Alabama Tornadoes 1949

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Alabama Tornado Database 1949 United States Tornado Summary
1949 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	1949	11	24	1800	DeKalb	F2	10.0	100	1	20	Sand Mountain-S Henagar-N Mentone Three homes were destroyed and 7 homes were damaged. The tornado appear to touch down on the ridge tops only.
4	1949	11	24	1715	Tallapoosa	F2	3.0	100	10	10	Hackneyville-NE Alexander City 10 fatalities occurred as one home was demolished. A woman and nine children were killed as their home was picked up and thrown 150 yards away and into another home. Injured occurred in the second home.
3	1949	11	24	1715	Blount	F4	15.0	100	4	44	Fairview-Oneonta-Tate's Gap 32 homes and 84 other structures were damaged or destroyed. 100 head of cattle were killed. Several of the homes were completely blown away. 3 fatalities occurred in an Easley home and one fatality occured in an Oneonta home.
2	1949	8	30	1620	Montgomery	F2	0.1	50	0	0	Montgomery One home had its roof and ceilings torn off.
1	1949	2	19	0900	Covington	F2	1.0	100	0	5	3 SW Red Level 2 farm houses were destroyed. All of the injuries occurred in one home. Livestock was killed on both farms.

1949 Alabama Tornado Occurrences - Statewide

Alabama County Warning Areas

1949 North Atlantic Tropical System Map

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