July, 14th, 2015: Town Creek/Courtland EF1 Tornado

.LAWRENCE COUNTY ALABAMA TORNADO NEAR TOWN CREEK & COURTLAND...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  11.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   250 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JULY 14 2015
START TIME:             614 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         ALONG COUNTY ROAD 273 ABOUT 1 MILE
                        WEST OF TOWN CREEK.
START LAT/LON:          34.6875 / -87.4294

END DATE:               JULY 14 2015
END TIME:               625 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COURTLAND.
END LAT/LON:            34.6261 / -87.2426

SURVEY_SUMMARY: A TORNADO DEVELOPED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 273 ABOUT 1
MILE WEST OF TOWN CREEK DOWNING A TELEPHONE POLE AND SEVERAL TREES.
THE TORNADO TRACKED SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN
CREEK REMOVING ROOF SHINGLES AND BENDING THE METAL ROOF OFF OF THE
HAZELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. ALONG HAZELWOOD STREET NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BEHIND THE SCHOOL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
SOUTHEAST TOWARDS FACTOR STREET WHERE MORE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES
WERE FOUND. THEN, THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 101 CAUSING DAMAGE TO
THE PORCH OF A RESIDENCE. MULTIPLE LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED NEAR A BANK AND A COUPLE OF HOUSES ALONG CHURCH AND MEREDITH
STREETS AS THE TORNADO PROCEEDED SOUTHEAST CROSSING HIGHWAY 20.
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20, SOFTWOOD TREE TOPS AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED CAUSING DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE NEAR AUBURN STREET. ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR THE LAWRENCE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK
AND VALLEY LANDING GOLF COURSE WHERE MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED. ONE
LARGE HARDWOOD TREE WAS UPROOTED NEAR THE LOCKHEED MARTIN FACILITY
NEAR COURTLAND.

THE TORNADO THEN PROCEEDED SOUTHEAST AND CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 150
ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF COURTLAND RESULTING IN MULTIPLE HARDWOOD AND
SOFTWOOD TREES BEING SNAPPED. IT THEN PROCEEDED TOWARD HIGHWAY 33
WHERE SEVERAL HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.
THE TORNADO THEN MOVED TOWARDS COUNTY ROAD 377 ABOUT 1.5 MILES
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 WHERE IT LIFTED AFTER SNAPPING THE TOP OF ONE
HARDWOOD TREE.

SURVEYED BY: NWS HUNTSVILLE: LATIMER/SAARI
             UA-HUNTSVILLE: LYZA