2019 — March 3, Tornadoes, especially EF-4 Lee County (especially Beauregard), AL– 23

–23  CNN (Wagner/Rocha/Ries). “Alabama reels in aftermath of deadly tornadoes.” 3-4-2019.

–23  Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.

–23  WVTM 13. “NWS: EF4 tornado with 170 mph winds hit Lee County… 3-4-2019.

–14  NBC/Alex Johnson/Janelle Griffith. “Tornadoes kill at least 14…in Alabama.” 3-3-2019.

 

Alphabetical Listing of Fatalities.

 

  1. Bowen, Jonathan Marquez, 9. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  2. Braswell, Vicki, 69. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  3. Creech, Sheila, 59. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  4. Dean, David “Roaddog Daddy,” 53. WVTM 13. “NWS: EF4 tornado with 170 mph winds….” 3-4-2019.
  5. Gomez-Moran, Irma, 41. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  6. Grimes, Marshall Lynn, 59. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  7. Hernandez, Armando. 6. CNN. “Alabama reels in aftermath of deadly tornadoes.” 3-4-2019.
  8. Jones, Emmanuiel, 53. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  9. Jones, Jimmy Lee, 89. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  10. Jones, Mary Louise, 83. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  11. Koon, Mamie Roberts, 68. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  12. Miller, Charlotte Ann, 59. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  13. Pence, Ryan, 22. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  14. Robinson, Maggie Delight, 57. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  15. Robinson, Raymond Jr., 63. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  16. Robinson, Tresia, 62. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  17. Stenson, Eric Jamal, 38. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  18. Stenson, Florel Tate, 63. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  19. Stenson, Henry Lewis, 65. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  20. Tate, James Henry, 86. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  21. Thornton, Taylor, 10. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  22. Woodall, Felicia, 22. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.
  23. Waldon, Mykala, 8. Montgomery Advertiser. “Lee County…coroner releases names of 23 victims…” 3-5-2019.

 

Narrative Information

 

NWSChat, NOAA: “Synopsis:

 

