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EF1 tornado in Henry County, Alabama

Tornado March 12, 2026 · Henry County, Alabama

EF1
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
387 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 387 yards (0.22 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 aerial survey indicated that a tornado touched down northwest of Newville, AL damaging the roof of a two-story business near the intersection of West Columbia Road and Reynolds Street. As the tornado crossed downtown Newville, it snapped and uprooted many trees and damaged the roofs of several businesses between the Seaboard Coastline Railroad tracks and Oak Lane including E Columbia Road. The tornado snapped trees on Wheddon Farm Road before lifting near U.S. 431. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 100 mph which is EF-1 strength.

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 Newville (31.4263, -85.3470).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Henry CountyEF1 Houston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327630. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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