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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 22 2026 TORNADO EVENT
NEW MARKET TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 03:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SW NEW MARKET / MADISON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.8935 / -86.4468
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 04:04 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE NEW MARKET / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.917 / -86.3541
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF THE POND LOCATED IN SHARON
JOHNSON PARK SNAPPING THE FIRST INITIAL SOFTWOOD TREES AND DOWNING
LARGE BRANCHES ON THE PROPERTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS THE
POND, SPRAYING LEAF DEBRIS ACROSS A WIDE AREA, BEFORE CROSSING THE
PROPERTY LINE BEHIND THE RV PARK ON THE PREMISES, FURTHER
SNAPPING ADDITIONAL HARD AND SOFT WOOD TREES.
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED WINCHESTER ROAD AND PRODUCED ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE ALONG FRANK HEREFORD ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SPORADICALLY
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THIS ROAD, ON THE FARMS THAT DOTTED THE
LANDSCAPE BETWEEN HURRICANE ROAD AND FRANK HEREFORD ROAD. THE
ROAD NETWORK IN THIS AREA WAS TOO RURAL FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC
ROADWAYS NEAR THE DAMAGE OTHER THAN FARMLAND.
DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON HURRICANE ROAD CLOSE TO MOUNTAIN FORK ROAD,
WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED. IN THIS LOCATION, 5 TO 6 WOODEN
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO THE TORNADO, IT WAS
DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE 70 MPH WINDS FROM THE LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. SPECIFIC CONVERGENT TORNADO DAMAGE
WAS NOTED IN THIS AREA SEPARATE FROM THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LINE OF STORMS, WHICH MATCHES UP VERY WELL WITH RADAR DATA
THAT SURVEY TEAMS INTERROGATED.
AFTER PRODUCING THIS DAMAGE, THE TORNADO CLIMBED UP AND OVER
BACKBONE MOUNTAIN, BEFORE PRODUCING THE FINAL DAMAGE FOUND ON THE
SURVEY TODAY ALONG UPPER HURRICANE CREEK ROAD. IN THIS LOCATION,
THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS WIDEST (APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS) AND
PRODUCED ADDITIONAL HARD AND SOFT TREE DAMAGE. TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED IN THIS AREA, CONCURRENT WITH THE FINAL RATING OF EF1
TORNADO WITH 90 MPH WINDS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY LINE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THIS POINT. FOR NOW, THE TORNADO STOPS AT THIS POINT,
BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO PORTIONS OF
JACKSON COUNTY ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. PENDING
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS LATER THIS WEEK, THIS WILL MARK THE END POINT
OF THE TORNADO FOR NOW.
NEW MARKET SATELLITE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 04:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE NEW MARKET / MADISON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.8924 / -86.3864
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 04:04 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE NEW MARKET / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.9158 / -86.3599
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SMALL SATELLITE TORNADO DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW
MARKET TORNADO, WITH DAMAGE FIRST NOTED ALONG HURRICANE RD. AT
4:03 PM. AT THIS POINT, TRUNKS OF LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE
PARTIALLY SNAPPED. THE SATELLITE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED
CYCLONICALLY WITHIN THE CIRCULATION OF THE NEW MARKET TORNADO,
CROSSING THE SOUTHERN END OF BACKBONE MOUNTAIN. SHORTLY BEFORE THE
SATELLITE TORNADO MERGED WITH THE NEW MARKET TORNADO, IT PRODUCED
SPORADIC HARD AND SOFT WOOD TREE DAMAGE ALONG UPPER HURRICANE
ROAD.
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.
AMIN/DIXON
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