Gotta' say, I only expected one tornado to be confirmed near Florence. But we had three in a row in the same general area that night, only one of which was caught on camera. Great example of why to respect the entire warning polygon, especially with an overnight event. Also a reminder that mobile homes are not a safe place to be during tornadoes, though glad to report that while we had five injuries in a trailer park here, none resulted in the deaths of the people injured. Maybe it's old-fashioned, but I prefer that people stay alive after a tornado moves through, as a rule.
And like NWS Huntsville says, they have more surveys to do this week, more tornado tracks could turn up, or places where there were damaging thunderstorm winds.
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
643 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
...NWS Damage Survey for 04/05/25 Tornado Event...
.Overview...A supercell cluster tracked through northwest Alabama
with a large parent circulation that produced several tornadoes as
it transitioned into a bowing segment with a bookend vortex.
There are multiple additional areas with damage across northern
Alabama and southern middle Tennessee that our teams will evaluate
over the next several days.
.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/: 9.11 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
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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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