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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15/2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #2
UPDATE
SURVEY RESULTS FROM MAURY COUNTY HAVE BEEN ADDED.
DETAILS ARE BELOW.
.MT. PLEASANT/COLUMBIA EF1
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 16.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 10:06 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNE MOUNT PLEASANT / MAURY COUNTY / TN
START LAT/LON: 35.5591 / -87.1848
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 10:25 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW SPRING HILL / MAURY COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.6966 / -86.9494
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HIGHWAY 43 IN MOUNT PLEASANT. MANY TREES
WERE UPROOTED OR HAD BROKEN LIMBS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND
INTERSTATE. A FEW HOMES AND BARNS HAD METAL ROOFING BLOWN OFF. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO COLUMBIA, IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOODS
AND COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED
FREQUENTLY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES WAS ALSO NOTED, MAINLY TO
VINYL SIDING, SHINGLES, AND METAL FASCIA. THERE WAS ONE BUILDING
ON COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE, AS
WELL AS FENCING ON THE BALL FIELDS. NEXT IN THE DAMAGE PATH WAS AN
INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONG THE DUCK RIVER. MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED,
SNAPPED, OR SUSTAINED MANY BROKEN BRANCHES. SEVERAL BUILDINGS LOST
METAL ROOFING, AND ONE LARGER METAL BUILDING SYSTEM HAD A PORTION
OF THE SOUTH FACING WALL CAVED IN. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED BACK
INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, CAUSING OCCASIONAL TREES DOWN OR BRANCHES
BROKEN, SHINGLE DAMAGE, AND DAMAGE TO VINYL SIDING. THE TORNADO
ENDED ALONG GREEN MILLS ROAD IN NORTHERN MAURY COUNTY, JUST PRIOR
TO REACHING SPRING HILL.
LEXINGTON/BONNERTOWN EF1
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 10:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 W LEXINGTON / LAUDERDALE COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 34.9671 / -87.3831
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 11:04 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E MINOR HILL / GILES COUNTY / TN
END LAT/LON: 35.0368 / -87.1486
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN
OPEN FIELD WEST OF EARNEST STREET AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 4 IN
LEXINGTON. AS IT APPROACHED EARNEST STREET, IT CAUSED AN OPEN
OUTDOOR STRUCTURE PROPPED UP ON CINDER BLOCKS TO SLIDE TO THE
NORTH AS WELL AS SNAPPED 4X4S AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO
TRACKED NORTHEAST TOWARD LEXINGTON CITY HALL AND CAUSED MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO FIVE STRUCTURES. CONTINUING NORTHEAST, THE TORNADO
UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 64 BEFORE CROSSING HIGHWAY
59. ALONG THE WAY, MULTIPLE TREES WERE SNAPPED, HOMES HAD SIDING
DAMAGE, SEVERAL SMALL OPEN STRUCTURES COLLAPSED, AND A GARAGE
DOOR WAS BLOWN IN. IT CONTINUED SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES AS
IT APPROACHED THE STATE LINE.THE TORNADO CROSSED THE
TENNESSEE/ALABAMA STATE LINE AND MOVED NORTHEAST, CONTINUING FOR
10 MORE MILES IN TENNESSEE. IN BONNERTOWN, MANY RESIDENCES WERE
IMPACTED, WITH SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. A FEW MANUFACTURED HOMES
WERE MOVED OFF THEIR PIERS, AND A COUPLE MOBILE HOMES WERE LOFTED
OR SLID, REMAINING IN TACT. OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE INCLUDED
MISSING AWNINGS, REMOVED SHINGLES, CARPORTS THROWN, AND TREES
FALLING ONTO THE STRUCTURES. SEVERAL FARM OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. BEYOND
BONNERTOWN, THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ALONG APPLETON ROAD,
DOWNING TREES AND DESTROYING A CHICKEN FARM. AS THE TORNADO
CROSSED INTO GILES COUNTY, DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY TREES DOWNED OR
UPROOTED, AND BRANCHES SNAPPED. A FEW STRUCTURES WERE IMPACTED IN
GILES COUNTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF MINOR HILL DUE TO TREES
FALLING. A FEW METAL FARM OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO COLLAPSED. THE
TORNADO ENDED QUICKLY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MINOR HILL.
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.
HUN: MAGEE/MEYER/CRAMER
OHX: HUSTED/LAROSA/CRAVENS
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