Alabama Tornado Database

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Alabama Tornado Occurrences

February 1794 through Preliminary December 13, 2024

The Enhanced Fujita Scale went into effect in February 2007. For simplicity, the F-Scale will remain the main intensity descriptor for this database, and it will be implied that the ratings are based on the EF-Scale starting in February 2007.

This database continues to be maintained and updated. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive historical tornado information for the State of Alabama. If you have any information that can help us correct or expand our tornado event listings, please contact Jason Holmes. This dataset is a compilation utilizing various sources, some of which required correction or adjustment based upon our local knowledge and historical research.

2024 Alabama Statewide Tornado Occurrences ( 2022 2023 )

2024 United States Tornado Occurrences ( 2022 2023 )

Alabama NWS County Warning Areas

Alabama Tornado Statistics, Normals & Records...Click Here

State of Alabama Tornado Reports by Year

1794 1819 1822 1823 1824 1826

1829 1830 1831 1834 1840 1842

1843 1854 1855 1857 1858 1860

1861 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867

1868 1869 1870 1871 1873 1874

1875 1876 1878 1879 1880 1881

1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887

1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893

1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930

1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936

1937 1938 1939 1940 1942 1943

1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Tornado Database Sources (Additional sources are cited with that specific event)

Mark Linhares (WFO BMX) Personal Research
Michael Garrison (WFO BMX) Personal Research
Jim Westland (WFO BMX) Personal Research
Scott Unger (WFO BMX) Personal Research
Tim Troutman (WFO HUN) Personal Research
JB Elliot Personal Communication
ARCGIS Datasets
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Tornado Data
NOAA/NWS/NCEI Storm Data

Tornadoes in Alabama by Welby Stevens
Monthly Weather Review October 1925
Significant Tornadoes by Thomas P Grazulis
Google Digitization Project
American Meteorological Society Research Papers
NOAA/NWS BMX Storm Surveys
NOAA/NWS HUN Storm Surveys
NOAA/NWS MOB Storm Surveys
NOAA/NWS TAE Storm Surveys

Tornado Research Papers

Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes
Walker S. Ashley, Andrew J. Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes (2008)

Damage Survey of the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham Tornado on 27 April 2011
Jim Stefkovich, Timothy P. Marshall, John DeBlock, James G. LaDue, and Christopher D. Karstens (2011)

Extreme Damage Incidents in the 27 April 2011 Tornado Superoutbreak
Eugene W. McCaul Jr et al (2011)

The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process
Priscilla V. Bridenstine et al (2011)

The Proposed 1883 Holden Tornado Warning System
Timothy A. Coleman and Kevin J. Pence (2009)

A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems in North Alabama
Stephen Latimer and Andy Kula (2009)

The Role of Descending Rear-Inflow Jets in Tornadogenesis in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems across Central Alabama
Addison Alford (2014)

Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes 1950-2007
Lori A Schultz and Daniel J. Cecil (2009)

Distribution of Severe Weather Indices in Landfalling Numerically Simulated Hurricanes
Christina R. Holt and S.K. Kimball (2009)

An Overview of the 28 April 2014 Tornado Outbreak in the Tennessee Valley
Christopher B. Darden et al (2014)

The First Alabama Superoutbreak - March 21,1932
Bill Murray (2015)

The Tornado Outbreak of 1-2 March 2007
Andrew I. Watson et al (2008)

Comparative Analysis of Multiple Tornado Tracks 2011 Super Outbreak in Alabama
Shadya J. Sanders (2013)

An Objective Analysis of Tornado Risk in the United States
Timothy A. Coleman and P. Grady Dixon (2013)

A Procedure for Forecasting Tornadoes in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina
A. H. Stakely (1957)

Meteorological Overview of Devastating 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak
Kevin R. Knupp et al (2013)

Quasi-Linear Convective System and Supercell Tornado Environments in Central Alabama
Andrew Wade and A. Alford (2014)

Dual-Polarimetric Radar-Based Tornado Debris Signatures and Paths Associated with Tornadoes Over Northern Alabama During the Historic Outbreak of 27 April 2011
Christopher J. Schultz et al (2011)

Mesoscale phenomena affecting the Alabama EF-4 tornadoes during the Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak of 5-6 February 2008
Timothy A. Coleman et al (2008)

A Climatological Perspective on the 2011 Alabama Tornado Outbreak
Philip L. Chaney et al (2012)

A Historical and Statistical Comparison of Tornado Alley to Dixie Alley
John P. Gagan et al (2011)

Environmental Characteristics Associated with Nighttime Tornadoes
Jonathan M. Davies et al (2009)

General Information Links

Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events

Old Alabama Tornado Events - Search Alabama Tornadoes

Tornado History Project

Tornado Outbreak Day Sequences

NSSL Case Studies

Tornado Information Links

NWS Bullet 1840 March 24, 1840 Mobile Tornado

NWS Bullet 1840 Journal of the Franklin Institute 1840 - Search Tornadoes - Page 152

NWS Bullet 1842 March 4, 1842 Tuscaloosa County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1842 Hazard's United States Commercial & Statistical Register 1842 - Search Tornado or Alabama - Page 218

NWS Bullet 1860 Early American Tornadoes - David Ludlum 1970 - Search Demopolis - Page 209

NWS Bullet 1871 The American Journal of Science and Arts 1871 - Search Tornadoes - Page 96-99

NWS Bullet 1876 Congressional Series of the United States Public Documents - Search Henry Calver - Page 399

