| 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. |
