Four Chicken Houses on Family Farm Wiped Out in Minutes as Suspected Tornado Tears Through Alabama

A family farm in Gordo, Alabama, was decimated by severe storm winds on Saturday, March 15, with the https://x.com/NWSBirmingham/status/1901284559712342383">National Weather Service (NWS) inspecting whether the damage was caused by a tornado. This video, captured by Mitchell Clayton Norred, shows gusts of winds blowing through the Brown Family Farm, whipping up a cloud of dust and sending large debris flying. Norred told Storyful that he was about to take shelter in a relative's basement when he saw the winds advancing towards the farm. "It was less than 100 yards from me. At the end of the video when the camera moves it was the wind knocking me back," Norred said. The https://x.com/NWSBirmingham/status/1901620617276805385">NWS said a team of surveyors were inspecting whether damage in the Pickens County was consistent with a tornado on Monday. In an interview with local news outlet https://www.al.com/news/2025/03/a-small-alabama-farming-community-bands-together-after-a-devastating-tornado-its-heartbreaking.html">Al.com , farmer Tim Brown said his farm lost four of its six chicken houses in a matter of minutes during the storm on Saturday. (Footage by Mitchell Clayton Norred/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)