Alabama Tornadoes 1970

Alabama Tornado Database
1970 Tornado Occurrences (14)
Tornado # of Year	Year	Month	Day	Time (CST)	County	Damage Scale	Path Length (Miles)	Maximum Path Width (Yards)	Fatalities	Injuries	Location
14	1970	8	1	1845	Morgan 1970 Hurricane Map Hurricane Celia Information Hurricane Celia Information Hurricane Celia Information	F1	0.1	10	0	0	NE Priceville One home was unroofed and one trailer was destroyed. Several trees were uprooted.May have been associated with the remnants of Hurricane Celia. Start: 34.55/-86.87 End: 34.55/-86.87
13	1970	7	4	1535	Clarke	F0	0.10	10	0	0	Southwest of Grove Hill A State Trooper observed a tornado briefly touch down 6 miles south of Grove Hill on Highway 43. Little damage was noted. Start: 31.63/-87.85 End: 31.63/-87.85
12	1970	6	21	1900	Cullman	F2	3.8	10	0	0	Good Hope-Beach Grove At least 15 barns and 5 homes were damaged. Start: 34.10/-86.87 End: 34.13/-86.82
11	1970	6	2	0730	Baldwin	F2	0.1	10	0	0	Daphne One trailer was demolished. Start: 30.60/-87.88 End: 30.60/-87.88
10	1970	4	26	1300	Randolph	F2	1.0	10	0	2	Tin Shop - 5 SW Wedowee One store was severely damaged, one mobile home was overturned, and one home was damaged. A swath of trees was cut down. Start: 33.25/-85.52 End: 33.25/-85.52
9	1970	4	26	0935	Shelby	F1	3.3	300	0	0	NNE Vincent - 4 NE Vincent Several homes and mobile homes were damaged. One barn was demolished. Start: 33.40/-86.40 End: 33.42/-86.35
8	1970	4	26	0800	Madison	F1	8.6	50	0	0	New Sharon-4.3 ENE Hazel Green 2 houses and garages were damaged. Start: 34.95/-86.65 End: 34.95/-86.50
7	1970	4	24	0630	Madison	F2	0.5	10	0	0	Huntsville Brief tornado touchdown 3 miles north of the airport. One trailer was damaged and a school and gym were partially unroofed. Start: 34.75/-86.60 End: 34.75/-86.60
6	1970	4	2	0230	Dallas	F2	5.6	300	0	0	1 NNE Plantersville-6.3 NE Plantersville Several trees were downed and damage occurred at the YMCA Camp. One mobile home was destroyed, 3 mobile homes were damaged, several homes sustained roof damage, 2 barns were demolished, and 1 large storage building was destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted along the entire path. Start: 32.67/-86.92 End: 32.70/-86.83
5	1970	4	2	0120	Etowah	F2	6.1	200	0	0	2 WSW Glencoe-Hokes Bluff A service station and mobile home were demolished, several homes were unroofed, and several mobile homes were damaged near Glencoe. Several buildings were damaged in Hokes Bluff. Start: 33.95/-85.95 End: 34.00/-85.87
4	1970	3	30	1030	Conecuh	F1	0.1	10	0	0	9 W Castleberry A funnel cloud briefly touched down and was witnessed by a state trooper. The tornado occurred near Interstate 65 17 miles southwest of Evergreen. A few trees were uprooted. Start: 31.28/-87.17 End: 31.28/-87.17
3	1970	3	19	2308	Chambers	F3	2.0	200	2	14	Little Shawmut-Plant City A large school and two churches were severely damaged. 6 homes were destroyed, 15 homes sustained major damage, and 3 mobile homes were damaged. Numerous homes suffered minor damage. This location is northwest of Valley. Start: 32.84/-85.22 End: 32.85/-85.18
2	1970	3	19	0600	Hale	F2	1	10	0	0	Greensboro Tornado touched down near the depot damaging a store and a warehouse. A few homes were damaged by falling tree limbs. Start: 32.70/-87.60 End: 32.70/-87.60
1	1970	3	3	1845	Washington	F2	0.1	10	0	0	NE Chatom A barn and a house were demolished. Several other homes were damaged and many trees were uprooted. Start: 31.47/-88.25 End: 31.47/-88.25

Alabama Tornadoes 1970

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