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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1248 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/27/2025 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #1
OVERVIEW
A BRIEF SMALL TORNADO WAS SURVEYED ON REDSTONE FROM
TUESDAY EVENING.
RANGER ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 83 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.12 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/27/2025
START TIME: 06:51 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW REDSTONE ARSENAL / MADISON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.6401 / -86.6738
END DATE: 05/27/2025
END TIME: 06:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW REDSTONE ARSENAL / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.6403 / -86.6717
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON REDSTONE ARSENAL JUST OFF RANGER
ROAD. THE TORNADO BENT FENCING WHILE ENTERING THE PROPERTY, THEN
PROCEEDED TO SHIFT DOZENS OF 500LB STORAGE TANKS, TOSSING ABOUT
3 OF THEM. ANOTHER METAL TROUGH TANK WAS ALSO TIPPED OVER AND
TOSSED. THEN, AFTER PLOWING THROUGH A CHAIN-LINK FENCE, THE
TORNADO STRUCK A LIGHT METAL FRAME STORAGE BUILDING. THE BOLTS
CONNECTING THE SUPPORT COLUMNS TO THE FOUNDATION SLAB WERE
SHEARED ON THREE OF THE COLUMNS. THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLANK OF THE
BUILDING WAS COLLAPSED IN BY THE TORNADO, WITH METAL FRAMEWORK
BENT AS WELL. SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BUILDING WERE TOSSED
OUT AND STREWN DOWNWIND SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS FOUND BY ON-SITE
EMPLOYEES. AS QUICKLY AS THE TORNADO DEVELOPED, IT DISSIPATED
SHORT OF SATURN DRIVE, WITH NO FURTHER IDENTIFIABLE DAMAGE FOUND
DOWNWIND.
KULA/IRWIN
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.
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