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This list of Alabama tornado events includes notable storms which affected the US state of Alabama. Because it is not always simple to determine if damage was caused by multiple tornadoes or by a single tornado moving across an area, then the list includes the overall tornado events. Several events also affected other U.S. states.
On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a large, long-tracked, and powerful multi-vortex tornado moved across north-central Alabama, in the U.S., striking numerous towns along its 47-mile (76 km) track, including Cullman, Fairview, Arab and Ruth. The tornado killed 6, injured over 40, and impacted hundreds of structures.
The tornado reached a maximum path width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) during its track through Tuscaloosa, and again when it crossed I-65 north of Birmingham, attaining estimated wind speeds of 190 mph (310 km/h) shortly after passing through the city. It then went on to impact parts of Birmingham at high-end EF4 intensity before dissipating.
Fierce storms including at least one confirmed tornado ripped across central Alabama Thursday, with “a series of strong, long-track tornadoes” expected to increase across the region throughout ...
The tornado then dissipated just east of Penton, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west-northwest of White Plains at 2:08 p.m. CST (20:08 UTC) after traveling 82.31 miles (132.47 km), which resulted in this becoming the sixth longest-tracked tornado in Alabama history. [60] A total of seven people were killed by this tornado, and at least 16 others were injured.
“Several long track tornadoes are expected.” The weather service on Saturday evening issued an additional tornado watch impacting 3.5 million people for parts of Alabama, Florida, ...
Among infamous Alabama tornadoes, you may first think of the iconic EF4 tornado shown live as it ripped through Tuscaloosa during the April 2011 Super Outbreak. But on December 16, 2000, 24 years ...
This made it the deadliest single tornado ever to strike the state of Alabama as well as (at the time) the deadliest in the United States since the 1955 Udall, Kansas, tornado that killed 80 people. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] In addition to being the deadliest, this tornado also had the longest track of any tornado in the outbreak, with its path extending ...