Alabama Tornado Database |
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| 1976 Tornado Occurrences (30) | |||||||||||
| Tornado # of Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
| 30 | 1976 | 8 | 15 | 1650 | Jefferson | F2 | 0.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | Near Morris A corn field was "ripped up". Minor damage to 1 house when it was struck by a falling power line. Start: 33.75/-86.82 End: 33.75/-86.82 |
| 29 | 1976 | 7 | 31 | 1200 | Marshall | F1 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Claysville Several businesses and a mobile home were damaged in this brief tornado. Start: 34.40/-86.29 End: 34.40/-86.20 |
| 28 | 1976 | 5 | 6 | 1750 | Marshall | F1 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Guntersville Lake 15 large boats were damaged at a marina. Start: 34.37/-86.29 End: 34.39/-86.27 |
| 27 | 1976 | 5 | 6 | 1630 | Jefferson | F2 | 0.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Partridge Two mobile homes destroyed and 2 damaged. Roof damage to a store. Hail up to 6 inches deep on ground after the storm. Start: 33.77/-86.93 End: 33.77/-86.93 |
| 26 | 1976 | 3 | 31 | 0930 | Covington | F2 | 3.8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | Straughn-Antioch Tornado touched down near the Straughn School and destroyed 2 unoccuppied trailers. One frame home was damaged and helicopter signal station was destroyed. Start: 31.38/-86.38 End: 31.40/-86.33 |
| 25 | 1976 | 3 | 30 | 1325 | Wilcox | F0 | 0.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Catherine Brief tornado damaged a chipper mill installation. Start: 32.18/-87.47 End: 32.18/-87.47 |
| 24 | 1976 | 3 | 29 | 2010 | Calhoun | F2 | 1.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | Bynum Area Brief touchdown destroying 1 mobile home and damaging 2 others. An oak tree was uprooted and dropped on one end of a wood frame house causing extensive damage. Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted. Start: 33.62/-85.97 End: 33.62/-85.97 |
| 23 | 1976 | 3 | 29 | 1700 | St. Clair | F0 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Springville Damage confined to trees blown down. Start: 33.77/-86.47 End: 33.77/-86.47 |
| 22 | 1976 | 3 | 21 | 0530 | Coffee Storm Information |
F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Enterprise 4 broiler houses were destroyed and 54,000 chicks were killed. Start: 31.28/-85.85 End: 31.28/-85.85 |
| 21 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2320 | Etowah Storm Information |
F0 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Attalla Brief tornado touchdown with wind damage to 14 to 15 block area. One house was unroofed with trees and power lines downed. Start: 34.02/-86.08 End: 34.02/-86.08 |
| 20 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2250 | Blount Storm Information |
F3 | 19.2 | 40 | 0 | 11 | Cleveland-Snead The tornado struck with savage fury damaging 15 houses and 3 mobile homes. Two mobile homes were destroyed along with 6 barns and 2 sheds. Start: 33.97/-86.62 End: 34.12/-86.33 |
| 19 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2249 | Blount Storm Information |
F0 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Locust Fork One barn roof damaged. Start: 33.90/-86.62 End: 33.90/-86.62 |
| 18 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2245 | Cullman Storm Information |
F3 | 9.3 | 100 | 0 | 17 | Simcoe-Baileyton 38 trailers were destroyed. 15 businesses, 47 homes, 20 chicken houses, 34 barns, a school, and a church were damaged. Start: 34.22/-86.73 End: 34.27/-86.58 |
| 17 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2225 | Madison Storm Information |
F1 | 4.5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 SW New Market-2.4 SE New Market One mobile home and one toolshed were destroyed. Start: 34.85/-86.47 End: 34.88/-86.40 |
| 16 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2222 | Madison Storm Information |
F0 | 0.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Near Chase One concrete building and one mobile home was destroyed. Start: 34.75/-86.52 End: 34.75/-86.52 |
| 15 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2222 | Madison Storm Information |
F2 | 0.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Chase Major damage occurred to the PPG Industries Huntsville Plant. Start: 34.77/-86.52 End: 34.77/-86.52 |
| 14 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2220 | Winston Storm Information |
