Overall, January was a relatively average month for tornadoes, with 37 confirmed. February saw only 11 tornadoes with all but two of them touching down in Alabama. As spring approached, a dramatic upswing occurred in March as 234 tornadoes were confirmed in the United States, the most on record in that month. Outbreaks during the month produced 32, 85, and 90 tornadoes, which helped to ramp up tornadic activity.
EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF2 | Hopkinsville | Christian | KY | | 15:21–15:22 | 1.14abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 125abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A short-lived but strong low-end EF2 tornado struck Hopkinsville. Several businesses and warehouses in town sustained minor to extensive damage to their roofs, walls, windows, and entryways. A few businesses, homes, and a church also sustained major roof damage, and some buildings sustained collapse of cinder block exterior walls. A gas station canopy and gas pumps were destroyed, and many trees were snapped or uprooted.[5] |
EF0 | W of Bonnieville | Hart | KY | | 16:52–16:53 | 0.35abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | In the Priceville area, a large barn was thrown 200– to the southwest, and its foundation was moved 18inches to the east. A smaller barn was thrown 60yd into the second story of a house, and a third barn had some of its roofing tossed up to 400yd away. Several trees were downed as well.[6] |
EF0 | SW of Allensville to SSE of Olmstead | Todd, Logan | KY | | 17:16–17:22 | 5.88abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A large pole barn had half of its roof removed and two garage doors blown in. Trees were snapped and uprooted as well. The tornado was originally rated EF1, but was downgraded to EF0 in the final report.[7] [8] |
EF1 | E of Olmstead to SE of Russellville | Logan | KY | | 17:22–17:32 | 11.03abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | This tornado came from the same circulation that produced the previous tornado. Two barns and a silo were completely destroyed. Two other silos sustained major damage, and additional barns were damaged as well. A house had minor damage to its porch, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.[9] |
EF1 | Eastern Lebanon | Marion | KY | | 17:49–17:50 | 0.26abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief multi-vortex tornado overturned an empty trailer, damaged the corner of a metal building, and twisted a flat metal roof. A trailer garage had its roof peeled off and a side wall collapsed. Another trailer was rotated, while a nearby garage door was crumpled inward.[10] |
EF0 | Southern Bowling Green | Warren | KY | | 17:52–17:53 | 0.39abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief, weak tornado damaged gutters, shingles, roofs, and soffits, and snapped trees within a larger area of straight-line wind damage.[11] |
EF1 | N of Campbellsville | Taylor | KY | | 18:00–18:06 | 6.38abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 350abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Many outbuildings and homes sustained mostly roof damage. An air conditioning unit was pushed partly off its foundation. Two power poles were bent, including one that was cracked at its base. A large garage suffered significant roof damage and had a wall buckled outward. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.[12] |
EF1 | NW of Glasgow to Hiseville | Barren | KY | | 18:17–18:29 | 10.57abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 150abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Over half a dozen barns were severely damaged or destroyed, including within Hiseville, with debris from these structures thrown as far as 400yd away. A large grain silo sustained damage to its side. Two homes suffered damage to their gutters, siding, and shingles. Trees were snapped, twisted, or uprooted, and gravestones at a cemetery in Hiseville were knocked over.[13] |
EF1 | NE of Richmond | Madison | KY | | 18:49–18:51 | 1.75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 125abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Multiple outbuildings were destroyed, several homes sustained roof and window damage, and hundreds of trees were downed in the Union City community.[14] |
EF1 | NNE of Waco | Estill | KY | | 18:59–19:00 | 1.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 140abbr=onNaNabbr=on | The roof of an auto repair facility was damaged and a barn was collapsed. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted as well.[15] |
EF1 | SW of Lester, AL to SW of Elkton, TN | Limestone (AL), Giles (TN) | AL, TN | | 22:04–22:25 | 16.67abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 150abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Numerous outbuildings and barns sustained damage, and many trees were snapped or uprooted.[16] [17] |
EF0 | SE of Muscle Shoals | Colbert | AL | | 00:03–00:06 | 2.09abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 60abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Several homes sustained shingle damage, and several trees were uprooted.[18] |
EF0 | NW of Hazel Green to NNW of New Market | Madison | AL | | 00:15–00:27 | 9.55abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 30abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A mobile home had its roof torn off, several businesses sustained minor damage, and several tree branches were snapped. One person was injured.[19] |
