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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
418 PM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025
...NWS Damage Survey for 04/05/2025 Tornado Event Update #1...
.Update...Three additional tracks were added. One was identified
via drone footage from Lauderdale County EMA, one identified from
a ground survey crew in Franklin County, TN, and a third
identified from a ground survey crew that impacted Marshall and
Jackson counties in AL.
.Sheffield Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 90 mph
Path Length /statute/: 8.43 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 275 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/05/2025
Start Time: 10:18 PM CDT
Start Location: 6 WSW Tuscumbia / Colbert County / AL
Start Lat/Lon: 34.7188 / -87.8127
End Date: 04/05/2025
End Time: 10:30 PM CDT
End Location: 1 NE Sheffield / Colbert County / AL
End Lat/Lon: 34.7664 / -87.6819
Survey Summary:
A joint damage assessment conducted by the National Weather
Service in Huntsville and the Colbert County Emergency Management
Agency determined that damage in northern Colbert County, near
Sheffield, AL, was caused by an EF-1 tornado with estimated
maximum winds of 90 mph.The tornado developed from a large parent
circulation within a transitioning super cell cluster. It
initially touched down near Pride, AL, where numerous trees were
damaged or uprooted, and a small farm building sustained minor
roof damage. The tornado continued eastward across Little Bear
Creek, where widespread tree damage was observed, including
several instances where falling trees caused structural damage to
single-family homes.The survey team tracked the tornado as it
moved through Sheffield, where additional tree damage was noted.
The tornado ultimately lifted just west of Highway 43.
Barron/Magee
.Tuscumbia Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph
Path Length /statute/: 12.45 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 280 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 5
Start Date: 04/05/2025
Start Time: 10:25 PM CDT
Start Location: 4 WSW Tuscumbia / Colbert County / AL
Start Lat/Lon: 34.7099 / -87.7779
End Date: 04/05/2025
End Time: 10:40 PM CDT
End Location: 4 ENE Muscle Shoals / Colbert County / AL
End Lat/Lon: 34.7638 / -87.5722
Survey Summary:
A second tornado track was identified by the joint damage
assessment team from the National Weather Service in Huntsville
and Colbert County Emergency Management Agency. This tornado,
originating from the same parent circulation of the Sheffield
Tornado, impacted areas of Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, located
south of the Sheffield tornado track. Maximum winds were
estimated at 105 mph.The tornado likely touched down just south
of Highway 72 near Hawk Pride Mountain Road before crossing the
highway and tracking along County Road 24 into southern
Tuscumbia. Most damage indicators consisted of uprooted trees;
however, one location featured a snapped hardwood trunk,
supporting the peak wind estimate of 105 mph.The tornado
continued east into Muscle Shoals, where it caused significant
damage in the Holiday Trailer Park area. Several large hardwood
trees were uprooted and fell onto residential units, resulting in
five reported injuries.The tornado tracked just north of
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport and possibly lifted near
Nitrate City. It remains unclear whether the tornado maintained
continuity as it crossed the Tennessee River into Lauderdale
County.
Barron/Magee
.Aqua Vista Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 95 mph
Path Length /statute/: 9.07 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 250 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/05/2025
Start Time: 10:44 PM CDT
Start Location: 3 SE Killen / Lauderdale County / AL
Start Lat/Lon: 34.8315 / -87.4871
End Date: 04/05/2025
End Time: 10:57 PM CDT
End Location: 3 NW Rogersville / Lauderdale County / AL
End Lat/Lon: 34.8612 / -87.3339
Survey Summary:
A NWS storm survey team assessed damage in Lauderdale County that
began in the Aqua Vista community with several trees uprooted and
large limbs snapped. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast
along a supercell cluster that was transitioning into a bowing
segment. Drone imagery courtesy of Lauderdale County EMA
supplemented the ground survey for areas inaccessible by roads.
With this data, it was determined that the tornado then tracked
north of County Road 31 where several more trees were uprooted
before impacting a neighborhood off of Bull Run road. There,
several houses were missing shingles and large portions of
fencing. Outdoor sheds had a collapse of most walls and tree
damage was also present. The tornado then crossed County Road 33,
snapping and uprooting more hardwood trees, and then crossed
Highway 72 just southeast of Elgin, AL. Drone imagery helped show
areas of trees uprooted or with large areas of limbs snapped as
the tornado crossed Second Creek before lifting just south of
Toonersville, where damage to the tree canopy was noted,
indicating that the tornado lifted. Thank you to Lauderdale County
EMA for their assistance with this survey.
