A weak EF0 tornado embedded in a line of severe thunderstorms|occurred in the Salem area on the evening of May 3. The tornado|began over a wooded area east of Lee Road 151, northeast of the|National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Test Track. The |1start point was estimated using radar data as the area was |inaccessible by roads. Moving slightly south of due east, the tornado |passed just north of Lee Road 2119, where a few small trees or |limbs were snapped on Lee Road 187. By this point a Tornado |Debris Signature (TDS) was evident on radar. On Lee Road 749, a |few small pine trees had the tops snapped or limbs snapped off. |Little damage was noted across Highway 280 near Dudley Lumber, |but more significant tree damage was noted on property just |northwest of Wacoochee Elementary School. Numerous trees were |uprooted and limbs were snapped across the property, in line with |the TDS on radar. One tree limb fell on part of a home, causing |very little damage. Tree damage continued to just northeast of a |large pond, where the track ended. NWS Birmingham would like |to thank Lee County EMA for conducting this survey.

Multiple days of thunderstorms across Central Alabama resulted in instances of wind damage and hail across the region from May 1-3. During the morning of May 1, a lightning strike in Pell City resulted in an injury. Wind damage and hail on May 2 was generally concentrated along and north of Interstate 59/20 as a line of severe thunderstorms moved from Mississippi to Georgia. A fatality and injury occurred the morning of May 3 near Red Mountain in Birmingham after a tree fell on power workers repairing damage from the previous evening. Wind damage and hail were less prevalent on the evening of May 3 as another line of thunderstorms moved southeastward across Central Alabama. However, a brief EF-0 tornado occurred in the Salem area of Lee County, causing minor tree damage.

Part of 2-tornado outbreak on May 3, 2025