EF-0 tornado downs trees, power lines near Montevallo
Published 11:25 am Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Reynolds Cemetery Road and Alabama 25 near Montevallo. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Ashley Medders points at the minor damage to her home caused by flying debris. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Trees blown over near the Medders Family Farm damages fences but causes no major damage to the family's barn or home. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Severe storms on the evening of Dec. 16 damaged trees near Montevallo. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Two large pecan trees blown over just east of the Medders' home. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Power lines running to the Medders' home lie across their children's trampoline. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Bricks were blown off the fireplace onto the Medders' roof. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
At present, all of the animals on the Medders' farm are accounted for, though much of their fencing will need to be replaced. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
Work crews begin clearing downed trees on Reynolds Cemetery Road and Alabama 25 across from the Medders' farm. (Reporter Photo/Keith McCoy)
By EMILY SPARACINO / Staff Writer
MONTEVALLO – A line of tornadic storms pushed across the state on Dec. 16, causing damage in parts of southern Shelby County in the late evening hours.
In its preliminary storm survey released on Dec. 17, the National Weather Service in Birmingham reported an EF-0 tornado touched down along Alabama 25 just east of Montevallo, with 75-80 mile-per-hour winds on a 2.29-mile path.
Ashley Medders said her family’s property located on Alabama 25 near Montevallo sustained significant tree and fence damage, along with downed power lines.
The family’s home and barn were largely spared, except for some broken windows and detached shingles and fireplace bricks on the house.
The storm also took down trees on Reynolds Cemetery Road, just outside of the city limits near Alabama 25.
Tree damage and downed power lines were also reported from the area of Mahan Creek Dental, located on Alabama 139 in Brierfield.
“Unbelievably, there is not damage to the office itself,” read a post on Mahan Creek Dental’s Facebook page on the morning of Dec. 17. “The grounds got the brunt of it, but it appears God and Dr. Mahan laid the trees perfectly around the office so that it wasn’t damaged.”
The storms wiped out the small playground on the property, damaged the wrought wire railing leading to the front door and forced one of the office’s doors to open, allowing debris and water into one of the operatories, the post read.
Bill Reid, retired Montevallo fire chief, said the fire department has not received word of any storm damage in the Montevallo city limits.
Downed power lines were reported on Alabama 25 between Montevallo and Calera, he said.
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