4 NW Romulus There are at least three videos indicating a brief and weak tornado occurred near Buhl, AL. One close-range video indicates rising cyclonic motion amidst visible yet wispy vorticity tubes. However, NWS BMX survey personnel could not access or find observable damage given the location it impacted near Sipsey Swamp. General location, time, and estimated path length were obtained from video footage and KBMX RADAR data. Start: 32.9550/-88.0286 End: 32.9739/-88.0187

NWS EF Scale: F0

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed an area in Tuscaloosa County and could not find any observable damage. However, there were several videos indicating a brief and weak tornado occurred near Buhl, AL. One close-range video indicated rising cyclonic motion. Location, time, width, and path length were estimated from video footage and radar data.

A multi-day severe weather event unfolded across Central Alabama from May 2nd through May 4th. Alabama remained on the eastern side of a broad upper trough positioned over the Plains States. Several upper level impulses emanated from the trough axis and produced severe weather across Alabama. The main severe weather event occurred on May 4th when a QLCS tracked eastward across areas along and east of I-20 and produced widespread wind damage, flash flooding, and tornadoes.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on May 2, 2021