Event narrative (NOAA)
A long track tornado began it's 16.6 mile path about a half mile west of Hendrixville. The tornado intensified and knocked several trees down and damaged a chicken farm about 2 miles east northeast of Hendrixville just west of Interstate 59. The tornado continued sporadically into the town of Collinsville where it knocked three trees down and lifted several canopies at a campground. The tornado intensified and became violent just northeast of Collinsville reaching EF-4 intensity with winds of 170 mph with a path width of 1/4 to 1/2 miles. This path impacted areas from Mount Vernon to Dog Town in extreme southeastern DeKalb County. The tornado destroyed several single wide manufactured homes along County Road 60, between County Roads 822 and 892. Numerous large trees were snapped or u
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.