May 25, 2011
10:40 PM| Date | May 25, 2011 |
| Time | 10:40 PM |
| County | Limestone |
| City | Athens |
| Property Loss | $0 |
| Crop Loss | $0 |
| Source | NCEI 295410 |
1.5 SW Bethel - 0.4 NNW Maple Hill A tornado with peak winds of 85 mph redeveloped and snapped and uprooted several trees along a southwest to northeast path beginning along Thach Road, crossing S tate H ighway 251, then reaching the Limestone-Madison County line along Ready Section Road. This tornado continued its path from Limestone County along Ready Section Road, snapping and uprooting trees until lifting north of Bethel Road just west of S tate H ighway 53. Start: 34.9170/-86.8502 End: 34.9360/-86.7727
NWS EF Scale: F0
A tornado with peak winds of 85 mph redeveloped and snapped and uprooted several trees along a southwest to northeast path beginning along Thach Road, crossing state highway 251, then reaching the Limestone-Madison County line along Ready Section Road.
Supercells in northern Mississippi transitioned into a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) which progressed eastward through northern Alabama. The storms produced a few bow echoes and meso-vortices, which spawned a few tornadoes and produced widespread wind damage in northwest Alabama (mainly west of I-65). As the storms progressed eastward, the gust front began to outrun the storms, yet still produced sporadic wind damage.
Part of 7-tornado outbreak on May 25, 2011
Supercells in northern Mississippi transitioned into a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) which progressed eastward through northern Alabama. The storms produced a few bow echoes and meso-vortices, which spawned a few tornadoes and produced widespread wind damage in northwest Alabama (mainly west of I-65). As the storms progressed eastward, the gust front began to outrun the storms, yet still produced sporadic wind damage.