Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 3.52 Miles
-- Width 1000 Yards
State ALABAMA
County/Area CALHOUN
WFO BMX
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2025-05-20 22:38 CST-6
Begin Location 4WSW SAKS
Begin Lat/Lon 33.6952/-85.8854
End Date 2025-05-20 22:42 CST-6
End Location 1NNE BLUE MTN
End Lat/Lon 33.6793/-85.8273
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A large, negatively-tilted trough over the central Plains ushered a cold front through the Central Alabama region late on May 20. Clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed into a broken line, moving across northern and eastern areas from Marion County to Cleburne County. A more concentrated area of wind damage occurred from eastern St. Clair to eastern Calhoun County, with numerous trees and power lines downed. An EF1 tornado was confirmed in the Saks area as well. Another EF1 tornado occurred in southeastern Cleburne County near Macedonia, near the Georgia state line. Early the next morning, a lone cell formed near the city of Montgomery and moved southeastward, producing another EF1 tornado in Bullock County around 4 AM CDT.
Event Narrative 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 east-southeast 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 east-southeast 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.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BARNESVILLE MARION CO. AL 05/20/2025 19:24 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TOWNLEY WALKER CO. AL 05/20/2025 20:08 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MC CULLUM WALKER CO. AL 05/20/2025 20:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SIPSEY WALKER CO. AL 05/20/2025 20:33 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FIRESTONE CHEROKEE CO. AL 05/20/2025 20:56 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CONGO CHEROKEE CO. AL 05/20/2025 21:06 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 50 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RAGLAND ST. CLAIR CO. AL 05/20/2025 22:03 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SAKS CALHOUN CO. AL 05/20/2025 22:19 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SAKS CALHOUN CO. AL 05/20/2025 22:38 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FT MC CLELLAN CALHOUN CO. AL 05/20/2025 22:45 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
UNION HILL CLEBURNE CO. AL 05/20/2025 23:28 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MITCHELL BULLOCK CO. AL 05/21/2025 02:58 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K