Alabama Tornado Database
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1938 Tornado Occurrences (7) | |||||||||||
Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
7 | 1938 | 4 | 7 | 1230 | Pickens | F3 | 20.0 | 200 | 11 | 51 | Near Aliceville Five people in a car were injured when it was thrown over 100 yards. Rural homes were disintegrated as nine people died in five separate homes. Homes across a four block radius in southeastern sections of Aliceville were leveled by the twister. |
6 | 1938 | 4 | 7 | 1130 | Lamar | F2 | NA | 100 | 0 | 7 | Near Millport Four homes were destroyed near Millport. |
5 | 1938 | 4 | 6 | 1330 | Monroe | F2 | 15.0 | 400 | 1 | 12 | 6 W Monrovia At least a dozen small homes were destroyed near the Mexia community. |
4 | 1938 | 3 | 15 | 1645 | Walker Storm Information |
F2 | 2.0 | 50 | 0 | 11 | Nauvoo Two homes and one church were destroyed. Eight injuries occurred in one home. |
3 | 1938 | 3 | 15 | 1620 | Jefferson Storm Information |
F2 | 10.0 | 50 | 1 | 8 | Mulga Dozens of building were blown away in the small mining community. One man was found under the remains of his home. |
2 | 1938 | 3 | 15 | 1435 | Marengo Storm Information |
F2 | 5.0 | 300 | 1 | 25 | E Demopolis 40 small homes were destroyed in the Baptist Hill community. |
1 | 1938 | 2 | 19 | 1900 | Crenshaw | F1 | 3.0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 S Petrey A 4 year old girl was killed by a falling chimney. One small home was demolished and the debris swept away. |