Thunderstorm Wind — Marion, Alabama

2025-05-20 · near Barnesville, Marion, Alabama

Event narrative

Social media report of trees and power lines blocking Highway 17 near Luster Place Rd.

Wider weather episode

A large, negatively-tilted trough over the central Plains ushered a cold front through the Central Alabama region late on May 20. Clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed into a broken line, moving across northern and eastern areas from Marion County to Cleburne County. A more concentrated area of wind damage occurred from eastern St. Clair to eastern Calhoun County, with numerous trees and power lines downed. An EF1 tornado was confirmed in the Saks area as well. Another EF1 tornado occurred in southeastern Cleburne County near Macedonia, near the Georgia state line. Early the next morning, a lone cell formed near the city of Montgomery and moved southeastward, producing another EF1 tornado in Bullock County around 4 AM CDT.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1254048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.