Alabama Tornado Database |
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| 1885 Tornado Occurrences (14) | |||||||||||
| Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
| 14 | 1885 | 11 | 6 | 2200 | Lamar Storm Information |
F2 | 11.15 | 400 | NA | 0 | 4.22 SW Vernon - 6.9 NE Vernon Homes, trees, and outbuildings were destroyed. Approximate Location Start: 33.73/-88.18 End: 33.80/-88.00 |
| 13 | 1885 | 11 | 6 | 2000 | Sumter-Marengo | F2 | 12.0 | 400 | 0 | 20 | SE Sumter Co.-NW Marengo Co 5 homes were destroyed and many cattle were killed in the Brewersville Community. |
| 12 | 1885 | 11 | 6 | 1530 | Dallas Storm Information |
F4 | 30.0 | 800 | 13 | 400 | 3 SW Crumptonia - 1.95 E Tyler At least 30 homes were destroyed leveling many tenant homes. Forest was flattened for a half mile. Approximate Location Start: 32.20/-87.34 End: 32.34/-86.85 |
| 11 | 1885 | 11 | 6 | 1100 | Morgan | NA | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | Near Trinity No other damage or path information was available. |
| 10 | 1885 | 5 | 6 | 1830 | Madison Storm Information |
F2 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 SW Meridianville - 3.9 NE New Market A church and at least a dozen other buildings were destroyed. Approximate Location Start: 34.83/-86.59 End: 34.95/-86.37 |
| 9 | 1885 | 5 | 6 | 1630 | Autauga-Chilton-Bibb | NA | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | Near Plantersville-Dixie-Randolph No damage or path information was available. The tornado may have moved northward from western Autauga toward far southeastern Bibb. |
| 8 | 1885 | 4 | 30 | 1730 | Dallas | NA | 11 | NA | NA | 0 | 3 N Selma-1 NE Tyler No damage information was available. Approximate Location Start: 32.46/-86.98 End: 32.34/-86.91 |
| 7 | 1885 | 3 | 28 | NA | Marshall | NA | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | Exact Location Unknown No damage or path information was available. |
| 6 | 1885 | 2 | 20 | 1730 | Coosa | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | Exact Location Unknown The tornado moved northeast but no path or damage information was available. |
| 5 | 1885 | 1 | 11 | 2300 |
Macon
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F3 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4.5 SE Tuskegee - 5.6 NW Society Hill Timber was leveled. Several houses in four settlements were destroyed. One man was killed. Most of the damage occurred in the Little Texas Community. Approximate Location Start: 32.40/-85.64 End: 32.50/-85.48 |
| 4 | 1885 | 1 | 11 | 2115 |
Coosa-Clay-Randolph
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F3 |
60.0 | 600 | 2 | 20 | 7.1 SW Talladega Springs-9.4 NNE Roanoke 16 farms were devastated in Coosa Co. One death occurred in Coosa and one in Clay Co. Approximate Location Start: 33.03/-86.50 End: 33.28/-85.32 |
| 3 | 1885 | 1 | 11 | 1900 |
Blount-Cullman-Marshall-Dekalb
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F2 | 35.0 | 500 | 3 | 20 | 2.8 SW Good Hope -Collinsville One person was killed in Marshall Co and two in Dekalb Co. A child was killed and 13 were injured near Collinsville. Approximate Location Start: 34.08/-86.89 End: 34.26/-85.86 |
| 2 | 1885 | 1 | 11 | 1830 |
Greene-Hale-Bibb-Chilton Information Article (Search Alabama Tornado then look at Page 177) |
F4 | 80.0 | 400 | 2 | 20 | 3.6 SW Boligee-3.3 NE Jemison Several large farm homes were completely swept away. One death was in Greene Co and one in Bibb Co. Multiple tornadoes were reported. Approximate Location Start: 32.72/-88.07 End: 32.99/-86.71 |
| 1 | 1885 | 1 | 11 | 1700 |
Lamar-Fayette-Walker
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F3 | 40.0 | 600 | 1 | 25 | 2 N Vernon-10 N Fayette-3 SE Eldridge Over a dozen plantations were demolished in Fayette Co. Over 100 head of cattle were killed and miles of timber were leveled. Approximate Location Start: 33.77/-88.19 End: 33.92/-87.51 |
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