6 WSW Elkmont A brief tornado occurred within a larger scale bow echo. The tornado produced localized damage by knocking down trees on at least two homes. The downburst with maximum winds of 80 mph knocked down trees on several homes and car ports. Start: 34.9000/-87.0800 End: 34.9000/-87.0800

NWS EF Scale: F0

A tornado was produced on the northern end of a strong bow echo segment. The tornado touched down several times along a 5 mile path beginning approximately two miles south of the Salem community, and ending three miles southwest of Elkmont. Several trees were either uprooted or snapped along the path, but no other property damage was observed.

An intense squall line, including one or more bow echoes, tracked into the Tennessee Valley producing fairly widespread wind damage across several northwest Alabama counties. Up to 2,000 residents were without power for several hours due to power lines being blown down. In addition, embedded mesocyclones developed in association with a particularly intense bow echo, producing two weak intensity tornadoes in Limestone County.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on May 9, 2006