35459 Zip Code Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in 35459 Zip Code is about the same as Alabama average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 35459 Zip Code is lower than Alabama average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #236
| 35459 Zip Code | 0.07 |
| Alabama | 0.08 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| 35459 Zip Code | 0.0000 |
| Alabama | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #616
| 35459 Zip Code | 185.80 |
| Alabama | 255.80 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 2,637 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 35459 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 0 | Cold: | 25 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 25 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 136 | Hail: | 969 | Heat: | 48 | Heavy Snow: | 14 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 7 | Ice Storm: | 4 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 32 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,326 | Tropical Storm: | 7 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 5 | Winter Weather: | 3 |
| Other: | 36 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near 35459 Zip Code.
Historical Earthquake Events
A total of 1 historical earthquake event that had a recorded magnitude of 3.5 or above found in or near 35459 Zip Code.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Depth (km) | Latitude | Longitude |
| 30.5 | 1971-03-14 | 3.9 | 1 | 33.1 | -87.9 |
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 83 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 35459 Zip Code.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 9.2 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°54'N / 88°18'W | 32°57'N / 88°16'W | 6.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Sumter |
| 14.6 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°36'N / 88°38'W | 32°52'N / 88°24'W | 23.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 18.7 | 1966-03-03 | 5 | 32°49'N / 88°21'W | 33°12'N / 87°49'W | 40.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 11 | 250K | 0 | Pickens |
| 19.5 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°58'N / 88°35'W | 33°07'N / 88°17'W | 16.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 21.9 | 1971-02-26 | 3 | 32°49'N / 87°56'W | 32°50'N / 87°52'W | 4.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Greene |
| 22.1 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°48'N / 88°42'W | 32°58'N / 88°35'W | 11.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 1 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 23.0 | 1977-02-23 | 2 | 32°50'N / 87°53'W | 0.20 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Greene | |
| 23.0 | 1961-12-12 | 2 | 32°24'N / 88°23'W | 32°32'N / 88°00'W | 24.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Sumter |
| 23.4 | 1986-03-12 | 4 | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 32°42'N / 88°35'W | 7.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Kemper |
| 23.6 | 1954-12-29 | 2 | 32°55'N / 88°40'W | 33°01'N / 88°35'W | 8.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 24.7 | 1967-12-18 | 3 | 32°26'N / 88°09'W | 32°30'N / 88°03'W | 7.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Sumter |
| 24.9 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 33°03'N / 88°33'W | 33°09'N / 88°27'W | 9.10 Miles | 587 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Calhoun |
| 25.0 | 1954-12-29 | 2 | 32°54'N / 88°42'W | 32°55'N / 88°40'W | 3.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 9 | 0K | 0 | Kemper |
| 26.8 | 2007-01-05 | 2 | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 32°39'N / 88°41'W | 2.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 9 | 600K | 0K | Kemper |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado touched down in the Blackwater Community and caused extensive damage along its 2 mile path. Six homes were destroyed, five of which were mobile homes and one modular home. Nine people were injured with three serious. One car was flipped over and rolled along with extensive damage to trees and power lines along the path of this high end F2 tornado. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the evening of Jan 4th and early morning hours of Jan 5th, a potent storm system moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley. This system was dynamic enough to generate a line of thunderstorms across Central Mississippi. This line developed within a strongly sheared environment and evolved into a squall line with bowing segments. These bowing segments proved very efficient with respect to producing damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. The squall line matured just east of Interstate 55 around 11 pm and raced east before exiting into Alabama around 3 am. | |||||||||||
| 27.5 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 33°06'N / 88°24'W | 33°16'N / 88°19'W | 15.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 15 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 28.5 | 1965-02-11 | 3 | 33°12'N / 88°12'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 18 | 250K | 0 | Pickens | |
