August 30, 2021

2 S Saraland - 2 E Axis The tornado began at approximately 12:20 PM at the intersection of Highway 158 and highway 43 where trees were uprooted and a few pines snapped. As the tornado moved northeast along Highway 43 it produced sporadic damage to trees. The roof of a motel on the west side of Highway 43 was uplifted and partially removed. As the tornado crossed 43 the most intense damage occured where several sections of another motel's roof was removed, one person had minor injuries at the motel. Due to the roofs older build and lack of tree damage, a lower bound estimate was used. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Jackintoport Blvd. where the roof of an open sided industrial building was partially removed and an 18 wheeler was overturned. Another injury occured with the overturned tractor trailer. Tree damage became sporadic and the path may have been discontinuous until several softwood trees were uprooted or snapped along Bayou Sara Ave. The tornado likely, continued northeast along Gunnison Creek and damage was found as the tornado crossed near Boboshilly Cir. This was where the most significant tree damage was noted with several snapped softwood pines. The tornado continued northeast towards I-65 where a couple trees were uprooted onto a home along Ellison Ave before likely dissipating north of Dead Lake Marina Rd. Most of the damage indicators appeared right of the track and based off radar estimates the tornado could have possibly continued further into the Mobile delta. Start: 30.7951/-88.0731 End: 30.9212/-87.9919

NWS EF Scale: F1

Part of 4-tornado outbreak on August 30, 2021