Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, Alabama

2025-05-03 · near Loop, Cherokee, Alabama

Event narrative

Several trees were downed north of Gaylesville, including at County Roads 41 and 772, County Road 826, County Road 114, County Road 81 at 77, and Alabama Highway 35.

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 1241760. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.