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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, AL — Mar 16, 2026

NWS HUN · ETN 1 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office HUN issued a tornado warning at 02:32 UTC on Mar 16, 2026. The warning was in effect for 43 minutes, ending at Mar 16, 2026 03:15 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 34.61, -88.26, moving east-northeast at about 43 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
1 W Lexington Lauderdale, AL EF1° EF-1 tornado surveyed began at this point. (HUN)
8 WSW Minor Hill Lawrence, TN EF1° Continuation of the EF1 tornado that began in northern Alabama covered by NWS Huntsville. The tornado began in Lexington... AL and continued northeast impacting Bonnert (OHX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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