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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 PM CST WED NOV 26 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/25/25 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A BOWING LINE SEGMENT MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER 25.
DESPITE MEAGER SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY, FAVORABLE DYNAMICS WERE
ABLE TO COMPENSATE, RESULTING IN A SWATH OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
IN ADDITION, TWO EMBEDDED QLCS TORNADOES FORMED WITHIN THE LINE IN
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS LATER THAT AFTERNOON
CAUSED A COUPLE INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
GRAYSVILLE TORNADO (JEFFERSON COUNTY)
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.01 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/25/2025
START TIME: 04:23 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 NNW BIRMINGPORT / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 33.6171 / -87.128
END DATE: 11/25/2025
END TIME: 04:35 AM CST
END LOCATION: 1 N CARDIFF / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 33.6655 / -86.9291
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A WOODED AREA JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAY 269 AND FLAT TOP ROAD. IT CONTINUED EASTWARD CROSSING
FLAT TOP ROAD, ALEXANDER ROAD, AND COUNTY ROAD 45 NEAR THE MILLER
STEAM PLANT. IT CONTINUED EASTWARD ACROSS INTERSTATE 22, WITH THE
MOST CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 5
NEAR GRAYSVILLE. DAMAGE PRIMARILY CONSISTED OF A NARROW PATH OF
DOWNED TREES. A COUPLE OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING LYNNS CROSSING ROAD. AFTER THIS,
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED OVER A BROADER AREA, WHICH WAS MORE
INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, PRIOR TO A SUBSEQUENT TORNADO
IN MT. OLIVE. SPECIAL THANKS TO JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
MT. OLIVE TORNADO (JEFFERSON COUNTY)
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.85 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/25/2025
START TIME: 04:38 AM CST
START LOCATION: 3 N WATSON / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 33.6856 / -86.882
END DATE: 11/25/2025
END TIME: 04:42 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 NW GARDENDALE / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 33.6989 / -86.8352
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED AS THE BOWING SEGMENT FROM THE
GRAYSVILLE TORNADO PARALLELED BROOKSIDE ROAD, FOLLOWED BY VERY
LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ALONG CANE CREEK. A NEW
TORNADO QUICKLY DEVELOPED ALONG SWANN ROAD IN MT OLIVE, SNAPPING A
FEW TREES AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES ALONG POSEY CIRCLE, MCCRAVY
LANE, BELCHER LANE, PEBBLE LANE, AND ADJACENT AREAS. SOME OF THESE
TREES FELL ON HOMES, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. SHINGLE DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND DAMAGE TO FASCIA MATERIAL AT A SERVICE STATION WERE ALSO
OBSERVED. WHILE TREES WERE PRIMARILY BLOWN DOWN FACING DOWNSTREAM,
ONE FENCE WAS BLOWN DOWN FACING UPSTREAM. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
TO DOWN TREES ALONG HANNAH DRIVE, BEFORE QUICKLY DISSIPATING AS IT
CROSSED INTERSTATE 65. SPECIAL THANKS TO JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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