Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, Alabama

2025-05-01 · near New Moon, Cherokee, Alabama

$5K

Property damage

40 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A large tree fell partially on a home along County Road 217. A couple other trees fell on Highway 35 at Blanche and on Longshore Drive in Leesburg.

Wider weather episode

Multiple days of thunderstorms across Central Alabama resulted in instances of wind damage and hail across the region from May 1-3. During the morning of May 1, a lightning strike in Pell City resulted in an injury. Wind damage and hail on May 2 was generally concentrated along and north of Interstate 59/20 as a line of severe thunderstorms moved from Mississippi to Georgia. A fatality and injury occurred the morning of May 3 near Red Mountain in Birmingham after a tree fell on power workers repairing damage from the previous evening. Wind damage and hail were less prevalent on the evening of May 3 as another line of thunderstorms moved southeastward across Central Alabama. However, a brief EF-0 tornado occurred in the Salem area of Lee County, causing minor tree damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1240510. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.