A survey team from the National Weather Service in Nashville has confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Maury County on Sunday night, cutting a destructive path from Mt. Pleasant through Columbia before dissipating just south of Spring Hill.
The tornado touched down at 10:06 PM along Highway 43 near Mt. Pleasant and remained on the ground for approximately 19 minutes, lifting at 10:25 PM along Green Mills Road in northern Maury County. At its widest, the damage swath reached 500 yards across.
Survey crews documented a progressive damage trail as the tornado pushed northeast from its origin point. Initial impacts along Highway 43 included widespread tree uprooting, broken limbs, and metal roofing torn from several homes and barns in the area.
The storm then moved into residential neighborhoods in Columbia, where surveyors found frequent tree damage alongside structural impacts to homes — primarily to vinyl siding, shingles, and metal fascia. Columbia State Community College was also in the damage path: one building sustained roof damage and fencing at the campus ball fields was downed.
Some of the most significant structural damage was recorded in an industrial area along the Duck River. Trees were uprooted, snapped, or heavily damaged across the zone. Several buildings lost metal roofing, and one large metal building system had a portion of its south-facing wall caved in — the most severe structural loss along the entire track.
The tornado returned to residential terrain in its final miles, producing scattered downed trees, shingle damage, and siding damage before finally lifting along Green Mills Road, just short of the Spring Hill city limits.
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