notable timber damage as it crossed Highway 33, then it continued northeast across County Road 3163 where it removed sheathing from under a manufactured home, destroyed a small outbuilding, and removed portions of siding and sheathing from a manufactured home. The tornado then crossed County Road 63, or Cheatam Road, where it removed a portion of the roof from a manufactured home, damaged two garage doors, and blew out a window of an outdoor storage building. The tornado continued northeast before dissipating near Collier Creek.

Tropical Cyclone Laura moved inland over southwest Louisiana and tracked northeast along the Mississippi River. Several convective outer bands on the east side of Laura produced severe storms over Central Alabama. An abundance of tropical moisture coincided with areas of diurnal heating to promote an unstable atmosphere which also interacted with areas of favorable low-level wind shear. Straight-line winds caused the majority of the damage both days, but a few tornadoes also developed during the afternoon of August 28th.

Part of 4-tornado outbreak on August 28, 2020