Verbena-Nixburg National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Chilton and Coosa Counties and determined that it was the result of an EF2 tornado. The tornado touched down just west of Interstate 65 south of E xit 200, where a few trees were snapped or uprooted. It quickly strengthened and grew to its maximum width of 700 yards as it crossed County Road 503. The tornado moved east across US Highway 31 near the intersection with County Road 526 1.5 miles south of Verbena. The tornado intensified to 125 mph and destroyed one home and caused significant damage to another, as well as mowing down hundreds of trees around the two homes. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees and it neared County Road 524, where it also destroyed two single-wide manufactured homes and caused significant damage to two homes. A total of thirteen homes were damaged or destroyed in and around verbena. As it crossed into Coosa County, the tornado was considerably weaker and narrow. A weak but continuous damage path continued across south central Coosa County, then crossed US Highway 231 south of Pentonville, where a grove of pines were snapped. The weak tornado continued across AL Highway 9 north of Nixburg, where it snapped a few pine trees. The tornado continued to weaken and dissipated south of County Road 63 in rural Coosa County northeast of Nixburg. Start: 32.7246/-86.5361 End: 32.8493/-86.0729

NWS EF Scale: F2 Polygon

A tornado touched down just west of Interstate 65, south of exit 200 in Chilton County. Here, a few trees were snapped or uprooted. It quickly strengthened and grew to its maximum width of 700 yards as it crossed County Road 502. The tornado moved east across US Highway 31 near the intersection with County Road 526, 1.5 miles south of Verbena. The tornado intensified to 125 mph and destroyed one home and caused significant damage to another, as well as mowing down hundreds of trees around the two homes. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it neared County Road 524, where it also destroyed two single-wide manufactured homes and caused significant damage to two homes. A total of thirteen homes were damage or destroyed in and around Verbena. The tornado then crossed into Coosa County, before it eventually lifted.

On March 2, 2012, a strong cold front moved through Central Alabama. Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this front. Some of these thunderstorms were supercells. These supercells produced damage across southern and eastern sections of the area. Damaging straight line winds, tornadoes, large hail and localized flooding occurred with this event.

Part of 12-tornado outbreak on March 2, 2012