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Alabama Tornado Occurrences

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February 1794 through Preliminary April 9, 2026

The Enhanced Fujita Scale went into effect in February 2007. For simplicity, the F-Scale will remain the main intensity descriptor for this database, and it will be implied that the ratings are based on the EF-Scale starting in February 2007.

This database continues to be maintained and updated. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive historical tornado information for the State of Alabama. If you have any information that can help us correct or expand our tornado event listings, please contact Jason Holmes. This dataset is a compilation utilizing various sources, some of which required correction or adjustment based upon our local knowledge and historical research.

 
Alabama Statewide Tornado Occurrences
( 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 )

Current Year Preliminary Alabama Tornado Stats from NWS Birmingham

 

Alabama Tornado Statistics

Tornadoes by Year
(Years with none documented are omitted)

Birmingham NWS CWA and Alabama Tornado Statistics
Tornado Count (per Year)
Time State BMX
10 Year 60.0 35.8
20 year 64.05 34.9
30 year 56.3 30.1
Since 1950 35.7 18.8
Cumulative Path Length (per Year in miles)
Time State BMX
10 Year 332.7 224.6
20 year 348.2 225.3
30 year 282.2 190.5
Since 1950 191.0 121.1
 

Additional Alabama Tornado Statistics as of 2023

 

United States Tornado Occurrences (2022 2023 2024 2025)

Latest United States Tornado Statstics from the Storm Prediction Center

 
Tornado information provided by all four National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices that cover Alabama
NWS County Warning Area Map

NWS Alabama Weather Forecast Office County Warning Areas

 

State of Alabama Tornado Reports by Year
1794 1819 1822 1823 1824 1826
1829 1830 1831 1834 1840 1842
1843 1854 1855 1857 1858 1860
1861 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
1868 1869 1870 1871 1873 1874
1875 1876 1878 1879 1880 1881
1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
1937 1938 1939 1940 1942 1943
1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

 

Tornado Database Sources (Additional sources are cited with that specific event)