| 29.2 | 1953-05-04 | 2 | 33°07'N / 88°34'W | 33°13'N / 88°27'W | 9.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 29.6 | 2000-12-16 | 2 | 32°24'N / 88°40'W | 32°30'N / 88°30'W | 12.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 17 | 2.1M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| Brief Description: An F2 tornado caused major damage in the Marion and Dalewood Shore Lake communities, northeast of Meridian. Two houses and thirteen mobile homes were destroyed. Eleven houses and twelve mobile homes received major damage. Thirty-three houses and twenty-two mobile homes received minor damage. Three businesses were destroyed and one business had minor damage. Thousands of trees were blown down or snapped off, and numerous power poles and power lines were also downed. Seventeen people were injured, including one in critical condition. | |||||||||||
| 30.2 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°35'N / 87°49'W | 32°39'N / 87°47'W | 4.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Greene |
| 33.0 | 1986-03-12 | 4 | 32°25'N / 88°46'W | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 16.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 33.6 | 1957-04-04 | 2 | 33°00'N / 88°55'W | 33°21'N / 88°21'W | 40.70 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Winston |
| 33.9 | 1957-11-17 | 2 | 33°07'N / 88°39'W | 33°17'N / 88°33'W | 12.90 Miles | 70 Yards | 2 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 33.9 | 1973-11-26 | 2 | 33°14'N / 88°32'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Noxubee | |||
| 34.2 | 1986-03-12 | 3 | 33°11'N / 88°12'W | 33°23'N / 88°12'W | 16.00 Miles | 700 Yards | 2 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Pickens |
| 35.3 | 1982-04-03 | 3 | 32°43'N / 88°55'W | 32°42'N / 88°50'W | 4.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Kemper |
| 35.4 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 32°53'N / 88°55'W | 32°54'N / 88°50'W | 5.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 35.6 | 1957-06-28 | 3 | 33°13'N / 88°35'W | 33°17'N / 88°32'W | 5.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 1 | 10 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 37.8 | 1957-11-17 | 2 | 33°17'N / 88°33'W | 33°18'N / 88°32'W | 1.90 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lowndes |
| 37.9 | 1953-05-01 | 4 | 32°15'N / 88°23'W | 2 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Choctaw | |||
| 38.1 | 1973-03-16 | 2 | 32°54'N / 87°40'W | 32°55'N / 87°36'W | 4.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hale |
| 38.2 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°39'N / 87°47'W | 32°42'N / 87°29'W | 14.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 2 | 7 | 250K | 0 | Hale |
| 38.3 | 1961-12-11 | 2 | 32°47'N / 87°40'W | 32°52'N / 87°34'W | 8.30 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hale |
| 38.4 | 1973-05-27 | 4 | 32°32'N / 87°48'W | 32°47'N / 87°28'W | 26.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 1 | 72 | 25.0M | 0 | Hale |
| 38.6 | 2004-11-24 | 3 | 32°56'N / 88°59'W | 33°00'N / 88°50'W | 12.00 Miles | 600 Yards | 1 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Winston |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado moved into Winston county from Neshoba county and tracked northeast for 12 miles before moving into Noxubee county. Just inside the Winston county line four large chicken houses were destroyed. As the tornado tracked northeast across State Route 393 and 397, a few hundred trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes sustained minor roof damage. One home was totally destroyed on McBrayer Road. Pieces of the home was blown and scattered across a field for 1/4 mile. Here three vehicles were moved with two of them landing on top of tree debris and the other thrown into a ditch. This home was where the two injuries and one fatality occurred. The tornado was at its widest point here and as it tracked northeast hundreds of trees were blown down. The tornado moved into Noxubee county 2 miles southeast of Ferns Springs. The total path length across northern Neshoba, southeast Winston and western Noxubee county was 21 miles. M44PH | |||||||||||
| 39.7 | 1976-03-29 | 4 | 32°22'N / 88°54'W | 32°26'N / 88°39'W | 15.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 39.8 | 1970-03-19 | 2 | 32°42'N / 87°36'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hale | |
| 39.8 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 32°49'N / 89°00'W | 32°53'N / 88°55'W | 6.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 39.8 | 1984-11-10 | 2 | 33°14'N / 87°51'W | 33°14'N / 87°49'W | 0.20 Mile | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pickens |
| 40.1 | 1975-02-23 | 2 | 32°47'N / 88°58'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba | |
| 40.2 | 1966-03-03 | 5 | 32°34'N / 89°34'W | 32°49'N / 88°21'W | 72.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Leake |
| 40.3 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 33°18'N / 88°37'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lowndes | |
