Alabama Tornado Database
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1944 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 | 1944 | 4 | 11 | 2000 | Houston | F2 | 1.0 | NA | 0 | 0 | Webb 5 homes were unroofed and several barns were destroyed just south of town. |
6 | 1944 | 4 | 11 | 1100 | Talladega | F3 | 15.0 | 400 | 2 | 20 | 5.0 S Childersburg-Winterboro-Talladega 2 fatalities occurred in Kahatchee. At least 60 homes were damaged or destroyed. |
5 | 1944 | 4 | 11 | 0830 | Walker | F2 | 2.0 | 400 | 0 | 1 | Sumiton At least 15 homes and 25 buildings were damaged. |
4 | 1944 | 3 | 6 | 1615 | Pike-Crenshaw Storm Information |
F3 | 18.0 | 100 | 1 | 12 | Luverne-W Troy At least 75 homes were damaged or destroyed. One fatality occurred in the county school bus garage. |
3 | 1944 | 3 | 6 | 1530 | Mobile Storm Information **(started in Jackson Co, Ms) |
F2 | 10.0 | 100 | 0 | 2 | Big Point-Seven Mills A large home, a large church, and several barns were destroyed near Big Point. |
2 | 1944 | 3 | 6 | 1500 | Blount-Marshall Storm Information |
F2 | 10.0 | 100 | 2 | 40 | 2.0 SE Douglas-N Boaz The upper story of the Pine Grove School was torn off. One student was killed and 20 were injured. 10 homes were destroyed. Another fatality occurred in a field. |
1 | 1944 | 3 | 6 | 1015 | Calhoun Storm Information |
F2 | 5.0 | 300 | 2 | 35 | Jacksonville Several homes were destroyed and one cotton mill was demolished. 2 people were killed in the cotton mill. A school was unroofed. |