We moved to Maplesville and started over. Tornado Safety Rules, Awareness Weeks NOAA Weather Radio I was 9 years old. We later learned that the tornado hopped across the road and destroyed Wesley Chapel Church, sparing our home and many others nearby. The road was barricaded. NWS Birmingham, Alabama465 Weathervane RoadCalera, AL 35040205-664-3010Comments? In 1973 I was a cub reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser. Damage in Brent, Alabama caused by the March 25th, 2021 tornado. In Brent, a church sustained damage to its facade: Gradient wind damage at Pine View Baptist Church. The radar dish had been blown from its tower and lay on the ground no more than 20 feet from the office Dale and I had jumped into. Severe t-storm (yellow) and tornado (red) warnings issued by the National Weather Service in a 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. EDT, March 26, 2021. ***NOT FOR BROADCAST***Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license.brett@livestormsmedia.comPine forest completely mowed down by an apparent violen. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. Severe storms began to batter Alabama on Wednesday afternoon, toppling trees and power lines and damaging a church and a university dorm building. We did not know where she was for almost two days. Jay Reeves/AP. Insulation was strung on the ground and on the trees for miles. I was then awakened somewhere around 4:30-5:00 by their phone ringing. Have not lived another night/day like this weatherwise until April 27, 2011. The storm that spawned that tornado had an even longer track. My Grandfather was Tom Green, one of the people who died in this terrible event. The tornado crossed through the Pine Flat community, damaging more homes, and a manufactured home was rolled and destroyed. All NOAA, Long TrackF-4 Tornado - He had been in Centreville only two weeks prior to the Brent Tornado. Im sure Dale felt the same thing. Hazardous Weather Outlook, Current Conditions My family and I went around the town to help our neighbors. Flood Products Description There was a lot of people gathered on the bridge where you could see Brent in the distance. Stunning imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES East satellite captured the. He gave him a note to call my uncle with my uncles phone number to tell him what happened and to please come get us. According to records, the largest tornado in the Brent area was an F4 in 1973 that caused 199 injuries and 7 deaths. I will never forget this particuler Tornado. At least two homes were shifted from their foundation. Bob was preaching. My father was manager of the IGA in centerville at the time , I was 16 yrs old . Carla Rawlings and her family got out of their mobile home off Goodson Road just in time before . A few minutes later, as Dale was at his console, I was standing in a hallway door that lead into the teletype room. I thank God every day we made it out ok. Weather Service Office Significantly Damaged, Roof of Weather Service Office Centreville. Change). B. Elliott, legendary " Voice of NOAA Radio" in Central Alabama retires. But on this morning, the town was completely leveled and destroyed.