After assessing the damage of Sunday’s night’s storm, the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down in Walker County.
The tornado came from the west where an EF1 tornado was confirmed in Chattooga County. The weather service said winds reached up to 125 miles an hour and at its maximum strength, the tornado was 800 yards wide and traveled nearly 16 miles.
The tornado reportedly started at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday about 2 miles northwest of Summerville and ended nearly 20 minutes later more than 4 miles southeast of LaFayette in Walker County.
A 10,000-pound camper was overturned near Orchard Hill Road in Chattooga County, a trailer was destroyed near Back Penn Road and a corner of a barn was heavily damaged as the tornado moved east.
About a quarter mile up the hill from Highway 151 and Halls Valley Road, the second story of a house were completely blown off and a jeep was tossed more than 150 yards.