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST STATES ON SUNDAY, MARCH 3, PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. IN MIDDLE GEORGIA, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM SUSPECTED TORNADOES OCCURRED AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SURVEYED BY NWS METEOROLOGISTS. THIS REPORT WILL LIST INDIVIDUAL TORNADO EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER…. NOTE…THE FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY SUMMARY IS A JOINT STATEMENT FROM WFO BIRMINGHAM AND WFO PEACHTREE CITY COVERING THE SURVEYS OF THE LONG-TRACK TORNADO WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND FROM BEAUREGARD, AL TO TALBOTTON, GA. BEAUREGARD/SMITH’S STATION/ELLERSLIE/TALBOTTON TORNADO (COMPLETE TORNADO PATH)… RATING:                 EF-4 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    170 MPH PATH LENGTH (STATUTE):  68.8 MILES PATH WIDTH (MAXIMUM):   1600 YARDS FATALITIES:             23 INJURIES:               97 START DATE:             03/03/2019 START TIME:             2:00 PM CSTSTART LOCATION:         3.0 MILES NW OF SOCIETY HILL, ALSTART LAT/LON:          32.4472 / -85.4818 END DATE:               03/03/2019END TIME:               4:16 PM ESTEND LOCATION:           10.5 MILES ENE OF TALBOTTON, GAEND LAT/LON:            32.7452 / -84.3697 SURVEY SUMMARY:NWS BIRMINGHAM… THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS ROAD AND JUST NORTHEAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 80 IN NORTHEAST MACON COUNTY. INITIALLY SOME SMALL LIMBS WERE BROKEN OFF OF TREES ALONG WITH SOME PINE TREES UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED EAST ACROSS CALLOWAY BAKER ROAD AND ACROSS GLASSY MILL ROAD WHERE MORE PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED.….THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF LEE COUNTY ROAD 36 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 39 WHEREIT ROLLED A MANUFACTURED HOME AND EMPTIED ITS CONTENTS NEARBY ON THENORTHERN SIDE OF THE TRACK WHILE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TRACK INCLUDED THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OFA HOUSE WITH ALL DEBRIS TOSSED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE FOUNDATION.THE TORNADO BENT THE FRAME OF A CAR AROUND THE REMNANT OF A LARGE TREE WHOSE UPPER PORTION HAD BROKEN OFF AND TOTALED THREE VEHICLES BY SEVERE IMPACTS INTO THE BASES OF TWO REMAINING TREE STUBS. FURTHEREAST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SMALL LAKE, A WELL-ANCHORED AND CONSTRUCTED HOME WAS LEVELED WITH DEBRIS REMOVED FROM THE FOUNDATIONAND ANCHORED BOLT SCREWS REMAINING INTACT. TOWARD THE NORTHERN EDGEOF THE TORNADO, THE DESTRUCTION OF TWO DOUBLE-WIDE AND A SINGLE-WIDEMANUFACTURED HOME WAS SURVEYED. THIS WAS THE PEAK INTENSITY OF THETORNADO DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF DAMAGE TO THE TWO HOUSES ALONG WITHEXTENSIVE SEVERE TREE DAMAGE INCLUDING TREES SNAPPED AT THEIR BASES AND LARGE TREES WITH EXPANSIVE ROOT SYSTEMS FALLEN ALONG WITH SOME SPORADIC EVIDENCE OF GROUND ROWING. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT CONTINUED EAST ROUGHLYPARALLELING LEE COUNTY ROAD 39 WHERE TWO MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE DESTROYEDWITH MOST DEBRIS DEPOSITED AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL LOCATION AND BOTH OF THE METAL FRAMES OF THE MOBILE HOMES COULD NOT BE LOCATED. ANOTHER MANUFACTURED HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH ITS CONTENTS DEPOSITED IN A SWATHFROM THE SITE INTO THE REMAINS OF A NEARBY TREE LINE. A CAR WAS FOUND IN AN OVERTURNED POSITION AGAINST A HARDY TREE STRIPPED OF MOST LIMBS WITH A MATTRESS FROM A BED WRAPPED AROUND THE MID PORTION OF THE TREE. A BADLY MANGLED METAL FRAME OF A MANUFACTURED HOME AND DEBRIS DISPLACEDNEARBY WAS ALL THAT REMAINED OF ONE RESIDENCE. NEARBY A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WAS ON ITS SIDE AND SHOVED AROUND A STURDY TREE WHILE A NEARBY SITE-BUILT HOME LOST NEARLY ALL OF ITS EXTERIOR WALLS WITH DEBRIS REMAINING ON OR NEAR THE HOME SITE. SEVERE TREE DESTRUCTION CONTINUED INTO THIS AREA WITH TREES SNAPPED AT THEIR BASES AND UPROOTED. TO THE NORTH OF LEE COUNTY ROAD 39 SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS WERE DEPOSITED IN THEWOODED AREA WHERE THE TORNADO PERFORMED SIGNIFICANT TIMBER DAMAGE ANDTOPPLED AT LEAST ONE HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE TOWER VISIBLE IN THE NEAR DISTANCE. AFTER DEMOLISHING TWO DOUBLE-WIDE AND A SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOMETHE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED LEE COUNTY ROAD 51 JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH LEE COUNTY ROAD 39 WHERE DOUBLE-WIDE MANUFACTUREDHOME WAS MOVED OFF OF ITS BASE AND THE EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSED ON A FAMILY RESIDENCE WHILE TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED WITH SNAPS AT THE BASES OF TREES. SOME WEAKENING OCCURRED FURTHER EAST AS THE TORNADO CROSSEDLEE COUNTY ROAD 38 WHERE IT DEPOSITED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS INTO A RAGGED FORESTED AREA. THE TORNADO MOVED SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DUE EAST, CROSSING LEE COUNTY ROAD 100 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 166 WHERE IT CAUSEDDAMAGE TO TREES WITH SOME TRUNKS SNAPPED AND SOME TREES UPROOTED. TORNADO DAMAGE CONTINUED FURTHER EAST ALONG LEE COUNTY ROAD 165 AND ALONG PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY ROAD 40 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 2049 WHERE IT COLLAPSED EXTERIOR WALLS OF A FAMILY RESIDENCE REMOVED MOST OF THE ROOF OF ANOTHER HOUSE AND CAUSED SOME LOSS OF ROOFING MATERIAL FROM AHOUSE AND A MANUFACTURED HOME THEN THE TORNADO FLIPPED A MANUFACTURED HOME AND DEPOSITED ITS CONTENTS NEARBY ALONG WITH DESTROYING THE ROOF AND WALLS OF A SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME AND CAUSED CONTINUED TREEDAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ACROSS LEE COUNTY ROAD 170 THEN TURNED MORE TOTHE NORTHEAST WHERE IT CROSSED LEE COUNTY ROAD 401 NEAR THE INTERSECTIONWITH LEE COUNTY ROAD 175 AND CONTINUED HOME AND TIMBER DAMAGE ALL THE WAY TO LEE COUNTY ROAD 241. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING LEE COUNTY ROAD 245 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 179 WITH DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 239 ALONG WITH CONTINUED TIMBER DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO TURNMORE TO THE EAST AS IT APPROACHED PHENIX CITY FROM THE WEST, CROSSING LEE COUNTY ROAD 239 AND PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY ROAD 246 THEN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY ROADS 289, 292, 290 WITH DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OFA HOUSE AND TIMBER DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED NEAR FULLERS LAKE AREA WHERE IT ROLLED A MANUFACTUREDHOME OVER AND CAUSED SOME LOSS OF ROOFING MATERIAL TO A HOUSE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG LEE COUNTY ROAD 294 AND LEE COUNTY ROAD 298 WHERE APROFESSIONAL BUILDING LOST SOME OF ITS ROOF MATERIALS AND DAMAGE TO SIDINGAND ROOFING OCCURRED TO SEVERAL SMALL HOMES THAT WERE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED.AS THE TORNADO CROSSED U.S. HIGHWAY 280 IT CAUSED SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO A RESTAURANT, DAMAGED A BILLBOARD AND COLLAPSED A CELLULAR SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.TIMBER DAMAGE OCCURRED NORTHEAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 280 ALONG LEE COUNTY ROAD 298. THE TORNADO MOVED MORE TO THE RIGHT AND AFFECTED AREAS ALONG LEE COUNTY ROAD 318 AND 319 WHERE SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES OCCURRED AND MUCH IN THE WAY OF TIMBER DAMAGE RESULTED. A TREE FELL AND CRUSHED AN OUTBUILDING AND A SINGLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME LOST PORTIONS OF ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST FROM THIS POINT TOWARD THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER WHERE IT CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOUSES NEAR THE RIVER AND DOWNED A METAL HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE TOWER. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AND CONTINUED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN GEORGIA. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 26.73 MILES LONG AND WAS 1600 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT….”

