1 SSE Boaz - 2 ENE Sardis City A damage survey conducted in the Sardis City area of northern Etowah County revealed an EF0 tornado that occurred on the morning of April 1. The damage path began with an uprooted tree along Coosa Road before moving across Highway 431, where a shop had large doors blown out and a church had the roof partially removed. At Morningview Drive and Hood Drive, several homes had significant roof damage and numerous trees were uprooted. A shed was blown several yards and destroyed, a fence was blown down, and one home had failure of the west facing garage door which caused the roof to be removed and walls to collapse. More trees were downed in a wooded area before the tornado moved along Patterson Street. Here, one home sustained roof damage, a silo was damaged, a metal shed had significant damage to the southeast corner, and a tree fell through another home's backyard privacy fence. Many hundred-year- old trees were uprooted around both homes. Another home was damaged by a falling tree at the corner of Patterson and Church Road. More trees were downed across Parkway Drive and Alexander Drive. Two pine trees fell through two mobile homes on Alexander Drive. Two people were injured in one of the mobile homes. A few more pine trees were uprooted, with smaller limbs snapped off as well, across Kristie Lane and Oak Drive. At Horton Circle, numerous trees were uprooted, and a house sustained minor shingle damage. The damage path ended after crossing Broadwell Road near the Sardis Drive intersection. Start: 34.1805/-86.1494 End: 34.1829/-86.0957

NWS EF Scale: F0

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far northern Etowah County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Coosa Road and Sardis Cut-off Road before moving across Highway 431, where a shop had large doors blown out and a church had the roof partially removed. At Morningview Drive and Hood Drive, several homes had significant roof damage and numerous trees were uprooted. A shed was blown several yards and destroyed, a fence was blown down, and one home had failure of the west facing garage door which caused the roof to be removed and walls to collapse. More trees were uprooted in a wooded area before the tornado moved along Patterson Street. Here, one home sustained roof damage, a silo was damaged, a metal shed had significant damage to the southeast corner, and a tree fell through another homes backyard privacy fence. Many hundred-year-old trees were uprooted around both homes. Another home was damaged by a falling tree at the corner of Patterson and Church Road. More trees were uprooted along Parkway Drive and Alexander Drive. Two pine trees fell through two manufactured homes on Alexander Drive and two injuries were reported in one of the manufactured homes. A few more pine trees were uprooted, with smaller limbs snapped off as well, across Kristie Lane and Oak Drive. At Horton Circle, numerous trees were uprooted, and a house sustained minor shingle damage. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Broadwell Road and Sardis Drive.

A very dynamic Spring storm system over the Upper Midwest states produced conditions favorable for tornadoes over northwest Alabama during the early morning hours on April 1st, and strong gradient winds throughout the day.

Part of 3-tornado outbreak on April 1, 2023