EF0 | W of Triana | Limestone, Madison | AL | | 01:24–01:35 | 3.68abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 150abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Dozens of homes in Triana sustained minor roof and siding damage, and many trees were downed along the path.[20] [21] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | Humble | Harris | TX | | 07:17–07:22 | 2.18abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 40abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A retail building lost its roof and three walls, a post office suffered minor damage, and several trees were downed. Multiple homes were damaged, and a few vans were flipped in a church parking lot.[31] |
EF1 | NE of Humble | Harris | TX | | 07:25–07:29 | 2.24abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Large trees were downed, some of which fell on structures.[32] |
EF1 | W of Hornbeck | Sabine | LA | | 10:42–10:43 | 0.24abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A home suffered shingle damage and roughly 50 hardwood and softwood trees were either snapped or uprooted.[33] |
EF2 | E of Florien | Sabine | LA | | 10:53–11:01 | 3.56abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 900abbr=onNaNabbr=on | About 30 homes were impacted in the Peason community, with 10 to 15 of those being heavily damaged or destroyed. The tornado peaked in intensity as it completely destroyed a mobile home, blowing its remnants up to 60feet away into a tree line. Five people were in the mobile home at the time, all of whom were injured, some critically. Another injury occurred elsewhere, and outbuildings were destroyed at several farms along the path. At least one thousand trees were either snapped or uprooted along the path. This tornado caused $1.5 million in damage.[34] |
EF0 | E of Ansley | Pike | AL | | 22:37–22:39 | 0.36abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado caused considerable roof damage to a metal farm building and tossed a feed bin 150feet away into a field. Another barn sustained minor damage.[35] |
EF0 | NNE of Owassa | Conecuh | AL | | 22:47–22:53 | 2.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A few trees were downed.[36] |
bgcolor=# | EF1 | SE of McKenzie | Butler | AL | | 23:20–23:23 | 0.68abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A mobile home sustained minor damage, and a few trees were downed.[37] In November 2023, this tornado was reanalyzed and upgraded to an EF1 based on multiple uprooted trees via Worldview satellite imagery.[38] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | SE of Carrabelle | Franklin | FL | | 05:22–05:26 | 2.65abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | One home on Dog Island sustained significant damage to its porch and had its roof partially removed. Trees and power lines were damaged along the path.[39] |
EF1 | Placida | Charlotte | FL | | 11:37–11:42 | 0.97abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A waterspout came onshore near a marina where several boats were damaged, including one that was flipped. At least 35 homes were damaged as it struck a manufactured home community before dissipating.[40] |
EF1 | SW of Port Charlotte | Charlotte | FL | | 12:15–12:16 | 0.54abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | This tornado came from the same storm that produced the previous tornado. Four homes were damaged, two of which sustained major damage, with the other two sustaining minor damage. Several roofs and carports were either heavily damaged or destroyed.[41] |
EF2 | SE of Punta Rassa to McGregor | Lee | FL | | 12:32–12:48 | 7.01abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 125abbr=onNaNabbr=on | This strong tornado began as a waterspout over the Gulf of Mexico before moving inland. The tornado moved through three different mobile home communities in Iona, just southwest of Fort Myers, impacting at least 108 mobile homes. Of those, 30 were completely demolished, including some that were swept from their foundations, and 51 suffered major damage. Three people were injured. Mainly horticulture damage occurred in McGregor before the tornado dissipated near the Cape Coral Bridge. This tornado caused $10 million in damage.[42] |
EF0 | NNW of Cape Coral | Lee | FL | | 14:04–14:05 | 0.46abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado captured by doorbell security video caused sporadic minor damage.[43] |
EF0 | SW of Lely to E of Naples | Collier | FL | | 14:07–14:34 | 15abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Two homes sustained roof damage and a few small trees were uprooted. Large branches were sheared off of several trees. A semi-truck was flipped on Interstate 75, injuring the driver.[44] |
EF0 | W of Everglades City to W of Ochopee | Collier | FL | | 14:53–15:01 | 5.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A tornado was caught on video. An NWS damage survey found a leaning power pole.[45] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF2 | S of Cuba to S of Livingston | Sumter | AL | | 18:52–19:15 | 15.47abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 900abbr=onNaNabbr=on | One home was shifted off its foundation with some of its walls collapsed, and numerous trees were downed. This was the first EF2 tornado produced by the western Alabama supercell.[46] |
