F-1 Tornado Track Found in Lauderdale County (Leighton)

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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Huntsville AL

453 PM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 03/15/2025 Tornado Event...

.Lexington Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1

Estimated Peak Wind:    108 mph

Path Length /statute/:  2.29 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   63 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/15/2025

Start Time:             02:21 PM CDT

Start Location:         2 SW Lexington / Lauderdale County / AL

Start Lat/Lon:          34.9439 / -87.3985

End Date:               03/15/2025

End Time:               02:25 PM CDT

End Location:           1 SE Lexington / Lauderdale County / AL

End Lat/Lon:            34.9548 / -87.3609

Survey Summary:

The Lexington Tornado touched down on County Line Road 71 in a

field then tracked northeast. It hit an older two-car garage and

shifted it 2-3 inches from its foundation as well as damaged the

back half of the roof, but also snapped and uprooted a few large,

hardwood cedar trees. A small camper was also pushed into an

adjacent truck. The tornado continued northeast and downed and

uprooted numerous additional trees (both hardwood and softwood),

also damaging a fence. The tornado then uprooted and snapped more

trees, with these pointing in various directions, as it progressed

northeast. An outdoor, open-aired metal shed was demolished with

its contents strewn across the yard as well as debris scattered

across the residence and into the adjacent one. Across the street

were more downed trees, snapped limbs, and uprooted trees, with

another outdoor shed that had posts concreted into the ground,

collapsed. Trees caused roof damage to a home at this point and

damaged a vehicle next to it. As the tornado persisted, it

continued to snap trees and tree limbs, while uprooting numerous

other trees until it lifted just across County Road 51.

Lauderdale County EMA utilized their drone to discover that the

tornado started in the aforementioned field before it hit the two-

car garage and snapped the cedar trees. More downed trees were

also discovered via this drone footage around the midpoint of the

track. Special thanks to Lauderdale County EMA for their

assistance with this survey!

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the

following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph

EF1.....86 to 110 mph

EF2.....111 to 135 mph

EF3.....136 to 165 mph

EF4.....166 to 200 mph

EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:

The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to

change pending final review of the event and publication in

NWS Storm Data.

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Saari/Amiot