NWS Bullet 1885 January 11, 1885 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1885 Monthly Weather Review January 1885

NWS Bullet 1885 American Meteorological Journal 1885 - Page 43-48

NWS Bullet 1885 Randolph, Alabama Tornado January The Atchison Globe 1885

NWS Bullet 1896 Agricultural Experiment Station 1896 - Search Tornadoes - Page 176

NWS Bullet 1902 MWR May 1902

NWS Bullet 1904 Moundville Tornado January 22, 1904

NWS Bullet 1904 MWR January 1904 - Page 12

NWS Bullet 1904 Moundville Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1904 MWR July 1904 - Tornado in Mobile

NWS Bullet 1905 Chamber & Randolph County Tornado March 20, 1905

NWS Bullet 1905 MWR March 1905

NWS Bullet 1908 MWR May 1908

NWS Bullet 1908 Dixie Tornado Outbreak April 1908

NWS Bullet 1909 Destructive Tornadoes in Alabama

NWS Bullet 1909 April 30, 1909 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1909 MWR 1909 - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 154 & Page 111

NWS Bullet 1909 Tuscumbia Tornado February 1909

NWS Bullet 1909 February 5, 1909 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1911 March 26, 1911 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1912 MWR March 1912

NWS Bullet 1915 MWR December 1915

NWS Bullet 1916 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1916 Hurricane Report

NWS Bullet 1919 Monthly Weather Review April 1919

NWS Bullet 1919 Tornado March 5 , 1919

NWS Bullet 1919-20 USDA Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 34

NWS Bullet 1920 March 28, 1920 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1920 MWR April 1920 - Tornadoes of March 28, 1920

NWS Bullet 1920-21 USDA Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 31, 34 & 38

NWS Bullet 1921 Tornado Map

NWS Bullet 1921 Tornado Map2

NWS Bullet 1925 April 25, 1925 Tornadoes in Alabama by Welby R. Stevens

NWS Bullet 1925 MWR May 1925 - Tornadoes in the United States 1916-1923

NWS Bullet 1925 MWR October 1925 - Tornado in Southeastern Alabama 1925

NWS Bullet 1930 Elmore County Tornado - March 30, 1930

NWS Bullet 1932 March 21 Super Outbreak

NWS Bullet 1932 Clanton Advertiser Article 1932 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1932 1932 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1932 1932 Hurricane Information

NWS Bullet 1933 1933 Bibb Shelby F4 Information

NWS Bullet 1933 1933 F4 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1933 1933 F4 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1952 1952 February 29, 1952 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1952 1952 March 21-22, 1952 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1956 April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1956 April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1956 April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1957 1957 Alabama Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1957 Hurricane Audrey

NWS Bullet 1957 1957 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1957 Hurricane Audrey Rainfall

NWS Bullet 1957 Tropical Storm Bertha

NWS Bullet 1957 Tropical Storm Esther

NWS Bullet 1957 1957 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1960 1960 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1960 1960 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1960 1960 Hurricane Ethel

NWS Bullet 1960 1960 Hurricane Ethel

NWS Bullet 1962 1962 Weaver Tornado

NWS Bullet 1963 1963 Jefferson County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Harpersville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Harpersville Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Harpersville Tornado - Search Alabama Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Harpersville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Hurricane Hilda

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Hurricane Hilda

NWS Bullet 1964 1964 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1965 1965 Aliceville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1965 1965 Hurricane Betsy

NWS Bullet 1965 1965 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1965 1965 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1965 1965 Hurricane Debbie

NWS Bullet 1967 1967 Birmingham West End Tornado

NWS Bullet 1967 1967 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1967 March 6 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1967 March 6 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1969 1969 Hurricane Camille

NWS Bullet 1969 1969 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1969 1969 Hurricane Camille

NWS Bullet 1969 1969 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1970 1970 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1970 1970 Hurricane Celia

NWS Bullet 1970 1970 Hurricane Celia

NWS Bullet 1970 1970 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1971 1971 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1971 1971 Hurricane Edith

NWS Bullet 1971 1971 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1973 1973 March 16 Shelby County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1973 May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973 Brent Tornado

NWS Bullet 1973 May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973 May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973 May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1974 April 1974 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1974 April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974 April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974 April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974 April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1974 Hurricane Carmen

NWS Bullet 1974 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1975 Pell City Ragland Tornado

NWS Bullet 1975 Tropical Depression

NWS Bullet 1977 Smithfield Tornado

NWS Bullet 1977 Smithfield Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1977 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1977 Hurricane Information

NWS Bullet 1977 Hurricane Babe

NWS Bullet 1977 1977 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1979 Hurricane Bob

NWS Bullet 1979 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1979 Hurricane Frederic

NWS Bullet 1979 Frederic Satellite Image

NWS Bullet 1979 1979 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1979 Frederic Information

NWS Bullet 1979 1979 Frederic Information

NWS Bullet 1981 Hurtsboro Tornado

NWS Bullet 1984 TD 1

NWS Bullet 1984 1984 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1985 Hurricane Danny Observations

NWS Bullet 1985 Hurricane Danny

NWS Bullet 1985 Hurricane Danny Recap

NWS Bullet 1985 1985 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1985 Hurricane Juan

NWS Bullet 1985 1985 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1987 1987 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1987 1987 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1992 Hurricane Andrew

NWS Bullet 1992 Hurricane Andrew

NWS Bullet 1992 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1992 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1994 Palm Sunday Outbreak

NWS Bullet 1994 Palm Sunday Outbreak Service Assessment

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