EF2 | | Greene, Hale | AL | | 19:38–20:16 | 25.87abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1700abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1 death – Trees were downed at EF0 intensity along the beginning of the tornado's path in Greene County near the town of Forkland, some of which fell onto homes. The tornado then crossed into Hale County and intensified as it downed hundreds of trees and damaged or destroyed several manufactured homes, including an unoccupied dwelling that rolled over and landed upside-down on top of a car. After the weakening slightly, the tornado reintensified as it approached and crossed SR 14 north of Sawyerville. Several homes were damaged and a double-wide manufactured home was destroyed, causing several injuries. A fish truck was overturned with its load of fish scattered across the road and two pick-up trucks were thrown into a nearby pond. The tornado reached its peak intensity of high-end EF2 to the northeast as it tore a double-wide manufactured home from its anchors and tossed it approximately 50yd across a road, obliterating it. The one fatality from this tornado occurred here, along with two serious injuries. A home across the street sustained significant roof damage and had many windows blown out, and a manufactured home just to the south was split in half with one of the halves rolling away. Mainly tree damage occurred beyond this point before the tornado dissipated shortly after crossing SR 69. Eight people were injured in total. This was the second EF2 tornado produced by the western Alabama supercell.[47] |
EF2 | SSE of Duncanville | Hale, Bibb, Tuscaloosa | AL | | 20:31–20:42 | 7.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 725abbr=onNaNabbr=on | The third EF2 tornado produced by the western Alabama supercell moved through the Talladega National Forest, snapping or uprooting countless large trees. A home also sustained shingle damage and sheet metal was removed from the roof of a barn.[48] |
EF0 | W of Holtville to Jordan Lake | Elmore | AL | | 23:02–23:03 | 2.13abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A few metal carports were thrown, and numerous trees were downed.[49] |
EF0 | SW of Martin Dam | Elmore | AL | | 23:33–23:34 | 0.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | This brief tornado lofted the roof of one outbuilding and blew metal paneling off of another. One house lost shingles and another was damaged by a fallen tree. Several other trees were uprooted as well.[50] | |
EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | ESE of Berry | Tuscaloosa, Fayette | AL | | 22:14–22:19 | 3.37abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 475abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A mobile home sustained minor damage, an outdoor shed was overturned, and several trees were downed by this high-end EF1 tornado. A PDS tornado warning was issued for this storm.[51] |
EF1 | N of Graysville | Jefferson | AL | | 22:53–22:58 | 4.65abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Several trees were snapped or uprooted, and several tractor-trailers were overturned on I-22.[52] |
EF1 | NNE of Meadowbrook to ENE of Leeds | Shelby, Jefferson, St. Clair | AL | | 00:08–00:21 | 12.64abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 400abbr=onNaNabbr=on | This tornado began in Lake Purdy, downing numerous trees as it moved northeast, including one tree that fell on a home. An apartment complex also sustained minor roof damage. It moved along the west side of Double Oak Mountain and towards Leeds, where many more trees and several power lines were downed. Several homes sustained minor roof and structural damage. A site-built home was damaged by a falling tree, and another falling tree completely destroyed a mobile home. The tornado weakened rapidly as it passed just east of Leeds and crossed into St. Clair County. A warehouse has some limited loss to roofing material before the tornado dissipated.[53] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | NNE of Union Church | Mobile | AL | | 06:42–06:45 | 1.77abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Roofs were damaged, and trees were snapped or uprooted. The National Weather Service issued a particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado warning for this tornado. During the tornado, the National Weather Service in Mobile temporarily transferred operational control to the National Weather Service in New Orleans.[57] [58] |
EF1 | W of Evergreen | Conecuh | AL | | 08:11–08:12 | 0.19abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 150abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado embedded in a larger area of straight-line wind damage caused minor roof damage to three houses and damaged several sheds and storage buildings. A small flag pole was bent to the ground, a power line was downed, and numerous trees were either snapped or uprooted.[59] |
EF1 | SE of Clayton | Barbour | AL | | 10:50–11:07 | 9.14abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 280abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A large construction business sustained damage to outdoor buildings and many trees were downed, some of which landed on homes and caused damage.[60] |
EF0 | Panama City Beach | Bay | FL | | 11:00–11:01 | 0.07abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado touched down in a gravel parking lot, tipping over a boat on a trailer and tossing a tram about 100abbr=offNaNabbr=off, destroying the back of it. Debris was thrown across a golf course as well.[61] |
EF0 | N of Chipley | Washington | FL | | 11:06–11:10 | 1.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 200abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Mobile homes and outbuildings were damaged, some with significant roof damage. Tree limbs were broken and a few hardwood trees were snapped.[62] |
EF1 | Bahoma | Washington | FL | | 11:12–11:13 | 0.19abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A short-lived tornado, spawned by the same supercell as the Chipley tornado, caused substantial roof damage to large barns and outbuildings and tossed several smaller outbuildings. A couple of trees were uprooted as well.[63] |