| 40.5 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 32°23'N / 87°53'W | 32°28'N / 87°35'W | 18.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Marengo |
| 40.6 | 1998-04-08 | 3 | 33°17'N / 87°54'W | 33°16'N / 87°51'W | 3.60 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 15K | 0K | Pickens |
| Brief Description: This was the first of three tornadoes produced by one supercell thunderstorm moving across central Alabama. The tornado began at 7:01 pm CDT just south of Gordo in extreme eastern Pickens County and traveled east-northeast moving into Tuscaloosa County around 7:05 pm CDT. The tornado stayed mostly in rural areas crossing the swampy area of the Sipsey River and a number of small roads before crossing SR 21. It remained in rural areas crossing SR 171 and US 43. The tornado dissipated at Lake Tuscaloosa just south of where SR 69 crosses the lake. Emergency management reported that five single-family dwellings were destroyed along with major damage reported to one house and minor damage to 23 others. Eleven mobile homes were destroyed and three mobile homes were damaged. A couple from North Carolina camping at Lake Lurleen lost everything. | |||||||||||
| 40.8 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°15'N / 88°47'W | 32°18'N / 88°27'W | 20.00 Miles | 1760 Yards | 3 | 57 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 40.8 | 1966-11-10 | 2 | 33°00'N / 87°37'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hale | |
| 41.1 | 1973-03-16 | 2 | 32°37'N / 87°40'W | 32°40'N / 87°31'W | 9.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hale |
| 41.9 | 1974-04-03 | 4 | 33°16'N / 88°12'W | 33°27'N / 87°50'W | 24.60 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25.0M | 0 | Pickens |
| 42.4 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 32°55'N / 89°00'W | 32°55'N / 88°59'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 60K | 0 | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: A second, slightly stronger tornado, touched down 1 mile to the east southeast of where the first one dissipated. Damage began and remained on Asa Thomas Road as the tornado moved into Winston county. Severe tree damage occurred along Asa Thomas Road along with several power lines blown down. The tornado was on the ground for 1 mile before moving into southeast Winston county where it stayed on the ground for 21 miles across Winston and western Noxubee counties. | |||||||||||
| 42.5 | 1973-11-27 | 2 | 32°42'N / 89°00'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Neshoba | |||
| 42.7 | 1982-04-03 | 3 | 32°46'N / 89°06'W | 32°43'N / 88°55'W | 13.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Neshoba |
| 42.8 | 2007-01-05 | 2 | 32°43'N / 89°01'W | 32°43'N / 89°00'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 150K | 0K | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado briefly touched down between the Tucker and Bloomfield Communities. One brick home had its entire roof blown off, a large outbuilding was destroyed and a tractor was picked up and rolled. Additionally, numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the short path. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the evening of Jan 4th and early morning hours of Jan 5th, a potent storm system moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley. This system was dynamic enough to generate a line of thunderstorms across Central Mississippi. This line developed within a strongly sheared environment and evolved into a squall line with bowing segments. These bowing segments proved very efficient with respect to producing damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. The squall line matured just east of Interstate 55 around 11 pm and raced east before exiting into Alabama around 3 am. | |||||||||||
| 43.3 | 1980-04-25 | 2 | 33°18'N / 88°36'W | 33°29'N / 88°23'W | 17.80 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lowndes |
| 43.3 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 33°25'N / 88°13'W | 2.00 Miles | 127 Yards | 0 | 7 | 2.5M | 0 | Pickens | |
| 43.6 | 1973-01-18 | 2 | 32°56'N / 89°02'W | 32°56'N / 88°59'W | 3.30 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Winston |
| 43.7 | 1965-03-17 | 3 | 33°28'N / 88°26'W | 33°22'N / 88°21'W | 8.50 Miles | 230 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Monroe |
| 44.3 | 1963-03-11 | 2 | 33°25'N / 88°06'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pickens | |||
| 44.4 | 1972-01-04 | 2 | 32°18'N / 87°47'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marengo | |
| 44.7 | 1952-03-03 | 3 | 33°20'N / 87°54'W | 33°22'N / 87°52'W | 3.30 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 6 | 25K | 0 | Pickens |
| 44.7 | 1954-02-20 | 2 | 32°34'N / 89°01'W | 32°37'N / 89°00'W | 3.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 44.8 | 1984-11-10 | 2 | 33°14'N / 87°49'W | 33°14'N / 87°36'W | 13.80 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Tuscaloosa |
