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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
633 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/11/2026 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
AFTER REVIEW OF AVAILABLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND GROUND
SURVEY CREW ASSESSMENT IT WAS DETERMINED THREE TORNADOES OCCURRED
IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA OF WAYNE COUNTY. DETAILS ON THESE CAN
BE FOUND BELOW. ADDITIONAL SURVEYS VIA HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE
IMAGERY WILL CONTINUE IN THE COMING WEEKS AS DATA BECOMES
AVAILABLE FOR INACCESSIBLE PORTIONS OF THE MOBILE FORECAST AREA.
PLEASANT GROVE 1
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.07 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 09:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSW LIGHTSEY / JONES COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7187 / -88.9433
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 09:50 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7154 / -88.9259
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE FIRST OF THREE EF1 TORNADOES WITHIN THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA
BEGAN NEAR OR JUST BEFORE THE JONES/WAYNE COUNTY BORDER ALONG
CLEVE BLACKLEDGE ROAD PRODUCING MINOR TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
REMAINED SOLELY BETWEEN CLEVE BLACKLEDGE ROAD AND PLEASANT GROVE
ROAD. IT REACHED ITS STRONGEST POINT JUST PRIOR TO REACHING
PLEASANT GROVE ROAD WHERE IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE
EVIDENT ON SENTINEL 2 SATELLITE IMAGERY. A SMALL BUILDING TO THE
SOUTH OF CLEVE BLACKLEDGE ROAD ALSO SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
VISIBLE ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY BUT WAS LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH
INTENSE RFD WINDS ROUNDING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TORNADO AS
DEBRIS WAS THROWN TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST.
PLEASANT GROVE 2
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.45 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 09:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7103 / -88.9227
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 09:52 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7146 / -88.8997
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE EF1 TORNADOES WITHIN THE PLEASANT
GROVE AREA, WITH THE FINAL TWO TORNADOES FEATURING A UNIQUE
INTERACTION AS THEY CONTINUED TO THE EAST. THIS NORTHERNMOST
TORNADO BEGAN NORTH OF THE OLD HIGHWAY 84 LOOP AND WEST OF HARRY
PIPPEN DRIVE WHERE SOME TREES WERE UPROOTED IN A POND LYING
TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE TORNADO WAS
ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 84 LOOP WHERE A TREE WAS LYING TOWARDS THE
EAST. THOROUGH REVIEW OF SENTINEL 2 SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALED A
COHERENT DAMAGE TRACK THAT CROSSED PLEASANT GROVE ALTAIR ROAD,
ULTIMATELY MERGING WITH ANOTHER TORNADO TRACK THAT CAME IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST ON DANIEL RONEY DRIVE. WHEN THESE TORNADO TRACKS
CAME TOGETHER, SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG DANIEL
RONEY DRIVE WITH NUMEROUS SNAPS AND UPROOTS IN A ROUGHLY 250 YARD
WIDE SWATH. THIS TORNADO THEN REMAINED THE DOMINANT ONE THAT
CONTINUED NORTHEAST BEFORE OCCLUDING DUE NORTH ACROSS SOME
CHICKEN FARMS ALONG PLEASANT GROVE ALTAIR ROAD WITH MAJOR LOSS OF
ROOF PANELING. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED NORTH OF THE ROAD,
WITH THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTING AFTER IMPACTING THE CHICKEN
FARMS.
PLEASANT GROVE 3
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 09:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.7053 / -88.9142
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 09:51 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SE LIGHTSEY / WAYNE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.7113 / -88.904
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS IS THE THIRD OF THREE EF1 TORNADOES WITHIN THE PLEASANT
GROVE AREA, WITH THESE FINAL TWO TORNADOES FEATURING A UNIQUE
INTERACTION AS THEY CONTINUED TO THE EAST. THIS SOUTHERNMOST
TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF OLD HIGHWAY 84 LOOP CAUSING MINOR
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO EF1 INTENSITY AS
IT BEGAN TO CAUSE MORE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE VISIBLE VIA
SENTINEL 2 SATELLITE IMAGERY SOUTHWEST OF DANIEL RONEY DRIVE. THE
TORNADO MERGED INTO THE NORTHERN TORNADO PATH ALONG DANIEL RONEY
DRIVE. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON WHICH TORNADO REMAINED DOMINANT
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST, THIS TORNADO TRACK IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
ENDED JUST AFTER CROSSING DANIEL RONEY ROAD AS IT TURNED
NORTHWARD INTO THE OTHER TORNADO TRACK. THE PEAK WIDTH IS ALSO
ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BASED ON THE DAMAGE CORRIDOR
SOUTHWEST OF DANEIL RONEY 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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