EF0 | SE of Omaha | Stewart | GA | | 11:48–11:51 | 1.14abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Metal roofing was peeled off at a hunting camp. Trees were downed and branches and tree tops were broken. A tornado debris signature was observed.[64] |
EFU | NW of Greenwood | Jackson | FL | | 11:55–11:57 | 0.15abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado caused no known damage.[65] [66] |
EF1 | Callaway | Bay | FL | | 12:15–12:17 | 0.41abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Several mobiles homes were shifted off their foundations and sustained significant roof damage, a garage was severely damage with debris strewn downwind, and windows were broken at a police station. An apartment complex sustained minor damage, and a shed was slightly shifted. A tree and a utility pole were snapped as well.[67] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | Dunnellon to eastern Ocala | Marion | FL | | 12:45–13:20 | 26.65abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 65abbr=onNaNabbr=on | In Dunnellon, a billboard was knocked down and siding was peeled from a professional building. On the south and east sides of Ocala, numerous homes and an apartment building were damaged, trees were uprooted or snapped, and power lines were downed.[70] |
EF1 | Hernando Beach to Weeki Wachee | Hernando | FL | | 13:06–13:12 | 5.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A waterspout moved onshore and lifted a boat from a dock, and snapped or uprooted trees, some of which fell on and damaged homes. A car was shifted slightly near the end of the path. The cost of damage was conservatively estimated at $50,000.[71] |
EF1 | S of Crescent City | Putnam | FL | | 14:03–14:20 | 5.29abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 70abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Trees were downed and snapped in a mostly rural area.[72] |
EF1 | N of Lorida | Highlands | FL | | 16:45–16:47 | 0.65abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Several power poles were snapped.[73] |
EF0 | Fort Myers Beach | Lee | FL | | 17:09–17:10 | 0.03abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage at Lani Kai Island Resort.[74] |
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EF#! scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable"Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
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EF1 | S of Holt | Okaloosa | FL | | 17:28–17:32 | 1.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A house lost part of its roof and another house lost shingles. One mobile home was destroyed and another sustained roof damage. Trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted as well.[78] |
EF1 | Northern Eucheeanna | Walton | FL | | 20:38–20:40 | 0.81abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A brief tornado snapped numerous trees in a wooded area in the northern part of Eucheeanna and did not affect any structures. A tornado debris signature was detected on radar.[79] |
EF0 | W of Marston | New Madrid | MO | | 20:39–20:41 | 0.71abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Several people caught this tornado on video. A carport and power lines were damaged.[80] |
EF2 | Northwestern Panama City | Bay | FL | | 23:16–23:20 | 1.64abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 75abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Numerous homes were damaged in Panama City, some of which had large sections of their roofs torn off or were shifted off their foundations. One house was moved 4feet off its foundation, a church sustained roof damage, and fencing was blown over. Many trees were downed and power poles were snapped, while sheds and carports were destroyed.[81] |
EF1 | Salem | Washington | IN | | 00:06–00:14 | 5.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 200abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Southwest of Salem, a house and a barn sustained major roof damage and a carport was thrown several hundred feet. Another house sustained minor damage and several outbuildings were also damaged, while dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. In Salem, a large tree was uprooted, another was damaged, and two businesses sustained damage to their roofs and exteriors.[82] |
EF0 | S of Irvington | Breckinridge | KY | | 02:20–02:24 | 2.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 80abbr=onNaNabbr=on | A barn lost its roof and tree limbs were downed.[83] |
EF1 | S of Rineyville | Hardin | KY | | 02:38–02:48 | 4.09abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | One house suffered major roof damage and another suffered minor roof damage. A barn lost its roof, with debris impaled into the ground, and other barns were damaged. Construction materials were thrown into a field, and trees were damaged.[84] |
EF0 | West Point | Hardin, Jefferson | KY | | 02:52–02:55 | 1.76abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 80abbr=onNaNabbr=on | The tornado, which had a skipping path, was produced by the same supercell as the Breckinridge County tornado. About a dozen homes in West Point had roof and siding damage, and trees were downed. A shed lost its roof, which landed on a nearby truck, and a piece of the roof was impaled on a stop sign. The tornado was captured by a home security camera.[85] |
EF1 | NE of Lebanon Junction | Bullitt | KY | | 03:09–03:10 | 0.33abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on | The roof of a carport was partially blown away and trees were downed in multiple directions.[86] |
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