| 45.0 | 2005-08-29 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°00'W | 32°37'N / 89°02'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 70K | 400K | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado touched down just south of the House Community and tracked west-northwest for 3 miles. Several hundred trees were uprooted or snapped along the path with a few outbuildings and homes damaged by fallen trees. Additionally, numerous power lines were taken down as the tornado tracked across a few county roads as well as State Highway 492. | |||||||||||
| 45.3 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°10'W | 32°45'N / 88°55'W | 18.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 45.6 | 1986-03-12 | 2 | 32°15'N / 88°51'W | 32°21'N / 88°45'W | 12.00 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 46.2 | 1995-04-20 | 2 | 33°18'N / 88°37'W | 33°35'N / 88°19'W | 32.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0.1M | 0 | Lowndes |
| Brief Description: The tornado first touched down near the town of Crawford in southwest Lowndes County and moved northeast and moved near the Alabama border. One house was completely destroyed. A second home had its living room destroyed. One home was pushed off its foundation. Several homes had their windows blown out. A few mobile homes suffered extensive roof damage. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. | |||||||||||
| 46.3 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 33°23'N / 87°54'W | 0.50 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pickens | |
| 46.8 | 1973-01-18 | 2 | 32°55'N / 89°06'W | 32°56'N / 89°02'W | 4.30 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 46.9 | 1955-04-12 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°20'W | 32°59'N / 88°50'W | 40.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 47.1 | 1965-02-11 | 2 | 32°34'N / 89°07'W | 32°43'N / 89°01'W | 11.90 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Newton |
| 47.1 | 2002-11-10 | 3 | 33°23'N / 88°37'W | 33°32'N / 88°17'W | 22.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 55 | 60.0M | 0 | Lowndes |
| Brief Description: A tornado formed in Lowndes County, about 3 miles southeast of Artesia. It moved 22 miles across the county, resulting in numerous injuries. Most of the damage and injuries was seen in Columbus around 7:20 PM. Here, extensive damage was received by several buildings on the campuses of the Mississippi University for Women and the Mississippi School for Math and Science. Major damage was received by approximately 60 homes in the southern part of Columbus as the tornado moved through. The tornado then moved into Lamar County, Alabama 2.5 miles southeast of Steens, Mississippi. | |||||||||||
| 47.4 | 1957-06-27 | 2 | 32°46'N / 89°07'W | 32°49'N / 89°04'W | 4.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 9 | 25K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 47.8 | 1962-03-31 | 3 | 33°28'N / 88°18'W | 33°30'N / 88°20'W | 3.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Lowndes |
| 47.9 | 2010-04-24 | 2 | 32°15'N / 88°54'W | 32°18'N / 88°45'W | 10.00 Miles | 1056 Yards | 0 | 0 | 650K | 300K | Lauderdale |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down just to the northeast of Montrose near County Road 2414, in Jasper County. This tornado tracked across 3 counties before it dissipated just before it reached Meridian. Along the path, it produced major structural roof damage to a church. Shingles and siding were blown off of a house. An outbuilding was destroyed along with damage to a grain silo. Thousands of large softwood and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted. In addition, numerous power lines were blown down. This EF2 tornado had a total path length of 23 miles and a width of 0.6 miles. Maximum winds were around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful spring storm system moved across the region on April 24th and brought an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes to the area. The most powerful and destructive storm during this event was the long track EF4 tornado which ripped a 149 mile path across the forecast area. In addition to this violent tornado, many other storms became severe and produced 5 additional tornadoes along with numerous reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail. Of the 5 tornadoes, 3 of these were strong (EF2) and occurred across, Jasper, Newton, Lauderdale, Oktibbeha, and Clay Counties. | |||||||||||
| 47.9 | 2000-12-16 | 4 | 33°03'N / 87°42'W | 33°12'N / 87°24'W | 18.00 Miles | 750 Yards | 11 | 144 | 12.5M | 0K | Tuscaloosa |
