February 5 1909 Tornadoes

HancevilleTornado-
Blount - Cullman Counties
February 5, 1909


Rating: (Click for F Scale)	F3
Estimated Maximum Wind:	NA
Injuries/Fatalities:	25 Injured / 3 Fatalities
Damage Path Length:	9 miles
Maximum Path Width:	80 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	3 SW Hanceville / 115 pm
Approximate End Point/Time:	7 E Hanceville
Notes:	None

Lowndes - Montgomery Counties Tornado-
February 5, 1909


Rating: (Click for F Scale)	F2
Estimated Maximum Wind:	NA
Injuries/Fatalities:	40 Injured / 3 Fatalities
Damage Path Length:	10 miles
Maximum Path Width:	150 yards
Approximate Start Point/Time:	3 SW Burkville / 440 pm
Approximate End Point/Time:	9 W Montgomery
Notes:	None

The first tornado of the day began a few miles southwest of Hanceville and lasted but a few moments. The tornado cloud is described as having the appearance of a slender white column. Its path extended from southwest to northeast and averaged 80 yards wide.

The second tornado began about 3 miles southwest of Burkville around 430 pm. The tornado extended 10 miles into Montgomery County. It also was accompanied by a funnel shaped cloud. The average width was 150 yards. At least six small frame homes were destroyed near Burkville. At Stone's Plantation about 9 miles west of Montgomery, at least eight homes and numerous farm implements were destroyed. The tin roof of a home on Stone's Plantation was ripped off a wrapped around a tree. Two bales of cotton, bound with 6 metal ties each, were torn to pieces and scattered some distance to the northeast. A large manure spreader weighingover 1000 lbs was broken up and some pieces carried a distance away.

Monthly Weather Review March 1909 Page 111, by Mr. F. P. Chaffee.