News Outlets:

 

March 3, NBC: “At least 14 people were killed and dozens more were injured Sunday [3rd] when powerful tornadoes swept through eastern Alabama, authorities said. The deaths were in Lee County, on the Georgia border, Sheriff Jay Jones and the county coroner’s office said Sunday night. East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, the county seat, said that it was treating more than 40 patients and that an undetermined number of others had been sent to hospitals.

 

“…the Lee County Emergency Management Agency, or EMA, said the worst of the damage was near the town of Beauregard, where it said it had confirmed two deaths….

 

“The tornadoes touched down amid a severe weather outbreak across the Southeast, according to the National Weather Service….

 

“Opelika Fire Chief Byron Prather said several homes had been destroyed, creating serious fire hazards as propane leaked from damaged tanks….” (NBC News. “Tornadoes kill at least 14, injure dozens more in Alabama.” 3-3-2019.)

 

March 3, WSFA 12: “….The National Weather Service in Birmingham says the first tornado that impacted Lee County Sunday afternoon was at least an EF-3 and at least half a mile wide….” (WSFA 12, Montgomery, AL. “Death toll rises to 14 after East Alabama tornadoes.” 3-3-2019.)

 

March 4: “Lee County, Ala. — A National Weather Service official says a tornado that struck southeastern Alabama was an EF4 twister with wind speeds estimated at 170 mph. Meteorologist Chris Darden said at a Monday news conference that the Sunday storm had a path nearly 1 mile wide, and 24 miles long, stretching toward Georgia. He said officials on both sides of the state line are surveying the severe storm’s damage.

