Power Outage in Capshaw, AL

A tree and power lines were knocked down at this location.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, power lines, a power pole and a transformer on Keeton Road and Pepper Road.

A few trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Capshaw road and East Limestone road, just west of Capshaw, Alabama.

Power outages were reported on U.S. Highway 72 at County Line Road.

A tornado of EF-1 intensity produced peak wind speeds of up to 110 mph. The tornado continued its track from Limestone County near the intersection of Capshaw Road and Old Railroad Bed Road. The tornado snapped trees and removed shingles off homes. The most intense damage occurred between Sam Thomas Road and Wall Triana Highway, producing high end EF-1 damage including numerous snapped power poles, sheared off hardwood trees, and roof and gutter damage.||The tornado crossed State Highway 53 near Douglas Road, snapping numerous hardwood trees and removing shingles. The track continued to the east-northeast across U.S. Highway 231 near Bob Wade Lane producing more roof and tree damage. Several large hardwood trees were snapped in a convergent pattern between Moores Mill Road and Macon Lane before dissipating to the east of Winchester Road in Deposit.

The violent tornado continued it's path from the Tennessee River along the Lawrence/Limestone county line northeast through Tanner and into the east Central portion of Limestone County. Homes were completely obliterated along a wide swath in the Tanner community. Nearly a dozen high tension power lines were snapped or taken to the ground in Limestone County. Concrete power poles were also snapped off at their base. A subsequent ground team, aided by a storm survey expert from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, surveyed the most intense damage in Limestone County. High end EF-3 damage was noted over a large area in eastern Limestone County along and north of the East Limestone High School. The intensity was maximized in Limestone County in the community of Tanner, with a large swath of EF-4 damage and a narrow corridor of high end EF-4 damage. Several well-constructed homes with anchor bolting were completely wiped clean. One home had the debris lofted over 300 hundred yards with large items carried completely away. Intense ground scarring was noted in this area. In addition, a large cargo container was picked up and blown approximately 600 yards and several cars were carried airborne for hundreds of yards. In all, hundreds of homes received moderate to major damage along the path with many of these being total losses.

Several trees and power lines down just west of Limestone Prison.