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13:19Z EF0 KNQA AR Phillips Preston Place A weak tornado touched down south of Helena-West Helena and caused some minor damage to a house. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
16:57Z EF0 KNQA MS Benton Lamar This brief tornado occurred just west of the intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 72 in northwest Benton County. The tornado uprooted a few trees and unroofed a metal barn. Peak winds estimated at 70 mph.
18:13Z EF0 KGWX MS Lee Mt Vernon A weak tornado touched down in an open field west of Beech Springs. Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph.
18:23Z EF1 KGWX MS Itawamba Kirkville This tornado developed in a wooded area south of Houston-Palestine Road. As the tornado crossed Houston-Palestine Road, it damaged trees and two mobile homes. The tornado damaged trees along Natchez Trace Parkway and homes along Palestine Road. The most significant damage occurred along Highway 370 where a double-wide mobile home was carried 100 feet and a small commercial building suffered roof damage. The tornado dissipated north of Highway 370. Peak winds were estimated at 105 to 110 mph.
18:43Z EF0 KGWX MS Prentiss Wheeler This brief tornado developed in a wooded area south of County Road 5131. It uprooted a few trees, damaged the roof and carport of an uninhabited home, and damaged the roof of a barn. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 5031. Peak winds estimated at 70 mph.
20:07Z EF0 KGWX TN Hardin Crump A weak tornado damaged irrigation equipment near Crump. Peak winds estimated at 60 mph.
20:40Z EF2 KGWX AL Pickens Reform NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Pickens County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF2 tornado. The tornado touched down at 7th Ave SW in the town of Reform. The tornado tracked northeast crossing Highway 82 and into residential areas where the worst damage occurred. Several single family wood framed homes and a mobile home were destroyed. One wood framed home was completely swept off its foundation. Several vehicles were also overturned. Four people, including an infant, were in the house that was swept off its foundation. They only suffered minor injuries. The tornado continued northeast and crossed near the intersection of County Road 25 and 15th Ave NW where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. It then crossed Highway 17 about one mile south of County Road 8 where several trees were snapped and a house lost part of its roof. The tornado paralleled Highway 17 for several miles and did extensive tree and power line damage in the community of Palmetto. A fire station was also heavily damaged in Palmetto. From Palmetto, it traveled along County Road 59 where is snapped and uprooted trees, then it crossed into extreme southeast Lamar County.
20:54Z EF0 KGWX AL Lamar Kennedy NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme southeast Lamar County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado. This tornado moved out of Pickens County and across the extreme southeast tip of Lamar County. The tornado exited Lamar County near Junkins Road. Damage in Lamar County was limited mainly to uprooted pine trees.
20:58Z EF1 KGWX AL Fayette Belk NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in western Fayette County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The tornado moved out of extreme southeast Lamar County and continued northeast across the western portions of Fayette County, with numerous trees snapped and uprooted. Just before the tornado crossed Highway 96, it produced extensive tree damage at the Fayette Country Club Golf Course. It continued northeast crossing County Road 18 and Wilkinson Road, and then to County Road 85 near Earl Housh Road. It paralleled County Road 85 for several miles, producing tree damage. It finally lifted about one mile southwest of the intersection of Highway 43 and Housh Chapel Road.
21:19Z EF0 KOHX TN Perry Sugar Hill A brief, weak EF0 tornado associated with Tropical Depression Harvey touched down on Cotton Branch Road in rural southeast Perry County and moved northwest. The porch and much of the metal roof was blown off a home and several trees were blown down.
21:37Z EF0 KGWX TN Hardin Olivehill A weak tornado touched down near Olive Hill damaging carports, sheds and trees. Peak winds estimated at 75 mph.
22:11Z EF0 KOHX TN Maury Arrow A multiple vortex EF-0 tornado associated with Tropical Depression Harvey touched down just southwest of Mt. Pleasant and traveled to the northwest for about 3.5 miles. This tornado was captured on video by several residents, and was on the ground intermittently for up to 10 minutes. Several trees were uprooted and many large tree limbs snapped on Webb Williams Road and Highway 166. Sheet metal was blown off several farm outbuildings at Gillian Farms on Highway 166 at Old Gibson Hollow Road, and sheet metal was peeled off the large porch of a home at 1586 Highway 66. Maximum winds were estimated up to 75 mph.