F2 | 0.5 | 77 | 0 | 6 | 4 SE Arley Tornado struck mobile homes destroying 2 and damaging a third. Six person were injured. The most serious injury was to a man whose spinal cord was severed when he was thrown from his disintegrating mobile home. Start: 34.02/-87.17 End: 34.02/-87.17 |
| 13 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2208 | Madison Storm Information |
F1 | 4.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 S Toney-6.7 NW Hazelgreen 5 mobile homes were destroyed, six barns and outbuildings were destroyed, and 4 homes were damaged. Start: 34.92/-86.73 End: 34.97/-86.68 |
| 12 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2205 | Pickens Storm Information |
F2 | 0.50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 N Gordo 3 cars were destroyed and 1 house severely damaged. Start: 33.38/-87.90 End: 33.38/-87.90 |
| 11 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2140 | Lamar Storm Information |
F1 | 0.2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | Hinson Springs Community Tornado passed over downtown Sulligent 1500 feet in the air. Two tractor sheds, a small gun shop and an empty house were destoryed. Trees uprooted and twisted and 1 home had shingles blown off. Start: 33.93/-88.08 End: 33.93/-88.08 |
| 10 | 1976 | 3 | 20 | 2100 | Lauderdale Storm Information |
F2 | 1.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | SW Anderson Several homes along Highway 72 were damaged and 2 farm houses were destroyed. Start: 34.92/-87.27 End: 34.92/-87.27 |
| 9 | 1976 | 3 | 16 | 0855 | Washington | F2 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Fruitdale Brief tornado touchdown destroyed a home, small barn, and toolshed. Start: 31.33/-88.42 End: 31.33/-88.42 |
| 8 | 1976 | 3 | 16 | 0725 | Coffee | F0 | 0.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | New Brockton Several trees and power lines were blown down. A few windows were blown out. Start: 31.38/-85.93 End: 31.38/-85.93 |
| 7 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 2250 | Chilton | F2 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Oak Grove Brief touchdown with major damae to 3 homes. Ten large trees toppled and 1 barn destroyed by a falling tree. Start: 32.73/-86.47 End: 32.73/-86.47 |
| 6 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 2230 | Dallas | F1 | 0.2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 5 E Selma-Hardy Circle Windows blown outward in 1 home. Roofs damaged on 6 homes with 6 autos receiving damage. One mobile home was completely destroyed. Start: 32.35/-86.90 End: 32.35/-86.90 |
| 5 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 2120 | Elmore | F3 | 4.9 | 400 | 0 | 15 | 2.4 SW Eclectic-2.5 NE Eclectic Many persons said they heard the tornado and took cover. The Eclectic City Hall clock stopped at 9:23 pm. Eight homes were completely destroyed with major damage to 10 and minor damage to 12. Seven mobile homes were demolished with major damage to 1 and minor damage to 2. Three businesses received major damage with damage to 6 barns and 6 boats. 8 cattle wre lost. Start: 32.62/-86.07 End: 32.65/-86.00 |
| 4 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 2030 | Autauga | F3 | 16.5 | 100 | 0 | 4 | Jones-Poses Crossroads-Alpine 6 houses and 3 mobile homes destroyed, with 17 other houses 7 mobile homes receiving major damage. Additional damage to 1 business, 10 farm buildings and 1 tractor. Start: 32.58/-86.92 End: 32.57/-86.63 |
| 3 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 2027 | Marengo | F2 | 18.4 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 NW Jefferson-1 NE Faunsdale 6 homes and 3 mobile homes were destroyed. Several buildings received major damage. Start: 32.38/-87.88 End: 32.47/-87.58 |
| 2 | 1976 | 3 | 12 | 1650 | Sumter | F1 | 1.0 | 150 | 0 | 2 | Gainesville Injuries confined to mobile home in open field. Remainder of damage was mainly trees and 3 additonal roofs. Start: 32.82/-88.17 End: 32.82/-88.17 |
| 1 | 1976 | 1 | 13 | 1905 | Jefferson | F2 | 0.3 | 50 | 0 | 1 | Birmingham Tornado touched down at intersection of 19th Street and 10 Ave South. A portion of a roof was ripped off an office building and a roof-mounted air conditioner was hurled northward against an adjacent parking deck. A roof-mounted walking track was ripped off the YMCA building and several windows were broken. Flying debris injured 1 boy at the YMCA, but hospitalization was not required. Several other buildings had windows blown out. Start: 33.52/-86.82 End: 33.52/-86.82 |
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