ABERNANT TORNADO (TUSCALOOSA, JEFFERSON)
Rating F2
Begin/End Time 10:22 PM/10:43 PM
Length/Width 15.2/450
Deaths/Injuries 0/3
ABERNANT TORNADO (TUSCALOOSA, JEFFERSON)
AN F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF CR 99 AROUND 10:22 PM. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST DAMAGING STRUCTURES ON RIDGE ROAD BEFORE CROSSING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY.
THE TORNADO ENTERED JEFFERSON COUTNY AT 10:29 PM AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES IN THE JOHNS-SUMTER AREA ALOGN CR 36. IT THEN MOVED THROUGH A WOODED AREA BEFORE DAMAGING A MANUFACTURING FACILITY JUST SOUTHWEST OF VISION LAND. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 65 AND US 11 WHERE ADDITIONAL HOUSES AND BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED. THE TORNADO ENDED AT 10:43 PM.
THIS F2 TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 15.2 MILES, 2.9 MILES IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND 12.3 MILES IN JEFFERSON. THE PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 450 YARDS. THREE INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 748 WAS ISSUED AT 4:35 PM. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 10:14 PM AND FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 10:23 PM.