23:57Z EF1 KBMX AL Bibb Pondville NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in western Bibb County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The tornado spun up along Road 700 north of Highway 25 in the Oakmulgee District of the Talladega National Forest, just west of Lake Ponderosa, where a couple tree branches were broken. It continued northeast through forested land and strengthened as it approached County Highway 16. There, an anchored barn and shed both collapsed, and an unanchored mobile home was rolled over, while numerous softwood trees were snapped. After crossing County 16, it damaged the tin roof of an abandoned structure, and continued to snap numerous trees as it began to parallel County Road 16 and cross Highway 1. The roof was damaged on a small shed along Sugar Hill Lane with continued tree damage. The tornado dissipated after crossing Ward School Road, prior to reaching Highway 82 and Eoline. The tornado was captured in a couple videos. The parent supercell went on to exhibit a couple additional tight velocity couplets and a lowering in correlation coefficient as it continued through Bibb County near West Blocton and Woodstock. However, survey teams could not find any additional damage on any accessible roads, and no additional damage was reported.
00:28Z EF1 KBMX AL Bibb River Bend NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Bibb County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The tornado spun up along a hunting road south of Hopewell Church Road, where a couple of trees were downed. It paralleled Hopewell Church Road and reached its greatest intensity near a pond. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted on both sides of the pond. The tornado dissipated north of the pond, prior to reaching Hopewell Church Road.
00:42Z EF0 KBMX AL Bibb Giles NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Bibb County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado. The tornado developed just south of Old Woodstock Road along the northern side of the Colonial Pipeline with light tree damage observed. The tornado briefly intensified as it crossed Old Woodstock Road, uprooting several trees. Another batch of uprooted trees was seen toward the northeast, as the tornado moved through a stand of trees. The circulation then quickly weakened roughly 1.5 miles south of the Tuscaloosa County line.
01:58Z EF2 KHTX AL Cullman Holly Pond A tornado developed just south of Holly Pond, Alabama near the intersection of Highway 91 and CR 695 where a couple of trees were uprooted. As the tornado moved northeast it crossed Highway 278 where more trees were snapped and uprooted, and then struck 10 chicken houses. It destroyed nearly all of the chicken houses producing damage consistent with a low end EF-2. Metal roofing from these chicken houses was spread across a large area several hundred yards in width. Additional roof shingle damage |also occurred to a family residence along with several snapped and uprooted trees just to the northeast of these chicken houses along CR 1728. ||As the tornado continued to move northeast more trees were snapped and uprooted before 3 more chicken houses were destroyed on CR 1716. ||After proceeding northeast a few miles the tornado strengthened to its maximum intensity snapping and destroying multiple trees and power poles near the intersection of Red Hill Road and CR 1810. ||More trees were uprooted and power lines downed further northeast on Harris Road just west of Joppa.
02:17Z EF1 KHTX AL Marshall Arab A tornado continued its path from just west of Joppa into Marshall County. The tornado uprooted and snapped a few more trees before dissipating near the intersection of Mat Morrow Road and Midfield Road.
04:21Z EF1 KOHX TN Davidson Bordeaux A brief EF-1 tornado associated with Tropical Depression Harvey touched down in the Bordeaux area of northwest Nashville and moved to the northwest for over one-half mile. The tornado snapped or uprooted nearly 100 large mature hardwood trees on Hydesdale Lane, Drakes Branch Road, Setters Road, Enchanted Drive, and Queens Lane. A small portion of the roof was blown off a home on Setters Road north of Drakes Branch Road, and the carport of a home was destroyed on Queens Lane. The worst damage was to a wood frame home at 133 Queens Lane where a large portion of the roof was blown off. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 95 mph.
04:47Z EF0 KOHX TN Davidson Nashville Cornelia F A brief, weak EF0 tornado touched down in southeast Nashville just north of Lebanon Pike near Omohundro Drive and moved north-northwest. Several trees were uprooted in all directions along Dahlia Drive and a small garage building was blown inwards. A few more trees were snapped and uprooted and a carport had minor sheet metal damage on Dahlia Circle. The most significant damage occurred at a warehouse on River Hills Drive where a large section of a wall was blown out and an 18 wheeler was flipped over. Several more trees were snapped along both sides of the Cumberland River and in the Shelby Bottoms Park before the tornado lifted.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).