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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
728 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/12/26 TORNADO AND STRAIGHT-LINE WIND EVENT UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
ADDED A SECTION FOR WIND DAMAGE FOUND NEAR CLAYTON, AL.
SPRING HILL TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.28 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/12/2026
START TIME: 03:03 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 N SPRINGHILL / PIKE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.7057 / -85.9604
END DATE: 03/12/2026
END TIME: 03:04 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 N SPRINGHILL / PIKE COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.7077 / -85.9562
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A LOCALIZED AREA OF STORM DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED BY NWS BIRMINGHAM
METEOROLOGISTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 87 TO THE NORTH OF SPRING HILL.
THE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO WITH
SEVERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY DUPLEXES SUSTAINING SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 87. THE KEY INDICATOR OF A TORNADO WAS
INSULATION SPLATTERING ON THE EASTERN WALL OF ONE OF THE
BUILDINGS ALONG WITH A WEAK DEBRIS SIGNATURE NOTED ON KEOX RADAR.
DEBRIS WAS ALSO STREWN ACROSS A FIELD ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE
CIRCULATION. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ACROSS COUNTY ROAD
87 WHERE SEVERAL MORE DUPLEXES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH A
COUPLE OF UPROOTED TREES NOTED IN THE AREA AS WELL. THE TORNADO
WAS RATHER SHORT-LIVED WITH A PATH LENGTH OF ROUGHLY ONE-QUARTER
MILE WITH NO NOTABLE AREAS OF DAMAGE BEFORE OR AFTER THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
CLAYTON WIND DAMAGE
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.88 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 6000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/12/2026
START TIME: 03:34 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NW CLAYTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / BARBOUR COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.8918 / -85.4992
END DATE: 03/12/2026
END TIME: 03:42 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE CLAYTON / BARBOUR COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.9034 / -85.4188
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A WIDE ZONE OF TREE AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF CLAYTON AND DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A REAR INFLOW NOTCH AND
ASSOCIATED BOW ECHO NOTED ON KEOX RADAR. THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS
OF CONCENTRATED TREE FALL, PARTICULARLY AT A HOME ON COUNTY ROAD
239 WHERE AT LEAST 20 LARGE PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED SURROUNDING
THE HOME. A MAJORITY OF THE TREES FELL TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST
WITH THE MOTION OF THE STORM. THE HOME ITSELF SUSTAINED NO
OBVIOUS DAMAGE, BUT ONE TREE DID FALL ON A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY.
FURTHER WEST DOWN 239, A LARGE PORTION OF THE METAL ROOF ON THE
BARBOUR COUNTY FARM CENTER WAS BLOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT, AND
SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED AT THE BARBOUR COUNTY JAIL AND
VENTRESS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PROPERTY ALONG 239. A SECOND AREA
OF CONCENTRATED TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND FURTHER NORTHEAST ON COUNTY
ROAD 49, KENNEDY ROAD, AND JACKSONVILLE CHURCH ROAD. THIS DAMAGE
APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COUPLET NOTED ON KEOX AND KMXX RADARS. THE
VAST MAJORITY OF TREE FALL WAS ORIENTED TO THE NORTHEAST OR EAST-
NORTHEAST, AND THE OVERALL DAMAGE ZONE WIDTH ON THESE CONSECUTIVE
ROADS WAS ROUGHLY ONE-HALF TO ONE MILE WIDE.
JOHN C MARTIN ROAD TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/12/2026
START TIME: 03:36 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 S CLAYTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / BARBOUR COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.8484 / -85.4824
END DATE: 03/12/2026
END TIME: 03:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE CLAYTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / BARBOUR COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.8462 / -85.4737
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN AREA OF DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ALONG JOHN C MARTIN RD TO THE
SOUTH OF CLAYTON AND THE DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT
OF A BRIEF, EF0 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF A
COUPLE CHICKEN HOUSES WHERE IT DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A METAL
OUTBUILDING AND EJECTED PIECES OF TIN INTO A NEARBY FIELD. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST A SHORT DISTANCE THROUGH THE FIELD THEN IT
CROSSED JOHN C MARTIN RD WHERE MULTIPLE SOFTWOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOVEY RD AND JOHN C
MARTIN RD. A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET LOST A FEW SHINGLES AND MOST
OF THE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT ON THE FRONT OF THE HOME. SEVERAL
TREES IN THE YARD WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO QUICKLY
WEAKENED AS IT CONTINUED EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO AN OPEN FIELD WHERE
SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED ALONG A TREE LINE THEN THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER.
HATCHECHUBBEE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/12/2026
START TIME: 03:46 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NE HATCHECHUBBE / RUSSELL COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 32.2769 / -85.2635
END DATE: 03/12/2026
END TIME: 03:48 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE HATCHECHUBBE / RUSSELL COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 32.2818 / -85.238
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED ON COUNTY RD 26 ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
HATCHECHUBBEE AND DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A BRIEF,
EF0 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TRACKED NEARLY PARALLEL TO COUNTY RD
26 WHERE SEVERAL SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG
VARIOUS TREE LINES. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR COLBERT ROAD WHERE
SOME LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED.
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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