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1995 Tornado Occurrences (37)
Tornado # of Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
37 1995 12 6 2230 Coffee F0 0.4 50 0 1

Jack
A tornado flipped a mobile home and scattered debris 350 yards into nearby trees. A woman inside received a cut, while her two children escaped unharmed.

Start: 31.5500/-86.0200
End:  31.5500/-86.0200

36 1995 11 11 0900 Houston F0 0.1 10 0 0

5 W Dothan
A small tornado downed trees and power lines and overturned a travel trailer.

Start: 31.2300/-85.4700
End:  31.2300/-85.4700

35 1995 11 7 1205 Henry F0 0.1 40 0 0

Haleburg
A tornado downed about 30 trees blocking County Roads 65 and 97.

Start: 31.4000/-85.1300
End:  31.4000/-85.1300

34 1995 10 27 1420 Houston F1 0.2 50 0 2

Dothan
A tornado downed trees and damaged two businesses. A person was injured at each business.

Start: 31.2300/-85.3700
End:  31.2300/-85.3700

33 1995 10 4 2000 Crenshaw

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Saville
A tornado briefly touched down along US Highway 331 just east of Saville. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.9800/-86.3300
End:  31.9800/-86.3300

32 1995 10 4 1930 Crenshaw

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Brantley
A tornado briefly touched down along US Highway 29 near Brantley. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.5800/-86.2500
End:  31.5800/-86.2500

31 1995 10 4 1910 Covington

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Gantt Lake
A tornado briefly touched down along US Highway 20 around Gantt Lake. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.4000/-86.4800
End:  31.4000/-86.4800

30 1995 10 4 1850 Butler

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Georgiana
A tornado briefly touched down near Georgiana. Trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.6300/-86.7500
End:  31.6300/-86.7500

29 1995 10 4 1830 Conecuh

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Evergreen
A tornado briefly touched down near Evergreen. Trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.4300-86.9700
End:  31.4300/-86.9700

28 1995 10 4 1800 Escambia

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

4.5 N Brewton
Trees and power lines were blown down along US Highway 31 north of Brewton.

Start: 31.1700/-87.0700
End:  31.1700/-87.0700

27 1995 10 4 1745 Escambia

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Near Bradley
Trees and power lines were blown down near Bradley.

Start: 31.0300/-86.7300
End:  31.0300/-86.7300

26 1995 10 4 1730 Escambia

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Near Brewton
Several short lived tornadoes were reported in the east part of the county. Tornadoes briefly touched down in the Damascus area, in the Bradley area, and along US Highway 31 north of Brewton. Trees and power lines wer blown down in all of these areas.

Start: 31.1200/-87.0700
End:  31.1200/-87.0700

25 1995 10 4 1730 Covington

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

5 SW Andalusia
A tornado briefly touched down along US Highway 29 betwen Pleasant Home and Andalusia. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.2300/-86.5500
End:  31.2300/-86.5500

24 1995 10 4 1245 Covington

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F0 0.1 23 0 0

Andalusia
A tornado briefly touched down on US Highway 12 between Andalusia and River Falls. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 31.3000/-86.4800
End:  31.3000/-86.4800

23 1995 7 17 1305 Butler F0 0.1 20 0 0

Foster Flats
The public reported a tornado briefly touching down and damaging a building in the Foster Flats area.

Start: 31.8300/-86.4800
End:  31.8300/-86.4800

22 1995 7 4 2012 Lamar F0 0.5 80 0 0

6.0 E Detroit
A brief tornado occurred near Henson Springs with little or no damage.

Start: 34.0300/-88.1700
End:  34.0300/-88.1700

21 1995 7 4 1555 Tuscaloosa F0 0.5 50 0 0

Elrod-Echola
Tuscaloosa Fire Deptment witnessed a tornado with little to no damage.

Start: 33.2000/-87.5700
End:  33.2000/-87.5700

20 1995 5 18 1803 Lauderdale F1 1.5 120 0 0

14 NE Florence
Just south of Green Hill, a small tornado damaged about 10 homes near CR 47 and US 43. Several barns were destroyed and numerous trees and power lines were downed.

Start: 34.9700/-87.0470
End:  34.9700/-87.4700

19 1995 5 18 1633 Limestone-Madison-Jackson F4 39.0 1300 1 55

3 NW Athens-15 NW Scottsboro
A supercell thunderstorm produced a violent tornado across the Tennessee Valley. A mobile home park was destroyed in Limestone County near Athens. Numerous homes were severely damaged.

