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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1009 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/22/2026 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT
UPDATE
SUMMARY OF ALL SURVEYS THUS FAR. ALSO CORRECTED LARKIN
AND FRANCISCO TORNADO STATE LOCATIONS.
LARKIN TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.54 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 01:33 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 9 SSE HUNTLAND / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.9265 / -86.2247
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 01:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 9 SSE HUNTLAND / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.9313 / -86.2172
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE FIRST AREA OF ROTATION INVESTIGATED BY OUR SURVEY TEAM TODAY
TOOK PLACE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 65 (NEAR MILE MARKER 21)
AND COUNTY ROAD 27. DRONE FOOTAGE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF
THE START AND END POINT OF THIS TORNADO, COURTESY OF JACKSON
COUNTY EMA. THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A CREEK ON THE PROPERTY AT THIS
LOCATION, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES AS IT APPROACHED THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE HAD MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE CONSISTING OF MISSING SHINGLES AND DAMAGE TO A FEW
GUTTERS. IN THE FRONT YARD OF THE HOME, A SMALL CHICKEN COOP WAS
DESTROYED AND A HAY-BARN-LIKE STRUCTURE COVERING THE TRACTOR WAS
DESTROYED AS WELL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST AS IT
APPROACHED THE RIDGE TO THE EAST, ENDING IN A FLAT AREA ON THE
TOP OF THE RIDGE JUST BEYOND HWY 65. FOR NOW, THIS IS THE END
POINT OF THE TORNADO. PENDING FURTHER SATELLITE IMAGERY WITHIN
THE NEXT WEEK, THE END POINT MAY BE EXTENDED WHEN/IF THIS DATA
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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 TOUCHDOWN 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.
SCENIC HILLS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 107 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 160 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 04:18 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSE HUNTLAND / FRANKLIN COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 34.996 / -86.2596
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 04:19 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSE HUNTLAND / FRANKLIN COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 34.9986 / -86.2477
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE THIRD AREA OF ROTATION INVESTIGATED TODAY PRODUCED ANOTHER
TORNADO TRACK ALONG SCENIC HILLS RD. SEVERAL TREES WERE EITHER
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND SOME TIN WAS PEELED OFF A SHED. A POWER
POLE WAS ALSO SNAPPED AT A RESIDENCE WHERE ADDITIONAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SKIPPING ALONG THE
FIELD AS IT APPROACHED THE RIDGELINE TO THE EAST, SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES. HERE, IT PRODUCED 107 MPH
WINDS DAMAGE, CONSISTENT WITH AN EF1 TORNADO. NO FURTHER DAMAGE
WAS NOTED ACROSS HWY 65 ON KOGER LANE, ENDING THE TRACK AT THIS
LOCATION.
FRANCISCO TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.16 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 04:18 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSE HUNTLAND / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.9888 / -86.2502
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 04:19 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSE HUNTLAND / JACKSON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.9896 / -86.2475
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE SECOND AREA OF ROTATION INVESTIGATED BY THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND
SEVERAL TREES BETWEEN 8-10 INCHES IN DIAMETER SNAPPED BETWEEN 6-
12 FEET UP ON THE TREES ALONG HWY 65 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 233.
SEVERAL SMALLER SNAPPED TREES AND ONE LARGER TREE WERE SEEN AT
THIS LOCATION. TREE DAMAGE HERE WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
AN EF0 TORNADO, PRODUCING 85 MPH WINDS.
CAPSHAW WIND EVENT
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 73 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.77 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 907 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/22/2026
START TIME: 07:08 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NW MADISON / LIMESTONE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.7744 / -86.7959
END DATE: 06/22/2026
END TIME: 07:28 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 N HUNTSVILLE / MADISON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 34.7634 / -86.6071
SURVEY SUMMARY:
NWS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY FROM EASTERN LIMESTONE
COUNTY INTO WESTERN MADISON COUNTY, EVALUATING DAMAGE ASSOCIATED
WITH A STORM THAT HAD ROTATIONAL RADAR SIGNATURES. THE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE WAS VERY SPORADIC IN NATURE FROM JUST NORTH
OF CLIFT FARM IN WESTERN MADISON COUNTY, EXTENDING EASTWARD ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 72, ENDING JUST BEFORE RESEARCH PARK
BOULEVARD. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF AN UPROOTED TREE OR TWO, SOME
LARGE LIMBS DOWN, AND DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF FENCES. OVERALL, THE
DAMAGE WAS NOT CONSISTENT AND CONSTANT ENOUGH TO BE CONFIDENTLY
LABELED A CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO.
THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS MAXING OUT
AT 73 MPH.
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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