Alabama Tornado Database
|
|||||||||||
1940 Tornado Occurrences (5) | |||||||||||
Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
5 | 1940 | 12 | 27 | 1150 | Houston | F2 | 11.0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | Dothan-2 W Webb-Headland Small homes, a lumberyard, and a cotton compress were destroyed. |
4 | 1940 | 3 | 29 | 1800 | Choctaw | F2 | 5.0 | 400 | 0 | 30 | Gilbertown Half of the 25 homes in the city were destroyed. |
3 | 1940 | 2 | 13 | 1330 | Lowndes | F2 | 0.5 | 50 | 0 | 3 | St. Clair One home was destroyed. |
2 | 1940 | 1 | 14 | 0445 | Montgomery | F3 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 | 10 | 2.0 SW Mt. Meigs 11 small homes were destroyed and several large homes were unroofed. The deaths occurred in small homes. |
1 | 1940 | 1 | 14 | 0300 | Monroe | F2 | 10.0 | 800 | 3 | 12 | 9 N Monroeville-Beatrice-Riley's Crossroads 15 small homes were destroyed. Several large old homes were damaged. 2 deaths occurred in Beatrice and one in Riley's Crossroads. |