2019 Lee County tornado outbreak

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The 2019 Lee County tornado outbreak was a series of damaging tornadoes that wrought significant damage in southeast Alabama and caused at least 23 deaths in Lee County on March 3, 2019.

The most destructive tornadoes in the system, rated at EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, hit the communities of Beauregard and Dupree, south of Opelika. Another swept across part of Barbour County, north of Eufaula, damaging structures at the Eufaula Municipal Airport.

The East Alabama Medical Center admitted more than 50 patients with storm-related injuries.

References

  • Gore, Leada (March 4, 2019) "Alabama tornadoes kill at least 23: Storm among deadliest in state history; what we know today." The Birmingham News
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