 

Darden said it was one of several tornadoes that struck southeastern Alabama. He said one in was Macon County. He also said there also was damage from an EF1 storm in Barbour County. he Sunday tornadoes were part of a powerful storm system that also slashed its way across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

 

“Devastating winds destroyed homes and killed at least 23 people, including three children, ages 6, 9 and 10. One of the children has been identified as a 4th grader at Lee-Scott Academy…” (WVTM 13, Tuscaloosa, AL. “NWX: EF4 tornado with 170 mph winds hit Lee County, Alabama.” 3-4-2019.)

 


Some Historical Alabama Tornadoes wherein 10 or more people died (42 events)

 

  1. 1868 — May 5, Tornadoes, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Talladega Counties, AL       —     12
  2. 1874 — Nov 22, Tornadoes, Colbert, Lauderdale, Shelby Counties, AL       –12-16
  3. 1875 — May 1, Tornadoes (2) AL                   —     37
  4. 1884 — Feb 19, Tornadoes, especially Jefferson, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair Counties –27-210
  5. 1884 — April 2, Tornadoes, Blount and Madison Counties, AL       —     10
  6. 1885 — Nov 6, Tornado, Dallas County, Near Selma, AL       —     13
  7. 1899 — March 18, Tornadoes (3), AL                                                                   —     16
  8. 1901 — March 25, Tornado, Jefferson Co. (Birmingham/Avondale/Irondale), AL –16-25
  9. 1903 — April 8, Tornadoes (2), Leesburg, Hopewell, Summit, AL              —     20
  10. 1903 — May 24, Tornadoes (3), Franklin, Kearney, Adams, Webster, Clay Co. AL —     14
  11. 1904 — Jan 22, Tornado, Hale-Tuscaloosa Counties (Moundville), AL       —     37
  12. 1908 — April 24-25, Tornadoes, AL       –37-48
  13. 1909 — Oct 14, Storm and Tornadoes, Franklin, Marshall, Jackson Counties, AL –11-21
  14. 1913 — March 13/14, Tornadoes, Bullock, Calhoun, Etowah, Macon, Montgomery Co.– 10
  15. 1913 — March 21, Tornadoes (4), AL                 —     34
  16. 1917 — Feb 23, Tornadoes, Hale, Perry, Elmore, Coosa, Clay Counties, AL       —     16
  17. 1917 — March 26-27, Tornadoes (2), Pike, Crenshaw, Hale Counties, AL          —     10
  18. 1917 — May 27-28 Tornadoes (7), AL                               —     50
  19. 1918 — Jan 11, Tornado, Pike and Houston Counties (especially Webb), AL       —     13
  20. 1920 — March 28, Tornadoes, Calhoun, Chambers, Elmore, Tallapoosa Counties —     27
  21. 1920 — April 20, Tornadoes, AL                   —     92
  22. 1921 — April 16, Tornadoes, AL                              —     15
  23. 1924 — April 30, Tornadoes, AL                                     —     13
  24. 1924 — May 26-27, Tornadoes, AL                                                             —     24
  25. 1925 — Oct 25, Tornado, Pike-Bullock-Barbour-Crenshaw Counties, AL    —     18
  26. 1932 — Jan 12, Tornadoes, Hale, Tuscaloosa, Marengo, Perry Counties, AL —     10
  27. 1932 — March 21, Tornadoes, AL                                                                           —   286
  28. 1933 — May 5, Tornadoes, Brent/SE Centreville/Helena & Choctaw/Sumter, AL       —     25
  29. 1938 — April 7, Tornado, Near Aliceville, Pickens County, AL                           —     11
  30. 1949 — Nov 24, Tornadoes, AL       —     15
  31. 1953 — April 18, Tornado, Shelby and Lee-Russell, AL                                  —     14
  32. 1956 — April 15, Tornado, F4, Jefferson County, AL                   —     25
  33. 1964 — Jan 24, Tornado, Harpersville, Shelby County, AL                   —     10
  34. 1974 — April 3, Tornadoes, multiple counties, esp. Lawrence, Limestone, Marion –77-86
  35. 1977 — April 4, Tornado, F5, Jefferson County, AL             —     22
  36. 1989 — Nov 15, Tornado, F4, Madison County, AL              —     21
  37. 1994 — March 27, Tornado, St. Clair, Calhoun, Cherokee Counties, AL       —     22
  38. 1998 — April 8, Tornadoes, Oak Grove, Moody, Birmingham-Area, AL            —     34
  39. 2000 — Dec 16, Tornadoes, Geneva (1 fatality) and Tuscaloosa (11 deaths), AL —     12
  40. 2002 — Nov 10, Tornado Outbreak, Cherokee, Walker and esp. Winston Counties —     12
  41. 2007 — March 1, Tornado Outbreak (Prairie, Enterprise), AL       —     10
  42. 2011 — Apr 27, Tornadoes, esp. Tuscaloosa, Dekalb, Marion, Jefferson counties –249-252

