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EF1 tornado in Choctaw County, Alabama

Tornado March 11, 2026 · Choctaw County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
35 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The brief EF-1 tornado began along Souwilpa road near Alabama

Highway 187 where it uprooted and snapped a couple of trees. A

very narrow convergence path was noted as it crossed highway

17 peaking in intensity as it snapped a few small softwood pines

before likely dissipating in the woods east of highway 17.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved across the area with a line of showers and thunderstorms. The storms produced several tornadoes and gusty winds across southwest Alabama.

Began near Souwilpa (31.8276, -88.3143).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Choctaw CountyEF1 Choctaw CountyEF1 Mobile CountyEF1 Escambia CountyEF0 Mobile CountyEF0 Mobile CountyEF0 Mobile CountyEF0 Mobile County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1319903. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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