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.

Deep-layer ridging over the Southeast United States held up a trough over the Central United States for the first few days of April, leading to a prolonged and significant severe weather and flooding event from Texas to Ohio and West Virginia along a stalled boundary. As the ridge began to retreat eastward, a cold front slowly progressed through Central Alabama on April 6, with an all-hazards weather event unfolding. Slow moving thunderstorms from early morning to late afternoon resulted in flooding issues across northwestern counties and the Birmingham, Montgomery, and Auburn/Opelika areas. Additionally, two brief tornadoes were confirmed, and there were a few isolated reports of hail and wind damage. Late that evening, a motorist in Hale County drove into a downed tree, resulting in a fatality.

Part of 5-tornado outbreak on April 6, 2025