National Centers for Environmental Information reports:
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado touched down in the Talladega National Forest along Forest Road 704, where minor tree and limb damage was noted. The path continued northeast, crossing County Road 49, where several trees were snapped, with shingle damage to a single family home and sheet metal was torn from the roof of a barn. The tornado continued northeast crossing Forest Road 718A and tracking along County Road 50, snapping and uprooting trees along its path. An extensive area of tree damage occurred just north of County Road 50, where hundreds of trees were either snapped or uprooted. The tornado then crossed into Bibb County about one-half mile north of Forest Road 731.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 125 mph. The tornado crossed into Bibb County from Hale County about one-half mile north of Forest Road 731. The tornado tracked northeast and snapped or uprooted several trees along a ridge line, just before it crossed over Forest Road 707. Widespread tree damage was noted along Forest Road 751, consistent with EF2 wind speeds. The tornado then turned northward and crossed into Tuscaloosa County about one-half mile east of Forest Road 721.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County from Bibb County one-half mile east of Forest Road 721. The tornado tracked northward for a few miles and dissipated just along Lake Payne Road just north of the fork with Boneyard Road. Damage consisted mainly of broken tree branches.
