Storms leaves parts of county damaged
The remainder of the storm damage track will be completed this weekend.
The result of Friday’s storms and tornados didn’t cause the same damage left by April 27’s storms, but it did leave some parts of Madison County heavily damaged.
Damage was first found along Lindsay Lane about one mile south of Highway 62 in East Central Limestone County. In the Canebrake neighborhood, numerous homes sustained significant roof loss with garage doors blown out and some exterior wall damage. Minor structural damage also occurred in the Indian Trace community off Woodland Road.
The tornado then crossed Highway 72 near Piney Creek and continued to track northeast. At Mooresville Road and Pepper Road, numerous homes sustained significant damage, including major roof loss.
A brick garage was collapsed and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. As the tornado continued tracking northeast across McCulley Mill Road, additional homes were damaged, again sustaining major roof loss and some exterior wall collapse.
Significant structural damage to homes occurred along Nick Davis Road near East Limestone Road. Damage continued to homes along Eagle Point Drive and Freedom Drive where a home completely lost its roof and other homes received major roof loss, broken windows and collapsed garages.
The tornado crossed into Madison County just north of Orville Smith Road, where a single wide modular home lost much of its roof and trees were snapped around it. Major structural damage was seen again at the intersection of Yarbrough Road and Old Railroad Bed Road.
This was one of the worst hit areas around the Harvest Community. Damage to homes, mostly collapsed roofs and some exterior wall damage continued east along Yarbrough Road across Bridges Drive and Bedford Lane, just before Wall Triana Blvd. Also in this area, power poles were snapped near the base.
Damage continued northeast toward Highway 53 just south of Jeff Road where the survey ended due to inclement weather.
Reports of damage from this tornado extended farther northeast across Madison County, but due to weather and darkness, NWS personnel were unable to get to these areas. The remainder of the storm damage track will be completed this weekend.
