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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
316 PM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/06/2025 Tornado Event Update #1...

.Update...An EF-0 tornado has been confirmed in Barbour County.

.Overview...A line of slow-moving thunderstorms affected Central
Alabama on Sunday, April 6th 2025. Training thunderstorms
resulted in primarily a flash and areal flood event with
a few instances of straight-line wind damage. One brief tornado
occurred in Dallas County at Sixmile Creek Sunday morning, while a
second brief tornado struck Barbour County Sunday night.

.Sixmile Creek Tornado (Dallas County)...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.32 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   400 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/06/2025
Start Time:             10:13 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 SW Tyler / Dallas County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.2907 / -86.9572

End Date:               04/06/2025
End Time:               10:15 AM CDT
End Location:           3 WSW Tyler / Dallas County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.3086 / -86.9496

Survey Summary:
This comma-head tornado touched down on the southern edge of an
open field off of Dallas County Road 143, just north of Sixmile
Creek. There were a few large pine limbs snapped at this location,
while to the north side of this open field it caused more
significant tree damage with a few trees snapped or uprooted. It
moved north-northeastward, intensifying and growing quickly before
reaching its maximum intensity of a 400-yard-wide 95 MPH EF-1 as
it crossed CR 405. A van and a truck were overturned in a church
parking lot, with the truck tumbling about 50 feet and the van
tumbling into, but not snapping a power pole. The tornado
continued to uproot and snap trees as it moved northward for
several hundred yards, but then began to lose strength just as
quickly as it had intensified. The tornado weakened as it curled
under the comma-head and dissipated along CR 37 just north of
Gibbs Rd.

.Star Hill Tornado (Barbour County)...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    60 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.48 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/06/2025
Start Time:             10:21 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 NNE Boot Hill / Barbour County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          31.9009 / -85.6234

End Date:               04/06/2025
End Time:               10:23 PM CDT
End Location:           2 NNE Boot Hill / Barbour County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            31.9076 / -85.6216

Survey Summary:
The National Weather Service surveyed damage consistent with a
low-end EF-0 in northwest Barbour County. The tornado touched
down just west of CR 9 near the Mays Rd intersection. The tornado
continued north crossing Star Hill Rd where a small outdoor shed
was damaged along with a few softwood trees. The tornado quickly
dissipated shortly thereafter.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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