Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, Alabama

2025-05-20 · near Firestone, Cherokee, Alabama

Event narrative

Several trees and power lines were downed in the Sand Rock and Little River areas, including CR 43, CR 53, CR 361, CR 275 at Highway 273, CR 137, CR 58, and CR 75.

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 1254075. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.