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Alabama Tornado Database

1840 Tornado Occurrences (5)
Tornado # in Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
5 1840 3 24 1900 Mobile

Storm Report

Information Article Page 152 (Search Tornado then look at Page 152)
NA 4+ 220 1 2+ Spring Hill-Mobile
A possible tornado destroyed homes and other buildings at Mobile and at Spring Hill. More injuries and fatalities may have occurred. The path was estimated.

Start: 30.70/-88.12
End: 30.70/-88.07
4 1840 3 16 1800 Jefferson NA NA 440 NA NA Exact Location Unknown
The tornado traveled northeast but no other information was available.
3 1840 3 10 1800 Blount NA NA 880 NA NA Exact Location Unknown
The tornado traveled east but no other information was available.
2 1840 NA NA NA Etowah NA NA NA NA NA Exact Location Unknown
The tornado traveled east northeast but no other information was available.
1 1840 NA NA NA Blount NA NA NA NA NA Exact Location Unknown
The tornado traveled east northeast but no other information was available.