Thunderstorm Wind in Winston County, Alabama

The National Weather Service surveyed damage northeast of Haleyville from the Forkville area to the Ashridge community and determined it to be the result of straight-line winds. The most concentrated damage was observed at the intersection of Highway 195 and Little Crooked Rd around 5:35 pm CDT, where several structures were damaged. A furniture business sustained roof damage and had a glass door blown out, an open air hay shed was flipped onto an adjacent outbuilding, and a larger garage sustained roof and siding damage. In addition, a smaller three-car shed collapsed and fell into the larger garage. Just east of this, at least five trees were uprooted across Little Crooked Rd, with roofing tin from the garage blown into the fallen trees. This damage was all within 130 yards, with winds estimated up to 75 mph. No other notable damage was observed except for a few trees down along Jim Brown Rd approximately four miles to the southeast.

A shortwave trough moved through the region on March 9, with a broken line of thunderstorms sliding east-southeastward across Central Alabama during the evening hours. These storms produced sporadic instances of wind damage across the northern half of Central Alabama, with the most concentrated area of damage being across Jefferson County. In addition to straight-line wind damage, an EF-0 tornado was confirmed in western Jefferson County.