Barron/Magee
.Center Star Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 90 mph
Path Length /statute/: 5.76 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 85 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/05/2025
Start Time: 10:45 PM CDT
Start Location: 4 E Killen / Lauderdale County / AL
Start Lat/Lon: 34.8572 / -87.4601
End Date: 04/05/2025
End Time: 10:53 PM CDT
End Location: 5 WNW Rogersville / Lauderdale County / AL
End Lat/Lon: 34.8564 / -87.3635
Survey Summary:
Thanks to aerial UAV/drone data provided by Lauderdale County
EMA, the National Weather Service in Huntsville was able to
confirm an EF-1 tornado track from the Center Star area to near
Pine Haven Shores, with estimated maximum winds of 90 mph.The
damage path likely began near County Road 107 and tracked east-
southeast through the Bluewater Creek area. Numerous hardwood
trees were uprooted, and a farm shed sustained roof damage near
County Road 33. Additional uprooted trees were observed east of
Bluewater Creek, extending through the intersection of Highway
101 and Highway 72. Sparse damage was noted north of Highway 72,
approaching the Pine Haven Shores area, where the tornado likely
lifted.
Barron
.Lost Cove Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 95 mph
Path Length /statute/: 8.71 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 350 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/06/2025
Start Time: 12:38 AM CDT
Start Location: Cowan / Franklin County / TN
Start Lat/Lon: 35.1673 / -86.0169
End Date: 04/06/2025
End Time: 12:52 AM CDT
End Location: 4 SE Sewanee / Franklin County / TN
End Lat/Lon: 35.1464 / -85.8813
Survey Summary:
An NWS survey identified an EF-1 tornado that touched down on
Franklin Street in Cowan, TN, causing several uprooted and split
trees near this location before continuing eastward. As this
tornado continued just south along Sewanee Highway, sporadic tree
damage was observed. It peaked in intensity along Saint Marys Lane
where several large hardwood trees were uprooted and split.
Structural damage to the roof of a brick shelter was also noted at
this location due to the uprooting of the tree that was directly
above it. The track continues southeastward across Sherwood Road
before a secondary large area of damage was observed along
Rattlesnake Spring Road. At this point, multiple hardwood trees
were uprooted and snapped in multiple directions. The tornado
continued south southeastward towards Gudger Road, following along
the ridgeline where it lifted after causing additional uprooting
to another tree. This tornado had a track length of 8.7 miles and
was 350 yards wide.
Cramer/Guillet
..Holiday Shores Tornado...
Rating: EF1
Estimated Peak Wind: 104 mph
Path Length /statute/: 1.08 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 175 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 04/06/2025
Start Time: 01:33 AM CDT
Start Location: 4 W Langston / Marshall County / AL
Start Lat/Lon: 34.5336 / -86.1605
End Date: 04/06/2025
End Time: 01:39 AM CDT
End Location: 3 W Langston / Jackson County / AL
End Lat/Lon: 34.5356 / -86.1427
Survey Summary:
The tornado developed over the river in the waterway west of
Holiday Shores Drive in Marshall County. The first-observed
damage was a swath of softwood trees along the shore. Here, the
trees were snapped and uprooted, and it was at this point that
the brief tornado was the widest: 175 yards. Also at this
location, several trees were uprooted on the shore just north,
where a single boat-slip house was destroyed. Damage on the
northern fringe of the tornado was estimated at 85-90mph. Further
inland, numerous uprooted and snapped softwood trees were also
surveyed having fallen on a few homes. Thankfully, no injuries
occurred as several people the survey team spoke with did receive
the tornado warning and took shelter. As the tornado traversed
this peninsula, it encountered elevation changes in the area and
this further weakened the tornado as it moved to McCamy Road.
Here, very sporadic tree damage was noted. A bradford pear tree
was uprooted and several other large branches were downed here.
The weakening tornado continued moving eastward through a wooded
area and back out onto open water on the Tennessee River where it
lifted. There were a couple of trees that were downed across the
waterway on the shore west of Langston, but these were determined
to be diseased/dead, and were therefore deemed thunderstorm wind
damage points there. No further damage was noted with this path,
or just northeast in Section, per Marshall and Jackson County
EMA.
Special thanks to both Marshall and Jackson County EMAs for
their assistance on the storm survey today.
Amin/Saari
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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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