Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a warm front over the Florida Panhandle and moved northeast across southeast Alabama and into extreme southwest Georgia during the afternoon hours of March 1.  The strongest tornado, classified an EF-4, killed nine and injured 50 in Enterprise, Alabama.

Hail in DALE, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:15:00 to 01-MAR-07 13:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: OZARK
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Golfball size hail was reported by the public.

Hail in DALE, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:35:00 to 01-MAR-07 13:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: NEWTON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter size hail was reported by the public.

Thunderstorm Wind in HENRY, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:55:00 to 01-MAR-07 13:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: ABBEVILLE
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

The Henry Couunty EMA reported trees and power lines down near State Road 10 just west of Abbeville.

Thunderstorm Wind in HENRY, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 21:30:00 to 01-MAR-07 21:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ABBEVILLE
Magnitude: 60.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Unknown

Several downed trees and power lines as well as some small buildings damaged in Abbeville.

Tornado in DALE, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:48:00 to 01-MAR-07 13:52:00 (CST-6)
Location: ECHO
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 2.50M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

The tornado touched down southwest of the community of Echo and traveled northeast along State Road 27 before it crossed into western Henry County.  The damage assessment indicated that the EF-1 tornado damaged 24 mobile homes and destroyed five others.  Four residents of a mobile home were injured when the tornado damaged their mobile home.  The tornado also demolished 18 chicken houses, which killed 140,000 chickens.  The tornado's path missed the Ft Rucker, Alabama WSR-88D RDA site by less than a quarter mile.  Numerous trees and utility poles were snapped.  Dale County was declared a federal disaster area.

Tornado in HENRY, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:52:00 to 01-MAR-07 14:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: ABBEVILLE
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 11.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

After the EF-1 tornado crossed into western Henry County from eastern Dale County, it traveled northeast causing sporadic tree damage along County Roads 7 and 40.  It then tore through the Bethlehem community, and damaged 51 mobile homes and destroyed 28 others.  Two persons were injured when the tornado damaged their mobile home.  The tornado overturned a semi on State Road 10 before lifting.  The tornado descended two miles southwest of the community of Otho along County Road 97.  It destroyed 14 homes and damaged 27 others in Otho.  Numerous trees and utility poles were also blown down there and in the Stonebridge subdivision.  The tornado exited the northeast part of the county at Lake Eufaula.  Henry County was declared a federal disaster area.

Tornado in COFFEE, ALABAMA
From 01-MAR-07 13:08:00 to 01-MAR-07 13:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: ENTERPRISE MUNI ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF4
Property damage: 250.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado touched down just southwest of the Enterprise Municipal Airport.  It caused minor damage to some houses.  Four chicken houses were destroyed.  The tornado then traveled northeast and quickly intensified as it moved into the Enterprise city limits.  It severely damaged the high school just north of the downtown.  Eight students were killed as walls collapsed on them while they took shelter in the interior hallways.  Fifty more were injured.  The football stadium was destroyed.  Many vehicles surrounding the schools were overturned or tossed about.  Several state roads were impassible due to debris and fallen utility poles and lines. The ninth fatality occurred where an elderly woman was standing behind a living room window of her home as the glass shattered.  A nearby elementary school was heavily damaged with no deaths or injuries reported there.  Damage near the high school and in northeast Enterprise reached low end EF-4.  Damage assessments indicated 239 homes destroyed, 374 homes with major damage, 529 homes with minor damage, and 251 homes affected.  Coffee County was declared a federal disaster area, with preliminary FEMA individual assistance figures totalling over $1 million.