May 9, 2024

4 NNE Hazel Green - 3 ESE New Market A tornado touched down on S Patrick Road near Eastwood Estates causing structural damage to a manufactured home as well as numerous uprooted trees. It continued to the southeast across Old Quick Road where numerous additional uprooted and split trees were surveyed. It then passed across the state border into Alabama impacting western portions of Bevills Church Rd northeast of Hazel Green, uprooting a large hardwood tree and breaking large branches. The tornado moved east-southeastward producing damage along portions of Manley Rd, where a large uprooted tree fell on a house causing roof damage. The tornado proceeded southeastward mainly breaking large tree branches as it moved into the area around the intersections of Butler Rd with Mint Rd and Walnut Grove Rd. There, it produced loss of shingles to a home and scattered areas of broken tree branches. The area immediately to the southeast of here consists of broad farm fields, however, tornado damage became evident again near the intersections of Mint Springs Rd with New Market Rd. Trees were uprooted and large branches snapped along New Market Rd as the tornado continued on a generally southeastward path into New Market where large tree branches were broken, including some uprooted trees just east of town along Hurricane Rd. The tornado continued southeastward, producing mainly broken large tree branches sporadically along Hurricane Rd and finally near the intersections of Dodson Ln and Upper Hurricane Rd, before apparently lifting. Photos of damage within the Tennessee portion of the track were provided by Lincoln County Emergency Management. Start: 34.9910/-86.5470 End: 34.8922/-86.3789

NWS Birmingham rating: EF1

A tornado crossed the Tennessee state line from Lincoln County impacting western portions of Bevills Church Road northeast of Hazel Green, uprooting a large hardwood tree and breaking large branches. The tornado moved east-southeast producing damage along portions of Manley Road, where a large uprooted tree fell on a house causing roof damage. The tornado proceeded to break large tree branches as it moved near the intersections of Butler Road with Mint Road and Walnut Grove Road. There, it produced loss of shingles to a home and scattered areas of broken tree branches. Tornado damage was observed again near the intersections of Mint Springs Road with New Market Rd. Trees were uprooted and large branches snapped along New Market Road as the tornado continued southeast into New Market. Here, large tree branches were broken, including some uprooted trees just east of town along Hurricane Road. The tornado broke large tree branches sporadically along Hurricane Road and near the intersection of Dodson Lane and Upper Hurricane Road before dissipating.

A significant outbreak of tornadoes occurred in two waves during the evening of the 8th and early morning hours of the 9th. The first wave occurred as multiple supercell thunderstorms developed across southern middle Tennessee and far north central Alabama. These storms moved east during the evening hours, producing ## tornadoes in north central and northeast Alabama.||A break in the activity was then followed by a line of thunderstorms that dropped southeast through southern middle Tennessee into north central and northeast Alabama after Midnight through the early morning hours. The line produced tornadoes in southern middle Tennessee, a couple of which continued into northeast Alabama. Additional tornadoes occurred with the line in far northeast Alabama.||In addition, locally heavy rainfall from the slow-moving supercells produced flash flooding during the evening of the 8th, with several roadways covered with or barricaded due to hazardous driving conditions. This primarily affected locations in southeastern Madison County, northern Marshall County, and southwest Jackson County.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on May 9, 2024