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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
314 PM CST MON JAN 26 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/25/2026 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2026 DURING A
HIGH SHEAR/LOW INSTABILITY SETUP. IN THE NWS BIRMINGHAM AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY, THESE STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING, STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS AND A TORNADO, AFFECTING PORTIONS OF LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES.
MONTGOMERY METRO STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE
RATING:60-70 MPH
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
TIME:AROUND 11:20 AM CST
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS METEOROLOGISTS ASSESSED DAMAGE ACROSS THE MONTGOMERY METRO AND
DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
DAMAGE BEGAN IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 65 AND FAIRVIEW AVENUE
AND CONTINUED EASTWARD TO NEAR TAYLOR ROAD. NUMEROUS CROSSROADS
ALONG THIS AXIS WERE AFFECTED, WITH MANY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
DOWNED ONTO RESIDENCES, OTHER BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, AND ROADWAYS.
SOME POWER LINES WERE ALSO TAKEN DOWN, INCLUDING ACROSS INTERSTATE
85 WHICH REQUIRED A TEMPORARY CLOSING OF THE ROADWAY. MANY
RESIDENCES SUFFERED MINOR TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES
AND TREE LIMBS.
SPORADIC STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE GREATER MONTGOMERY
METRO AREA, THOUGH THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
WAS NOTED ALONG THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.
TREE FALL WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, RADAR DATA FROM KMXX SHOWED A CONCENTRATED SURGE OF
STRONG WINDS, IN A UNIFORM DIRECTION, ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE
STORM. BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE, STRAIGHTLINE WINDS IS DEEMED
THE CAUSE OF THESE DAMAGES.
ROLLING ACRES TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 65 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 01/25/2026
START TIME: 11:16 AM CST
START LOCATION: 6 WNW PINTLALA / LOWNDES COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 32.2218 / -86.4555
END DATE: 01/25/2026
END TIME: 11:20 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 NW PINTLALA / MONTGOMERY COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 32.2191 / -86.3995
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS METEOROLOGISTS ASSESSED STORM DAMAGE ALONG THE LOWNDES COUNTY
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE, IN THE COMMUNITY OF ROLLING ACRES,
AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE TORNADO BEGAN
ON THE WEST SIDE OF CRUISE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF BIBB ROAD, WHERE A
FEW SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES WERE OBSERVED. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED EASTWARD TO COUNTY ROAD 26 AND HARGROVE LANE, PRODUCING
SIMILAR TIMBER DAMAGE ALONG THE WAY. THE TORNADO THEN STRUCK A
MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME (MH) AS WELL AS TWO SITE-BUILT HOMES
ALONG TREAT ROAD. THE FIRST SITE-BUILT HOME SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO
AN ATTACHED CARPORT AND ASSOCIATED ROOFING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE STRUCTURE. THE MH HAD ITS SHEET METAL ROOF COMPLETELY
REMOVED, THOUGH THE ROOF TRUSS STRUCTURE REMAINED INTACT.
INSULATION FROM ITS ROOF WAS NOTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN
SOUTHEASTWARD WHILE THE METAL ROOFING MATERIAL WAS BLOWN
NORTHWARD. NEXT DOOR, THE TORNADO REMOVED FROM A SITE-BUILT HOME
A LARGE SECTION OF ITS ROOF STRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STRUCTURE. A SPLATTERING OF INSULATION WAS NOTED ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE RESIDENCE. THIS DAMAGE PATTERN SUGGEST A CYCLONIC WIND
FIELD (I.E., A TORNADO). SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRUCTURES. THE TORNADO THEN PRODUCED
ADDITIONAL TIMBER DAMAGE, FAIRLY MINOR IN NATURE, EAST TO NEAR
THE SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE 65. 99% OF THIS TORNADO'S PATH WAS
CHARACTERIZED BY EF-0 DAMAGE, THOUGH A MAXIMUM RATING OF EF-1 IS
ASSIGNED DUE TO THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE TO THE SITE-BUILT HOME,
MAKING THE WORST OF DAMAGE VERY, VERY SHORT-LIVED.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
ROBINSON/SATTERWHITE
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