Start: 34.8300/-87.0300
End:  34.8000/-86.2500

18 1995 5 18 1545 Colbert F1 6.5 150 0 0

Near Muscle Shoals
A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Mississippi and into Colbert County. The storm produced multiple reports of large hail. A small tornado touched down about 2 miles east of the Muscle Shoals Airport and moved on a path just over 6 miles long. Several buildings sustained damage along the path with power lines and trees down. Emergency Medical Association reported that 5 homes and 3 mobile homes were damaged.

Start: 34.7500/-87.5800
End:  34.8500/-87.5000

17 1995 5 10 0040 Mobile F0 0.1 50 0 0

2 N Grand Bay
A tornado was reported near the eleven mile marker north of Grand Bay. No damage was reported.

Start: 30.500/-88.3500
End:  30.500/-88.3500

16 1995 5 9 1840 Talladega F0 1.0 200 0 1

2.0 NE Lincoln
Numerous trees downed and several structures had minor damage.

Start: 33.6300/-86.0800
End:  33.6300/-86.0800

15 1995 5 9 1330 Covington F0 2.0 100 0 0

4 WNW Opp
A small tornado touched down blowing the siding off a mobile home, overturning a pump house, and downing several trees and power lines.

Start: 31.3200/-86.3200
End:  31.3200/-86.3200

14 1995 5 9 1005 Mobile F0 0.1 50 0 0

7 NW Mobile
A tornado was observed in the Semmes Community. 3 mobile homes were damaged and a few trees were blown down.

Start: 30.7800/-88.1800
End:  30.7800/-88.1800

13 1995 4 23 1930 Escambia F0 0.1 30 0 0

Atmore
A tornado touched down along Interstate 65 near Exit 57. No damage was found.

Start: 31.0300/-87.5000
End:  31.0300/-87.5000

12 1995 4 22 1705 Baldwin F0 0.1 30 0 0

Loxley
A brief tornado touched down between Loxley and Stapleton. No damage was found.

Start: 30.6200/-87.7500
End:  30.6200/-87.7500

11 1995 4 22 0645 Walker F1 1.5 60 0 0

Sumiton
Several trees and power lines downed.

Start: 33.7500/-87.0500
End:  33.7500/-87.0500

10 1995 4 20 1956 Marion-Winston F1 6.0 120 0 17

5.0 SW Haleyville-Haleyville
3 mobile homes and 3 business were destroyed. Most injuries occurred in mobile homes.

Start: 34.1700/-87.6800
End:  34.2500/-87.6000

9 1995 4 20 1903 Lamar F1 4.0 80 0 6

6.0 SW Vernon
Several trees downed.

Start: 33.6800/-88.2000
End:  33.7300/-88.1500

8 1995 4 11 1200 Chambers F0 1.5 200 0 0

Lanett
Numerous trees and power lines downed in Lakeview. 4 homes were damaged.

Start: 32.8800/-85.1800
End:  32.8800/-85.1800

7 1995 4 11 1015 Elmore F1 4.0 100 0 0

3.0 WSW Elmore
Numerous trees and power lines downed and 20 mobile homes had minor damage.

Start: 32.5200/-86.3700
End:  32.5300/-86.3000

6 1995 3 7 1710 Morgan F0 1.0 80 0 0

Lacey's Spring
A small tornado touched down on Highway 36 just west of Lacey's Spring damaging one home, one barn, and a shed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Start: 34.5300/-86.6000
End:  34.5300/-86.6000

5 1995 3 7 1645 Cullman F0 1.5 80 0 0

Enon
A small tornado damaged several homes along with downing trees and power lines. A barn and chicken house were also destroyed.

Start: 34.3000/-86.7800
End:  34.3000/-86.7800

4 1995 3 7 1503 Tuscaloosa F0 2.0 80 0 0

Samantha
Numerous trees and power lines downed. 1 mobile home destroyed and 6 had minor damage, and 2 barns destroyed.

Start: 33.4200/-87.6200
End:  33.4200/-87.6200

3 1995 2 16 0528 Marshall-DeKalb F2 12.0 700 0 3

2 SSW Martling-1 SW Lakeview
10 homes were destroyed, 40 homes damaged, and 30 chicken houses were damaged.

Start: 34.3300/-86.2200
End:  34.4000/-86.0000

2 1995 2 16 0459 Cullman-Marshall

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F3 14.0 703 6 130

3 WSW Joppa-5 SW Guntersville
One death occurred in a house and the others occurred in mobile homes. 157 homes were destroyed and 12 businesses were destroyed.

Start: 34.2871/-86.6269
End:  34.3258/-86.3814

1 1995 2 16 0332 Marion F1 6.0 80 0 0

6.0 E Hamilton
5 homes damaged and 6 chicken houses destroyed.

Start: 34.1300/-87.8700
End:  34.2200/-87.7700