 

Incomplete Listing of Several Deadly Tornadoes with Fewer than 10 Fatalities: [1]

 

1936 — Jan 18, Tornadoes, Dekalb County (4), Dale County (1), and Houston County (1)       —       6

2008 — Feb 5, Tornadoes, Jackson (1 death) and Lawrence County (4 deaths), AL            —       5

2011 — April 15, Tornadoes, Autauga, Marengo and Washington Counties                       —       7

 

Numerical Ranking of Top Ten States Having Ten or More Fatality Tornado Events

 

  1. Alabama — 42  (We take note of 3 events <10: 6 in 1936, 5 in 2008, and 7 in 2011.)
  2. Texas — 41
  3. Mississippi — 40  (One cross-listed in Windstorms as there is ambiguity as to status.)
  4. Arkansas — 39
  5. Oklahoma — 34  (We also note 8 deaths in 2009 tornado.)
  6. Georgia — 28  (We also note 2 tornadoes <10 deaths: 8 in 1897, and 7 in 1936.)
  7. Missouri — 22
  8. Tennessee — 22
  9. Illinois — 21
  10. Kansas — 19  (Plus 3 >10 deaths: 5 in 1984, 6 in 1999 and 8 in 2003.)

 

Sources

 

CNN (Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha, Brian Ries). “Alabama reels in aftermath of deadly tornadoes.” 3-4-2019. Accessed 3-4-2019 at: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/alabama-tornadoes-march-2019/index.html

 

Montgomery Advertiser (Kirsten Fiscus and Trevor Hughes). “Lee County, Alabama, coroner releases names of 23 victims killed in EF-4 tornado.” 3-5-2019. Accessed 3-6-2019 at: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/03/05/who-are-beauregard-alabama-tornado-victims-identified-names-released/3065278002/

 

National Weather Service. “Public Information Statement. National Weather Service Peachtree City GA, 452PS EST Tue MAR 5 2019…Update #3 From NWS Damage Surveys Including the Long-Track Tornado Which Traversed From Macon and Lee Counties in Alabama Through Muscogee, Harris and Talbotton Counties in Georgia…” Peach Tree, GA: NWS, NOAA, 3-5-2019. Accessed 3-6-2019 at: https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201903052152-KFFC-NOUS42-PNSFFC

 

NBC News (Alex Johnson/Janelle Griffith). “Tornadoes kill at least 14, injure dozens more in Alabama.” 3-3-2019. Accessed 3-3-2019 at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/least-two-killed-tornado-alabama-report-says-n978736?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

 

WVTM 13, Tuscaloosa, AL. “NWS: EF4 tornado with 170 mph winds hit Lee County, Alabama.” 3-4-2019. Accessed 3-5-2019 at: https://www.wvtm13.com/article/nws-ef4-tornado-with-170-mph-winds-hit-lee-county-alabama/26629353

 

WSFA 12, Montgomery, AL. “Death toll rises to 14 after East Alabama tornadoes.” 3-3-2019. Accessed 3-3-2019 at: http://www.wsfa.com/2019/03/03/fatalities-reported-after-tornadoes-hit-lee-county/

 

[1] We make no claim for comprehensiveness when it comes to tornadoes causing less than ten deaths. We do make note of those at times, but we only seek to be comprehensive and authoritative on events causing ten or more deaths.