| Brief Description: The tornado began in southwestern Tuscaloosa County on the west side of the Black Warrior River. Traveling in a northeasterly direction the tornado moved from a rural, unpopulated area of the Black Warrior River into an area of homes south of Shelton State Community College. The tornado crossed SR 69 destroying a nearly complete shopping center which included a Winn Dixie store. East of SR 69 the tornado destroyed a number of houses and residential structures. As the tornado reached US 82 it destroyed a number of mobile homes where several deaths were reported. From US 82 the tornado continued northeasterly downing numerous trees and power lines and damaging residential structures. The tornado crossed I-20/59 just west of exit 77 where many trees were uprooted or snapped off. Minor damage occurred to the JVC manufacturing facility. At exit 77 a number of commercial structures including hotels, fast food restaurants, and truck stops sustained damage including a number of vehicles that were overturned. The tornado continued northeasterly for a couple of miles before dissipating rapidly. Ironically, the tornado dissipated as it moved into an open, unpopulated area. The tornado was spawned by a supercell thunderstorm that originated in Mississippi. This thunderstorm was responsible for additional tornado damage in St. Clair and Etowah counties. Tuscaloosa EMA reported 11 fatalities with this tornado along with 144 injuries. Nine of the fatalities occurred in mobile homes, one in a vehicle, and one in a commercial building converted to residential use. Six of those killed were females and five were males. Ages ranged from 16 months to 83 years old. There were 251 single family dwellings affected (43 destroyed, 76 with major damage, 138 with minor damage), 179 mobile homes affected (79 destroyed, 23 with major damage, 77 with minor damage), and 13 businesses affected (1 destroyed, 7 with major damage, 5 with minor damage). The tornado was on the ground for a total of 18 miles, all within Tuscaloosa County. The tornado path was estimated to be 750 yards wide at it's maximum intensity. This tornado was rated an F4 on the Fujita Scale for tornado intensity. Tornado intensity varied along the path with considerable F2 and F3 damage in the area from just west of SR 69 to US 82 in the Hinton Place and Hillcrest Meadows areas as well as the Bear Creek area. It was also in these areas where pockets of F4 destruction occurred. The tornado first touched down at 12:54 PM and dissipated at 1:12 PM with a forward speed of approximately 60 MPH. Beginning: 33 03.225/87 39.239 Ending: 33 12.065/87 24.292 M40VE, M20MH, F39MH, F53MH, F83MH, M26MH, M1MH, M9MH, F39MH, F56MH, F64PH | |||||||||||
| 48.1 | 1954-01-20 | 2 | 33°18'N / 88°50'W | 33°25'N / 88°41'W | 11.90 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Oktibbeha |
| 48.2 | 1985-05-01 | 2 | 33°12'N / 88°57'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Winston | |
| 48.6 | 1998-04-08 | 3 | 33°18'N / 87°51'W | 33°20'N / 87°35'W | 15.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 1 | 800K | 0K | Tuscaloosa |
| Brief Description: This was the first of three tornadoes produced by one supercell thunderstorm moving across central Alabama. The tornado began at 7:01 pm CDT just south of Gordo in extreme eastern Pickens County and traveled east-northeast moving into Tuscaloosa County around 7:05 pm CDT. The tornado stayed mostly in rural areas crossing the swampy area of the Sipsey River and a number of small roads before crossing SR 21. It remained in rural areas crossing SR 171 and US 43. The tornado dissipated at Lake Tuscaloosa just south of where SR 69 crosses the lake. Emergency management reported that five single-family dwellings were destroyed along with major damage reported to one house and minor damage to 23 others. Eleven mobile homes were destroyed and three mobile homes were damaged. A couple from North Carolina camping at Lake Lurleen lost everything. | |||||||||||
| 48.7 | 1977-04-02 | 2 | 33°25'N / 88°40'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lowndes | |
| 49.1 | 1997-01-28 | 2 | 33°18'N / 87°42'W | 33°18'N / 87°40'W | 2.00 Miles | 75 Yards | 0 | 1 | 85K | 2K | Tuscaloosa |
| Brief Description: A small tornado that apparently formed on the north side of a bow echo touched down in a lightly populated area just north of Lake Lurleen State Park and just west of State Road 171 in west central Tuscaloosa County. Damage was primarily to downed trees, however, several structures sustained minor damage with the exception of one house that was completely deroofed. The family in the house was asleep when the tornado struck and one young girl sustained a minor injury in the storm. EMA officials reported that three mobile homes were damaged along with the one house that was deroofed and at least two barns and several storage buildings were damaged. | |||||||||||
| 49.7 | 1995-04-20 | 2 | 33°06'N / 89°03'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 20K | 0 | Winston | |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down near the intersection of Highways 397 and 490. Numerous trees were blown down. A few buildings were destroyed. | |||||||||||
| 49.7 | 1951-09-09 | 2 | 33°30'N / 88°26'W | 0.10 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Lowndes | |
| 49.7 | 1992-10-10 | 2 | 33°30'N / 88°26'W | 2.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 16 | 2.5M | 0 | Lowndes | |
| 49.8 | 1988-11-20 | 3 | 33°12'N / 87°34'W | 0.50 Mile | 400 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Tuscaloosa | |
| 49.8 | 1954-01-20 | 2 | 33°25'N / 88°41'W | 33°28'N / 88°37'W | 5.40 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lowndes |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.