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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1115 AM CDT Thu May 22 2025


...NWS Damage Survey for May 20th and May 21st 2025 Tornado Event
Update 4...

.Update...Minor track adjustments after QC and correction to Saks
Tornado Path Width.

.Overview...Severe thunderstorms tracked across Central Alabama
during the overnight hours of May 20th into the early morning
hours of May 21st. One brief tornado occurred in Bullock County
with pockets of straight-line wind damage occurring across
northern parts of Central Alabama. Two more tornadoes occured in
the northeast as well.

.Saks Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.52 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1000 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             11:38 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 SW Saks / Calhoun County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          33.6952 / -85.8854

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               11:42 PM CDT
End Location:           1 SE Blue Mountain / Calhoun County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            33.6793 / -85.8273

Survey Summary:
This tornado appears to have touched down somewhere in the
restricted area of the Pelham Range based on radar.  The first
accessible damage occurred along Calhoun County Road (CR)
109 (Bynum Leatherwood Rd) just north of the Lloyds Chapel
Cemetery, where several large trees were uprooted.  The tornado
continued to the ESE crossing Reaves Road and Gardendale Drive,
where swaths of trees were snapped or uprooted, with trees
falling on a manufactured home and a site built home in the area.
 Several pine trees were still blocking traffic across CR
46 (Parkwood Rd) near the intersection with McCulley Ln.  The
tornado continued ESE roughly along CR 46, before crossing
Alexandria Rd, where several streets were blocked with uprooted
hardwood trees.  As the tornado approached US Highway 431,
significant damage continued but became more sparse and sporadic
as the tornado appeared to end and transition to a thunderstorm
wind event.

.County Road 67 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.97 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   550 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2025
Start Time:             12:28 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 NNW Ranburne / Cleburne County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          33.574 / -85.3624

End Date:               05/21/2025
End Time:               12:32 AM CDT
End Location:           2 N Ranburne / Cleburne County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            33.5624 / -85.3318

Survey Summary:
The tornado first touched down in a field just south of Cleburne
County Road (CR) 67 about 0.3 miles east of CR 49.  The tornado
proceeded to destroy a half of an old barn, lofting and tossing
debris both upstream and downstream, as well as laterally.  A
large portion of the barn roof landed on a home about 30 yards
downstream, with several missiles embedded in the roof as well as
the surrounding yard.  There was notable splatter on the right
side of the house not facing the direction of the damaged barn.
Direct wind damage to the home was minor, with a facia damage and
a partially collapsed garage door.  Debris from the barn was also
found hundreds of yards away in an adjoining pasture.  From
there, the tornado proceeded to the ESE snapping and uprooting
hardwood trees as it crossed CR 67, CR 611, and CR 95.  From
there, the tornado weakened and caused only a few tree branches
to be damaged along CR 672 before it dissipated before reaching
CR 34.

.County Road 185 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    105 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.98 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   900 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2025
Start Time:             03:58 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 SSW Mitchell / Bullock County / AL
Start Lat/Lon:          32.1896 / -85.9662

End Date:               05/21/2025
End Time:               04:09 AM CDT
End Location:           4 NNW Simsville / Bullock County / AL
End Lat/Lon:            32.1844 / -85.8824

Survey Summary:
A brief tornado touched down in an open pasture east of County
road 37 where a few large branches were snapped along a tree line
and one tree was uprooted in the field. The tornado tracked to
the east where it crossed through a small hunting club and
uprooted more trees. Most of this area was inaccessible due to
trees across the roadway, but no structural damage was noted. The
tornado then intensified as it crossed county road 185 where
there was about a 800 to 900 yard wide zone of snapped and
uprooted hardwoods and softwoods. The tornado continued to track
east through various inaccessible pastures and wooded areas
before dissipating near county road 7 to the south of Fitzpatrick
where a couple branches were snapped.

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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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