Residents were not used to driving in such treacherous conditions, said Daphne Ellison, an emergency management officer in Limestone County, noting the weather had caused multiple traffic pileups and accidents.
We were here at work when we saw a wall cloud approaching, said Daphne Ellison of the Limestone County Emergency Management Agency on West Market Street in Athens. We saw just a dark wall and then the reports of damage started coming in about 11:16 on Batts Road.