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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/26/26 DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADO EVENT-UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
ADDED TRUSSVILLE TORNADO AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON PINSON MICROBURST.
OVERVIEW
SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED NEAR A
SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS ON FEBRUARY 26. COLD TEMPERATURES WERE PRESENT ALOFT WITH
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR BUT RELATIVELY WEAK LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.
SCATTERED SEVERE HAIL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED WITH THE LARGEST
HAILSTONES FALLING IN PORTIONS OF BLOUNT, JEFFERSON, AND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES AS LARGE AS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. DAMAGING WINDS ALSO
OCCURRED WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IN PINSON WHERE A
MICROBURST OCCURRED ALONG WITH ACCUMULATING HAIL AND HAIL FOG. A
BRIEF TORNADO ALSO MOVED THROUGH TRUSSVILLE.
PINSON MICROBURST (JEFFERSON COUNTY)
PEAK WIND /E/: 70-75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/26/2026
START TIME: 3:32 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 NE PINSON / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 33.6988 / -86.6773
END DATE: 02/26/2026
END TIME: 3:35 PM CST
END LOCATION: PINSON / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 33.6858 / -86.6761
SURVEY SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED DAMAGE IN
PINSON AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE RESULT OF A MICROBURST. MOST
DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG A ONE-MILE SWATH NORTH TO SOUTH FROM
HIGHWAY 75 NEAR RUDD SCHOOL RD TO NEAR SILVER LAKE RD AND PINE ST.
IN THIS AREA, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 YARDS WIDE EAST TO WEST,
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED, FALLING ON HOMES AND POWER LINES. UP
TO 15 HOMES WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, MAINLY BY
FALLING TREES, WITH FIVE HOMES SUSTAINING MODERATE DAMAGE ALONG
COBBLESTONE CT. OTHER STREETS WITH TREES ON HOMES INCLUDED CHURCH
ST, SILVER LAKE RD, AND ECHO DR. ALSO OF NOTE WERE NUMEROUS TREES
DOWNED IN A LARGE CEMETERY, ALONG WITH HEAVY TIMBER DAMAGE IN A
SWAMPY AREA BETWEEN HIGHWAY 75 AND BUD HOLMES RD. MOST OF THE
TREEFALL WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST, ALTHOUGH
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE MICROBURST, SOME
TREES AND DEBRIS WERE BLOWN IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. THIS DAMAGE WAS
THE RESULT OF A RAPIDLY DESCENDING THUNDERSTORM CORE, ASSOCIATED
WITH AN ENSUING HAIL STORM IN PINSON. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT
70-75 MPH. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.
TRUSSVILLE TORNADO (JEFFERSON COUNTY)
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.63 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 65 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/26/2026
START TIME: 3:41 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 WSW TRUSSVILLE / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 33.6106 / -86.6297
END DATE: 02/26/2026
END TIME: 3:45 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 S TRUSSVILLE / JEFFERSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 33.5961 / -86.6082
SURVEY SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED DAMAGE IN
TRUSSVILLE AND DETERMINED THAT A HIGH-END EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED.
DAMAGE BEGAN ALONG THE NORTH END OF MARY TAYLOR RD, WHERE A
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WAS FLIPPED. A PORTION OF THE METRO MINI
STORAGE HAD DOORS BLOWN IN AND METAL ROOFING LIFTED/PEELED BACK.
NEXT TO THIS, APPROXIMATELY 13-14 TREES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WERE
UPROOTED, INCLUDING 12 CEDAR TREES IN A TIGHT ROW. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 80 MPH HERE. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 11,
WHERE MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A CAR WASH AND VELMA’S
RESTAURANT. AS THE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG MARY TAYLOR
RD, LARGE DOORS WERE PARTIALLY BLOWN IN AND ROOFING WAS REMOVED
FROM A WAREHOUSE, AND A FENCE WAS DAMAGED AT A DOG DAYCARE CENTER.
THE TORNADO CROSSED A RAILROAD AND STRUCK DANIEL IRON, WITH A
SECTION OF A WAREHOUSE HAVING LARGE DOORS BLOWN IN AND LARGE
PIECES OF METAL ROOFING REMOVED. A FEW FLATBED SEMI TRAILERS WERE
MOVED IN THE LOT AS WELL.
THE TORNADO THEN ASCENDED A SMALL RIDGE AND MOVED THROUGH A
SUBDIVISION, CAUSING MAINLY SHINGLE AND FENCE DAMAGE AT NUMEROUS
HOMES, ALONG WITH A FEW TREES AND LIMBS BEING DOWNED. AT LEAST ONE
HOME WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE HAD A GARAGE DOOR DAMAGED. OF
PARTICULAR NOTE WAS THE DISCOVERY OF A LARGE CHUNK OF STEEL
ROOFING FROM THE DANIEL IRON WAREHOUSE THAT LANDED ON A HOME
BEFORE SLIDING OFF AND COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF ANOTHER HOME.
THIS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO THE FIRST HOME, RESULTING
IN WATER DAMAGE FROM RAIN. AFTER THIS, MINOR TREE AND SHINGLE
DAMAGE CONTINUED ACROSS HIDDEN BROOK DR, AMBER TRACE, YVONNE ST,
AND ALABAMA DR, WITH THE MOST NOTABLE DAMAGE BEING A FEW UPROOTED
TREES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY ALONG YVONNE ST. THE LAST AREA OF
DISCERNIBLE DAMAGE, VERY MINOR IN NATURE, WAS OBSERVED NEAR A LAKE
IN A CURVE ALONG QUEENSTOWN RD. WIND SPEEDS AT THE PEAK WERE
ESTIMATED AT 85 MPH AT DANIEL IRON. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK
JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THIS SURVEY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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