March 28, 2021
4:38 AM| Date | March 28, 2021 |
| Time | 4:38 AM |
| County | Cullman |
| City | Cullman |
| Property Loss | $0 |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 947559 |
5 SSW - 3 SSW Fairview The tornado touched down southwest of the Fairview community in Cullman County, snapping trees near the intersection of CR 747 and 1621. From there, the tornado moved northeast and continued snapping numerous hard and softwood trees along the path. Along CR 1634, the tornado destroyed a couple of farm outbuildings and was at its widest point near this location. A large swath of trees in a grove were snapped and uprooted to the northeast of the outbuilding damage. Damage continued as the tornado moved northeast, snapping trees, stopping short of County Road 1651. This was the end of the tornado path. The storm team also assessed damage along Highway 69 just East/Northeast of Fairview. Though this area was previously affected by the Fairview tornado just the week prior, the new/additional damage noted in this location along Hwy 69 was determined to be widespread wind damage of 80mph. Start: 34.1904/-86.7400 End: 34.2009/-86.7061
NWS EF Scale: F1
A tornado touched down southwest of the Fairview community in Cullman County, snapping trees near the intersection of CR 747 and 1621. From there, the tornado moved northeast and continued snapping numerous hard and softwood trees along the path. Along CR 1634, the tornado destroyed a couple of farm outbuildings and was at its widest point near this location. A large swath of trees in a grove were snapped and uprooted to the northeast of the outbuilding damage. Damage continued as the tornado moved northeast, snapping trees, stopping short of County Road 1651. This was the end of the tornado path.
A strong to severe line of thunderstorms, some with embedded supercellular storms, roared east across north Alabama from shortly after Midnight through around 6 am LST. Damaging winds were reported at numerous locations, including a narrow swath of damage with winds up to 80 mph in the town of Russellville in Franklin County, a short track EF-1 tornado in Fairview in Cullman County, and a narrow swath of damage with winds up to 85 mph in the town of Fyffe in DeKalb County.