Alabama Tornado Database
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| 1939 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 | 1939 | 4 | 17 | 0635 | Cleburne | F2 | 1.0 | 150 | 0 | 16 | Ranburne At least a half dozen homes were destroyed and another half dozen damaged. Three of the injuries were serious. |
| 13 | 1939 | 4 | 17 | 0200 | Tuscaloosa | F2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 W Northport-3.0 NW Northport At least 12 farms were damaged and at least one home was destroyed. |
| 12 | 1939 | 4 | 17 | 0115 | Greene | F3 | 2.0 | 200 | 1 | 2 | Boligee One woman was killed in a home. Several homes and a store were either damaged or destroyed. |
| 11 | 1939 | 4 | 11 | 1200 | Madison-Marshall | F2 | 4.0 | 100 | 1 | 11 | 5 SW Woodville Several small homes and a mill were destroyed along the Paint Rock River. One man was killed as he took cover in the mill. Several injuries occurred in homes. |
| 10 | 1939 | 4 | 11 | 1145 | Shelby | F2 | 2.0 | 100 | 0 | 7 | Montevallo Three large homes were destroyed, two churches destroyed, and at least 20 homes damaged. |
| 9 | 1939 | 3 | 30 | 0600 | Escambia | F2 | NA | 50 | 0 | 7 | East Brewton 5 homes and a store were heavily damaged. |
| 8 | 1939 | 3 | 30 | 0600 | Pike | F2 | NA | 50 | 0 | 4 | 6.0 SE Troy Two small homes and a store were destroyed in the Langdale community. |
| 7 | 1939 | 2 | 20 | 0100 | Clay | F2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Near Cragford One man was killed in a home. Several others in the same home were injured, a few critically. The damage was in the New Harmony community. |
| 6 | 1939 | 2 | 15 | 0006 | Jefferson | F2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Pinson Three homes were destroyed in town and one man was killed. Many other structures were damaged. |
| 5 | 1939 | 2 | 15 | 0006 | Limestone | F2 | NA | 0 | 1 | 0 | Tanner One woman was killed when she was taking shelter. |
| 4 | 1939 | 2 | 14 | 1900 | Pickens | F2 | 15.0 | 200 | 0 | 10 | Aliceville-Carrollton Six homes and businesses were unroofed and many homes were nearly leveled on the south side of Carrollton. |
| 3 | 1939 | 2 | 14 | 1200 | Lamar | F2 | NA | 100 | 0 | 3 | Beaverton Two homes were destroyed. |
| 2 | 1939 | 1 | 29 | 1630 | Tuscaloosa | F2 | 6.0 | 200 | 0 | 11 | Coker One school was leveled. Five people were injured in one home and six in another. Trees were blown down for miles. |
| 1 | 1939 | 1 | 29 | 1600 | Shelby-Talladega | F2 | 20.0 | 100 | 0 | 7 | Columbiana-Childersburg Six homes were damaged. One school and several homes were unroofed. |
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