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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
559 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/03/25 TORNADO EVENT
ROSALIE TO SULPHUR SPRINGS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.49 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/03/2025
START TIME: 03:49 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE PISGAH / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.7098 / -85.7943
END DATE: 05/03/2025
END TIME: 04:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSW RISING FAWN / DEKALB COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.7089 / -85.5605
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 126 IN A GROVE OF TREES,
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREE DAMAGE HERE. AT THIS
POINT, THE TORNADO BECAME ITS WIDEST AS IT CROSSED COUNTY ROAD
126, WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 80 YARDS WIDE. HERE, THE TORNADO WAS AT
ITS STRONGEST, PRODUCING 100MPH WINDS CONSISTENT WITH AN
EF1 TORNADO. IT CONTINUED SNAPPING TREES AS IT CROSSED COUNTY
ROAD 126, MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS A FIELD APPROACHING COUNTY ROAD
360. ALONG THESE LOCATIONS, SEVERAL HARD AND SOFT WOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, AND SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED, PUSHING EAST ACROSS BOWMAN BRANCH, UPROOTING
AND SNAPPING MORE TREES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 361 WEST OF THE ROSALIE
FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION WHERE VIDEO EVIDENCE WAS
SHARED VIA EMA THAT SHOWED THE TORNADO CAUSING MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AT THIS LOCATION, THE TORNADO
PRODUCED EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE WITH WITH 90MPH WINDS.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED SKIPPING TO THE EAST TOWARD SULPHUR
SPRINGS, PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED IDER. THE
LAST KNOWN DAMAGE POINT WAS UPROOTED TREES AT THE ALABAMA WELCOME
CENTER OFF INTERSTATE 59. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED AS SURVEY
CREWS CROSSED INTO NW GEORGIA BEYOND THIS POINT.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JACKSON COUNTY EMA AND THE ROSALIE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN TODAY'S 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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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