June 22, 2026

2 SW New Market - 4 ENE New Market The tornado touched down southwest of the pond located in Sharon Johnson Park snapping the first initial softwood trees and downing large branches on the property. The tornado continued across the pond, spraying leaf debris across a wide area, before crossing the property line behind the RV park on the premises, further snapping additional hard and soft wood trees. The tornado then crossed Winchester Road and produced additional damage along Frank Hereford Road. Several trees were sporadically snapped and uprooted along this road, on the farms that dotted the landscape between Hurricane Road and Frank Hereford Road. The road network in this area was too rural for additional specific roadways near the damage other than farmland. Damage was noted on Hurricane Road close to Mountain Fork Road, where a few trees were snapped. In this location, 5 to 6 wooden power poles were snapped. This was not due to the tornado, it was due to the force of the 70 MPH winds from the line of severe storms moving through the area. Specific convergent tornado damage was noted in this area separate from the damage associated with the line of storms, which matches up very well with radar data that survey teams interrogated. After producing this damage, the tornado climbed up and over Backbone Mountain, before producing the final damage found on the survey today along Upper Hurricane Creek Road. In this location, the tornado was at its widest (approximately 60 yards) and produced additional hard and soft tree damage. Trees were snapped and uprooted in this area, concurrent with the final rating of EF1 tornado with 90 MPH winds. The Jackson County line is located approximately 1/4 mile to the northeast of this point. For now, the tornado stops at this point, but it is believed that the tornado continued into portions of Jackson County Alabama and Franklin County Tennessee. Pending additional surveys later this week, this will mark the end point of the tornado for now.

NWS EF Scale: EF1

Part of 4-tornado outbreak on June 22, 2026