  • NWS Bullet Mark Linhares (WFO BMX) Personal Research

  • NWS Bullet Michael Garrison (WFO BMX) Personal Research

  • NWS Bullet Jim Westland (WFO BMX) Personal Research

  • NWS Bullet Scott Unger (WFO BMX) Personal Research

  • NWS Bullet Tim Troutman (WFO HUN) Personal Research

  • NWS Bullet JB Elliot Personal Communication

  • NWS Bullet ARCGIS Datasets

  • NWS Bullet Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Tornado Data

  • NWS Bullet NOAA/NWS/NCEI Storm Data

  • NWS Bullet Tornadoes in Alabama by Welby Stevens

  • NWS Bullet Monthly Weather Review October 1925

  • NWS Bullet Significant Tornadoes by Thomas P Grazulis

  • NWS Bullet Google Digitization Project

  • NWS Bullet American Meteorological Society Research Papers

  • NWS Bullet NOAA/NWS BMX Storm Surveys

  • NWS Bullet NOAA/NWS HUN Storm Surveys

  • NWS Bullet NOAA/NWS MOB Storm Surveys

  • NWS Bullet NOAA/NWS TAE Storm Surveys
Tornado Research Papers
 
NWS Bullet Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes
Walker S. Ashley, Andrew J. Krmenec, and Rick Schwantes (2008)
NWS Bullet Damage Survey of the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham Tornado on 27 April 2011
Jim Stefkovich, Timothy P. Marshall, John DeBlock, James G. LaDue, and Christopher D. Karstens (2011)
NWS Bullet Extreme Damage Incidents in the 27 April 2011 Tornado Superoutbreak
Eugene W. McCaul Jr et al (2011)
NWS Bullet The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process
Priscilla V. Bridenstine et al (2011)
NWS Bullet The Proposed 1883 Holden Tornado Warning System
Timothy A. Coleman and Kevin J. Pence (2009)
NWS Bullet A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems in North Alabama
Stephen Latimer and Andy Kula (2009)
NWS Bullet The Role of Descending Rear-Inflow Jets in Tornadogenesis in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems across Central Alabama
Addison Alford (2014)
NWS Bullet Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes 1950-2007
Lori A Schultz and Daniel J. Cecil (2009)
NWS Bullet Distribution of Severe Weather Indices in Landfalling Numerically Simulated Hurricanes
Christina R. Holt and S.K. Kimball (2009)
NWS Bullet An Overview of the 28 April 2014 Tornado Outbreak in the Tennessee Valley
Christopher B. Darden et al (2014)
NWS Bullet The First Alabama Superoutbreak - March 21,1932
Bill Murray (2015)
NWS Bullet The Tornado Outbreak of 1-2 March 2007
Andrew I. Watson et al (2008)
NWS Bullet Comparative Analysis of Multiple Tornado Tracks 2011 Super Outbreak in Alabama
Shadya J. Sanders (2013)
NWS Bullet An Objective Analysis of Tornado Risk in the United States
Timothy A. Coleman and P. Grady Dixon (2013)
NWS Bullet A Procedure for Forecasting Tornadoes in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina
A. H. Stakely (1957)
NWS Bullet Meteorological Overview of Devastating 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak
Kevin R. Knupp et al (2013)
NWS Bullet Quasi-Linear Convective System and Supercell Tornado Environments in Central Alabama
Andrew Wade and A. Alford (2014)
NWS Bullet Dual-Polarimetric Radar-Based Tornado Debris Signatures and Paths Associated with Tornadoes Over Northern Alabama During the Historic Outbreak of 27 April 2011
Christopher J. Schultz et al (2011)
NWS Bullet Mesoscale phenomena affecting the Alabama EF-4 tornadoes during the Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak of 5-6 February 2008
Timothy A. Coleman et al (2008)
NWS Bullet A Climatological Perspective on the 2011 Alabama Tornado Outbreak
Philip L. Chaney et al (2012)
NWS Bullet A Historical and Statistical Comparison of Tornado Alley to Dixie Alley
John P. Gagan et al (2011)
NWS Bullet Environmental Characteristics Associated with Nighttime Tornadoes
Jonathan M. Davies et al (2009)
 
General Information Links
 
NWS Bullet Websites Dedicated to Specific Tornado Events
NWS Bullet Old Alabama Tornado Events - Search Alabama Tornadoes
NWS Bullet Tornado History Project
NWS Bullet Tornado Outbreak Day Sequences
NWS Bullet NSSL Case Studies
 
Tornado Information Links
 

NWS Bullet 1840     March 24, 1840 Mobile Tornado

NWS Bullet 1840     Journal of the Franklin Institute 1840 - Search Tornadoes - Page 152

NWS Bullet 1842     March 4, 1842 Tuscaloosa County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1842     Hazard's United States Commercial & Statistical Register 1842 - Search Tornado or Alabama - Page 218

NWS Bullet 1860     Early American Tornadoes - David Ludlum 1970 - Search Demopolis - Page 209

NWS Bullet 1871     The American Journal of Science and Arts 1871 - Search Tornadoes - Page 96-99

NWS Bullet 1876     Congressional Series of the United States Public Documents - Search Henry Calver - Page 399

NWS Bullet 1885     January 11, 1885 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1885     Monthly Weather Review January 1885

NWS Bullet 1885     American Meteorological Journal 1885 - Page 43-48

NWS Bullet 1885     Randolph, Alabama Tornado January The Atchison Globe 1885

NWS Bullet 1896     Agricultural Experiment Station 1896 - Search Tornadoes - Page 176

NWS Bullet 1902     MWR May 1902

NWS Bullet 1904     Moundville Tornado January 22, 1904

NWS Bullet 1904     MWR January 1904 - Page 12

NWS Bullet 1904     Moundville Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1904     MWR July 1904 - Tornado in Mobile

NWS Bullet 1905     Chamber & Randolph County Tornado March 20, 1905

NWS Bullet 1905     MWR March 1905

NWS Bullet 1908     MWR May 1908

NWS Bullet 1908     Dixie Tornado Outbreak April 1908

NWS Bullet 1909     Destructive Tornadoes in Alabama

NWS Bullet 1909     April 30, 1909 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1909     MWR 1909 - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 154 & Page 111

NWS Bullet 1909     Tuscumbia Tornado February 1909

NWS Bullet 1909     February 5, 1909 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1911     March 26, 1911 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1912     MWR March 1912

NWS Bullet 1915     MWR December 1915

NWS Bullet 1916     Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1916     Hurricane Report

NWS Bullet 1919     Monthly Weather Review April 1919

NWS Bullet 1919     Tornado March 5 , 1919

NWS Bullet 1919-20 USDA Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 34

NWS Bullet 1920     March 28, 1920 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1920     MWR April 1920 - Tornadoes of March 28, 1920

