Tornado Strikes Middlefork

Photo by W. Clay Crook / The Lexington Progress

Around 4:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 27, 2021, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in the Middlefork Community.  The cotton gin, old de-linting building and two residences were destroyed, but fortunately there have been no injuries reported.  The same buildings were hit in the 1952 tornado.

Photo by W. Clay Crook / The Lexington Progress

See the March 31, 2021 edition for additional photographs and story!

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