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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
356 PM CDT MON APR 6 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/16/2026 TORNADO EVENT CORRECTION
OVERVIEW
NWS MOBILE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH REVIEW OF AVAILABLE
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF 3/16/26 PRODUCED
SIGNIFICANT SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS JUST NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84
CORRIDOR AND AN EF1 TORNADO CLOSER TO WEST KING, MS. DETAILS ON ALL
OF THIS CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
PLEASANT GROVE WIND
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.58 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 670 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/16/2026
START TIME: 01:35 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7105 / -88.8848
END DATE: 03/16/2026
END TIME: 01:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 WNW WHISTLER / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.711 / -88.858
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SWATH OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WAS EVIDENT VIA HIGH RESOLUTION
PLANET SATELLITE IMAGERY THAT OCCURRED WITH A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF PLEASANT GROVE AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84 NEAR
VAN HOOVER WEST ROAD. AN APPROXIMATELY 670-YARD-WIDE SWATH OF
TREE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT WEST OF VAN HOOVER WEST ROAD GENERALLY IN
THE 60 TO 70MPH RANGE. THE SWATH OF WINDS NARROWED BUT BECAME
MORE INTENSE EAST OF THE ROAD WITH PEAK WIND ESTIMATES AROUND
80 TO 90MPH.
WEST KING
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.01 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/16/2026
START TIME: 01:43 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW WEST KING / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7397 / -88.7375
END DATE: 03/16/2026
END TIME: 01:46 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S WEST KING / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.732 / -88.7059
SURVEY SUMMARY:
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALED AN EF1 TORNADO BEGAN
ALONG WAYNESBORO SHUBUTA ROAD TRACKING EAST-SOUTHEAST FOR ROUGHLY
2 MILES. THE TORNADO PRIMARILY DAMAGED FOREST REACHING A PEAK
WIDTH OF 200 YARDS JUST EAST OF WAYNESBORO SHUBUTA ROAD. A COUPLE
OLDER OUTBUILDINGS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED TO DESTROYED VIA
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY
AFTER CROSSING YELLOW CREEK CHURCH DRIVE.
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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