NOUS44 KBMX 071755 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-080600- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1255 PM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025 ...NWS Damage Survey for 04/06/2025 Tornado Event... .Update...A NWS Birmingham storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF1 tornado along Sixmile Creek in Dallas County. Results from a storm survey in Barbour County will be shared soon. .Overview...A line of slow-moving thunderstorms affected Central Alabama on Sunday, April 6th 2025. Training thunderstorms resulted in primarily a flash and areal flood event with a few instances of straight-line wind damage. At least one brief tornado occurred in Dallas County at Sixmile Creek. .Sixmile Creek Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 mph Path Length /statute/: 1.32 miles Path Width /maximum/: 400 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/06/2025 Start Time: 10:13 AM CDT Start Location: 4 SW Tyler / Dallas County / AL Start Lat/Lon: 32.2907 / -86.9572 End Date: 04/06/2025 End Time: 10:15 AM CDT End Location: 3 WSW Tyler / Dallas County / AL End Lat/Lon: 32.3086 / -86.9496 Survey Summary: This comma-head tornado touched down on the southern edge of an open field off of Dallas County Road 143, just north of Sixmile Creek. There were a few large pine limbs snapped at this location, while to the north side of this open field it caused more significant tree damage with a few trees snapped or uprooted. It moved north-northeastward, intensifying and growing quickly before reaching its maximum intensity of a 400 yard wide 95 MPH EF-1 as it crossed CR 405. A van and a truck were overturned in a church parking lot, with the truck tumbling about 50 feet and the van tumbling into, but not snapping, a power pole. The tornado continued to uproot and snap trees as it moved northward for several hundred yards, but then began to lose strength just as quickly as it had intensified. The tornado weakened as it curled under the comma-head and dissipated along CR 37 just north of Gibbs Rd. && 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. $$