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Storm reports for March 25, 2021

NOAA recorded 52 hail reports, 66 wind reports and 20 tornado reports in 10 states on March 25, 2021.

in 10 states
138
Storm reports
About 53 miles from Jackson, MS
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 51 miles from Atlanta, GA
105 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 54 miles from Columbus, GA
20
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 25, 2021 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

On March 25, 2021, NWS Birmingham counted 10 tornadoes in its central Alabama forecast area, four of them rated EF3.1 The deadliest, an EF3 with winds near 140 mph, tracked 38 miles from near Ragland through Ohatchee and Wellington toward Piedmont between 2:31 and 3:27 p.m. CDT, killing six people and injuring 10.1,2 In Calhoun County it destroyed numerous mobile homes and tore roofs and walls off site-built homes.2 A second EF3, with winds near 150 mph, stayed on the ground for about 80 miles from Hale County to Shelby County between 4:26 and 6:04 p.m. CDT and injured 13 people. Hundreds of homes along its path were damaged or destroyed.1,3

At 11:32 a.m. EST, a downburst with winds up to 105 mph struck the south and east sides of Cedartown, Georgia, damaging the roofs of numerous homes.4 In Nashville around 3:30 p.m. CST, a microburst with winds up to 85 mph cut a 6-mile path across East Nashville and Inglewood, dropping trees onto homes and causing significant roof damage to many warehouses and other businesses.5 Late that night, an EF4 tornado with winds up to 170 mph entered the west side of Newnan, Georgia, destroying several homes and causing major damage to many more.6 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $20 million in property damage in Coweta County. One man died of a heart attack after the storm.6

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Birmingham: Long-Track Tornadoes of March 25, 2021
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 946870, tornado, Calhoun County, Alabama
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 948201, tornado, Hale County, Alabama
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 941323, thunderstorm wind, Polk County, Georgia
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 950169, thunderstorm wind, Davidson County, Tennessee
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 941340, tornado, Coweta County, Georgia

Reports by hour

Hail52, most at 4 PM

Wind66, most at 4 PM

Tornado20, most at 8 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:16 PMEF3About 21 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL11.11 mi long, 1400 yd wide
12:53 PMEF3About 22 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL50.13 mi long, 1140 yd wide
1:35 PMEF1About 50 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL6.6 mi long, 515 yd wide
2:31 PMEF3About 42 miles from Birmingham, AL38.17 mi long, 1700 yd wide
3:57 PMEF1About 36 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL12.05 mi long, 600 yd wide
3:59 PMEF0About 32 miles from Spartanburg, SC2.14 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:26 PMEF3About 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, AL79.66 mi long, 2300 yd wide
4:48 PMEF1About 6 miles from Birmingham, AL4.78 mi long, 700 yd wide
7:13 PMEF2Near 32.12, -88.04, AL9.64 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:30 PMEF2Near 35.33, -87.71, TN22.12 mi long, 350 yd wide
8:08 PMEF1About 40 miles from Atlanta, GA1.68 mi long, 125 yd wide
8:11 PMEF1About 18 miles from Nashville, TN2.23 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 20 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
8:25 PMEF0About 23 miles from Nashville, TN3.2 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:32 PMEF0About 57 miles from Evansville, IN0.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:01 PMEF2About 36 miles from Montgomery, AL14.67 mi long, 850 yd wide
9:16 PMEF0About 56 miles from Louisville, KY1 mi long, 40 yd wide
9:44 PMEF1About 41 miles from Louisville, KY4.7 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:55 PMEF2About 59 miles from Montgomery, AL31.29 mi long, 1000 yd wide
10:37 PMEF4About 54 miles from Columbus, GA38.56 mi long, 1850 yd wide
10:55 PMEF1About 39 miles from Atlanta, GA2.76 mi long, 200 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Tennessee3418133
Kentucky236143
Georgia194123
Alabama18639
Mississippi176101
South Carolina165101
Indiana8710
New York1010
Ohio1010
West Virginia1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Birmingham, AL1.75 in58 mph1
Nashville, TN1.5 in85 mph0
Evansville, IN1.0 inNone0
Indianapolis, IN0.88 inNone0
Buffalo, NYNone60 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Huntington, WVNone52 mph0
Lexington, KYNone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.