EF1 Tornado — Limestone, Alabama

2025-05-20 · near Wheeler Lake North, Limestone, Alabama

0.9 mi

Path length

65 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Drone imagery indicated a brief tornado touched down along Dement Road where a tree was knocked down. The tornado continued east moving over mainly wooded areas. Drone imagery showed multiple trees and large branches down continuing east from Dement Road, parallel to U.S. Highway 72. After moving across a property north of U.S. Highway 72, the tornado lifted just before Cox Road.

Wider weather episode

An outbreak of tornadoes, large hail, wind damage and flash flooding occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Fourteen tornadoes occurred in north Alabama, including 1 EF-0, 10 EF-1, 2 EF-2, and 1 EF-U (unknown) which was a waterspout on Wheeler Lake. One person was injured in Colbert County. There were also several reports of large hail, including baseball sized and larger in northern Lawrence and southeastern Lauderdale Counties. Damaging winds were also experienced as well with the severe thunderstorms. Lightning sparked a fire which resulted in severe structural and water damage and total loss to the Albertville Public Library which is scheduled to be demolished. There were two reports of flash flooding in Jackson County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1276322. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.