5.5 SW Ashville-3.2 E Ashville 4 homes were damaged. 2 mobile homes were destroyed. The damage path was located from near Cool Springs to near the Gurn Springs Church. Start: 33.7800/-86.3200 End:  33.8300/-86.2000

NWS EF Scale: F2

In St. Clair County, an F2 tornado track extended from near Cool Springs to south of Ashville to near Gum Springs Church. The total track was 8.5 miles long and about 200 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado began at 220 PM on County Road 31, just west of Cool Springs. The tornado lifted around 231 PM about 3 miles east of Ashville. Four houses sustained significant damage and two mobile homes were annihilated. A baseball park was damaged at the Ashville High School. Two injuries occurred near the beginning of the tornado track near Cool Springs. Beginning: 33 47.292/86 19.737 Ending: 33 50.819/86 12.055

Part of 12-tornado outbreak on December 16, 2000