NWS Bullet 1920-21 USDA Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau - Search Alabama Tornado - Page 31, 34 & 38

NWS Bullet 1921     Tornado Map

NWS Bullet 1921     Tornado Map2

NWS Bullet 1925     April 25, 1925 Tornadoes in Alabama by Welby R. Stevens

NWS Bullet 1925     MWR May 1925 - Tornadoes in the United States 1916-1923

NWS Bullet 1925     MWR October 1925 - Tornado in Southeastern Alabama 1925

NWS Bullet 1930     Elmore County Tornado - March 30, 1930

NWS Bullet 1932     March 21 Super Outbreak

NWS Bullet 1932     Clanton Advertiser Article 1932 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1932     1932 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1932     1932 Hurricane Information

NWS Bullet 1933     1933 Bibb Shelby F4 Information

NWS Bullet 1933     1933 F4 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1933     1933 F4 Tornado

NWS Bullet 1952     1952 February 29, 1952 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1952     1952 March 21-22, 1952 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1956     April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1956     April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1956     April 15, 1956 McDonald Chapel Tornado

NWS Bullet 1957     1957 Alabama Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1957     Hurricane Audrey

NWS Bullet 1957     1957 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1957     Hurricane Audrey Rainfall

NWS Bullet 1957     Tropical Storm Bertha

NWS Bullet 1957     Tropical Storm Esther

NWS Bullet 1957     1957 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1960     1960 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1960     1960 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1960     1960 Hurricane Ethel

NWS Bullet 1960     1960 Hurricane Ethel

NWS Bullet 1962     1962 Weaver Tornado

NWS Bullet 1963     1963 Jefferson County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Harpersville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Harpersville Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Harpersville Tornado - Search Alabama Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Harpersville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Hurricane Hilda

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Hurricane Hilda

NWS Bullet 1964     1964 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1965     1965 Aliceville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1965     1965 Hurricane Betsy

NWS Bullet 1965     1965 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1965     1965 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1965     1965 Hurricane Debbie

NWS Bullet 1967     1967 Birmingham West End Tornado

NWS Bullet 1967     1967 Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1967     March 6 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1967     March 6 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1969     1969 Hurricane Camille

NWS Bullet 1969     1969 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1969     1969 Hurricane Camille

NWS Bullet 1969     1969 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1970     1970 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1970     1970 Hurricane Celia

NWS Bullet 1970     1970 Hurricane Celia

NWS Bullet 1970     1970 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1971     1971 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1971     1971 Hurricane Edith

NWS Bullet 1971     1971 Hurricanes

NWS Bullet 1973     1973 March 16 Shelby County Tornado

NWS Bullet 1973     May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973     Brent Tornado

NWS Bullet 1973     May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973     May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1973     May 27 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1974     April 1974 Tornadoes

NWS Bullet 1974     April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974     April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974     April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974     April 1974 Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1974     Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1974     Hurricane Carmen

NWS Bullet 1974     Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1975     Pell City Ragland Tornado

NWS Bullet 1975     Tropical Depression

NWS Bullet 1977     Smithfield Tornado

NWS Bullet 1977     Smithfield Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1977     Tornado Information

NWS Bullet 1977     Hurricane Information

NWS Bullet 1977     Hurricane Babe

NWS Bullet 1977     1977 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1979     Hurricane Bob

NWS Bullet 1979     Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1979     Hurricane Frederic

NWS Bullet 1979     Frederic Satellite Image

NWS Bullet 1979     1979 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1979     Frederic Information

NWS Bullet 1979     1979 Frederic Information

NWS Bullet 1981     Hurtsboro Tornado

NWS Bullet 1984     TD 1

NWS Bullet 1984     1984 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1985     Hurricane Danny Observations

NWS Bullet 1985     Hurricane Danny

NWS Bullet 1985     Hurricane Danny Recap

NWS Bullet 1985     1985 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1985     Hurricane Juan

NWS Bullet 1985     1985 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1987     1987 Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1987     1987 Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1989     Huntsville Tornado

NWS Bullet 1992     Hurricane Andrew

NWS Bullet 1992     Hurricane Andrew

NWS Bullet 1992     Hurricane Season

NWS Bullet 1992     Hurricane Map

NWS Bullet 1994     Palm Sunday Outbreak

NWS Bullet 1994     Palm Sunday Outbreak Service Assessment
 

 

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