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 A List of Tornadoes That Affected the Huntsville Forecast Area

 Counties Affected
Start Time (CST)
F Scale

Injuries/
Fatalities

Path Length (Miles)

Path Width (Yards)

Starting Location

  Ending     Location   

Radar Loop 

Lawrence, AL/Morgan, AL/Limestone, AL/Madison, AL
5:15 PM
F5
267/28
52.0
500
Mt. Moriah, AL
Near Harvest, AL
Franklin, AL
5:30 PM
F2
4/0
12.8
350
2 miles SW of Phil Campbell, AL
Oak Grove, AL 
Pickens, AL/Tuscaloosa, AL/Fayette, AL/Walker, AL/Cullman, AL
5:35 PM
F4
178/3
110.6
500
9 miles NNW Aliceville, AL 
8 miles N of Cullman, AL
Limestone, AL/Madison, AL/Lincoln, TN/Franklin, TN/Coffee, TN
6:35 PM
F5
270/27
98.0
500
8 miles SSW of Athens, AL
SW Coffee County, TN
Lincoln, TN/Franklin, TN
6:45 PM
F4
121/11
 27.50  800  Near Flintsville, TN
NE of Estill Springs, TN 
Lamar, AL/Marion, AL/Winston, AL/Lawrence, AL/Morgan, AL
7:50 PM
F5
272/28
79.5
500
14 miles NNE of Columbus, MS
Just East of Decatur, AL
Franklin, TN/Coffee, TN
8:00 PM
F3
1/0
20
100
4 miles NE Winchester, TN
10 miles W Altamont, TN
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Morgan, AL/Limestone, AL/Madison, AL/Jackson, AL
9:24 PM
F3
7/2
46.5
700
7 miles SE of Decatur, AL
1 mile SW of Baileyton, AL

Below is a Radar Loop from Centreville, AL (5:15 PM to 10:21 PM on April 3rd, 1974)

 

Alabama Statistics From the April 3, 1974 Tornado Outbreak

  

 AL

# of Tornadoes

Fatalities

Injuries

Avg. Path Length

Longest Path Length(Miles)

Avg. Path Width(Yards)

All Tornadoes  10 77 927 37.53 110.6 (Pickens/Cullman) 490
F5's (AL)  3 72 729 57.4 79.5 (Lamar/Morgan)  500
F4's (AL)  1 3 178  110.6 110.6 (Pickens/Cullman) 500
F3's (AL)  2 2 16  33.7 46.5(Morgan/Jackson) 400
F2's (AL)  3 0 4  8.07 12.4(Franklin) 433
F1's (AL) 1  0  NA  1 1(Calhoun) 800
F0's (AL)  0  0 NA  NA NA  NA
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