EF0 Tornado — Montgomery, Tennessee

2025-05-20 · near Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee

Event narrative

An EF-0 tornado touches down along 101st Airborne Division Road, causing minor tree damage. The tornado moved northeast, causing minor tree damage in neighborhoods north of Purple Heart Parkway. Several trees were uprooted and tree tops were snapped near Britton Springs Road and Norris Drive. The tornado continued northeast after crossing Highway 41A continuing to snap large tree branches. The tornado lifted north of West Creek Middle School and south of Tiny Town Road. Damages are a rough estimate.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee on May 20, 2025. The first round of thunderstorms was a decaying mesoscale convective system (MCS) that produced damaging winds which downed a few trees. The next round was discrete supercells which produced large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. The largest hail reported during this event was in Williamson County where hailstones of two to three inches fell. Five tornadoes were confirmed during this event with the strongest being an EF-1 tornado in Cumberland County. The final round of thunderstorms was a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) which produced additional damaging winds before all activity finally ended late in the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1247156. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.