Thunderstorm Wind in Lee County, Alabama
Thunderstorm Wind March 12, 2026 · Lee County, Alabama
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Trees were downed on Lee Road 213, 309, and 240.
The wider storm
A line of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front moved across Central Alabama from late on March 11 into the early morning hours of March 12. After initially only producing a few areas of wind damage, the line quickly intensified east of I-65. Around 1 AM CDT, several trees were downed across Coosa and Tallapoosa counties. Scattered tree damage was also reported in Montgomery before activity quikcly ramped up after 2:30 AM CDT. Multiple areas of rotation within the line produced three EF-0 tornadoes across Pike, Barbour, and Russell counties, along with numerous instances of tree and structural damage from straight-line wind in these three counties along with Bullock and Lee. The line exited into Georgia by 4:30 AM CDT.
Began near Smiths (32.4801, -85.0896).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1317220. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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