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EF1 tornado in Henry County, Alabama

Tornado March 12, 2026 · Henry County, Alabama

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

An EF-1 tornado touched down east of Poor Creek and tracked east, south of CR 25 before lifting at CR 27. Along the way, the tornado snapped and uprooted a large swath of trees, overturned an outbuilding, significantly damaged the roof of one mobile home and shifted another off its base. Maximum winds were estimated to be 100 mph based on the tree damage.

The wider storm

A squall line swept through the tri-state area ahead of a cold front on March 12th. Numerous reports of severe weather were received.

Began near Murphy Station (31.5338, -85.3270).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Henry County EF1 Houston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327629. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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