4 N Lilita - 2 SE Epes A tornado touched down on the south side of Highway 28 East just east of Livingston and ended near Port of Epes Highway on approach to the Tombigbee River. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. A mobile home was shifted from its blocks, with other structural damage along the path consisting of sections of missing roofing material and destroyed outbuildings. The tornado damage path was 9.78 miles long and was 475 yards at its widest point. The maximum winds were estimated at 105 mph. Start: 32.5390/-88.1341 End: 32.6764/-88.1070

NWS EF Scale: F1

National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Sumter County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado began and ended near the intersection of Walker Road and Highway 17. Damage consisted of uprooted trees, broken large tree branches, and shingle damage to a residence.

An active southern jet stream set-up across the southern United States during the middle of March. Several short-wave troughs became negatively tilted as each one traversed across Texas and towards Alabama. This resulted in a single hail event one Monday, March 15, and significant tornado outbreak on Wednesday, March 17. Many supercells began to develop across Central Alabama by midday Wednesday and continued into the evening hours before a squall line moved through the state. Sufficient instability and strong wind shear produced conditions favorable for tornadoes to develop. The event consisted of twenty-one tornadoes in the NWS Birmingham forecast area.

Part of 21-tornado outbreak on March 17, 2021