EF1 Tornado — Dallas, Alabama

2025-04-06 · near Sadis, Dallas, Alabama

Event narrative

This comma-head tornado touched down on the southern edge of an

open field off of Dallas County Road 143, just north of Sixmile

Creek. There were a few large pine limbs snapped at this location,

while to the north side of this open field it caused more

significant tree damage with a few trees snapped or uprooted. It

moved north-northeastward, intensifying and growing quickly before

reaching its maximum intensity of a 400-yard-wide 95 MPH EF-1 as

it crossed CR 405. A van and a truck were overturned in a church

parking lot, with the truck tumbling about 50 feet and the van

tumbling into, but not snapping a power pole. The tornado

continued to uproot and snap trees as it moved northward for

several hundred yards, but then began to lose strength just as

quickly as it had intensified. The tornado weakened as it curled

under the comma-head and dissipated along CR 37 just north of

Gibbs Rd.

Wider weather episode

Deep-layer ridging over the Southeast United States held up a trough over the Central United States for the first few days of April, leading to a prolonged and significant severe weather and flooding event from Texas to Ohio and West Virginia along a stalled boundary. As the ridge began to retreat eastward, a cold front slowly progressed through Central Alabama on April 6, with an all-hazards weather event unfolding. Slow moving thunderstorms from early morning to late afternoon resulted in flooding issues across northwestern counties and the Birmingham, Montgomery, and Auburn/Opelika areas. Additionally, two brief tornadoes were confirmed, and there were a few isolated reports of hail and wind damage. Late that evening, a motorist in Hale County drove into a downed tree, resulting in a fatality.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1233562. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.