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Alabama Tornado Database

1874 Tornado Occurrences (7)
Tornado # in Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
7 1874 11 27 NA Dallas

Storm Information
NA NA NA NA NA

Between Minter and Belknap
No other information was available. This information was taken from the Monthly Weather Review October 1925 - Tornadoes in Alabama.
Approximate Path
Start: 32.15/-87.00
End: 32.15/-87.00

6 1874 11 22 1800 Colbert-Lauderdale

Storm Information

Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article
F4 25.0 800 14 30 3 SW Tuscumbia-S Rogersville
The tornado tracked northeast. At least 100 homes were demolished in Tuscumbia which was about 1/3 of the town. Some of the deaths occurred in destroyed mansions. A train was derailed after the tornado wrecked a bridge. Several passengers on the train were injured. Damage also occurred in the Brickville Community. Thousands of trees were uprooted.

Approximate Path
Start: 34.72/-87.73
End: 34.80/-87.30
5 1874 11 22 Afternoon Hale

Storm Information
NA 16.9 NA NA NA

4 WSW Moundville - 13.8 SE Moundville
The tornado tracked southeast but no other information was available. This information was taken from the Monthly Weather Review October 1925 - Tornadoes in Alabama.
Approximate Path
Start: 32.99/-87.69
End: 32.85/-87.46

4 1874 11 22 Afternoon Greene

Storm Information
NA 10.5 200 NA NA

Trussels Ferry - Eutaw
A tornado struck near Trussels Ferry completely demolishing warehouses, dwellings, and other buildings. The tornado then damaged the Mesopotamia Female Seminary in Eutaw.
Approximate Path
Start: 32.81/-88.08
End: 32.84/-87.90

3 1874 11 22 0000 Shelby

Newspaper Article
F3 11.0 800 2 20 Montevallo-Shelby Springs
The tornado tracked southeast. Half the town was damaged or destroyed which consisted of at least 35 buildings or homes.
Approximate Location
Start: 33.10/-86.86
End: 33.15/-86.68
2 1874 NA NA NA Jackson

Storm Information
NA NA NA NA NA

Exact Location Unknown
No information was available. This information was taken from the Monthly Weather Review October 1925 - Tornadoes in Alabama.

1 1874 NA NA NA Calhoun

Storm Information
NA NA NA NA NA

Exact Location Unknown
No information was available. This information was taken from the Monthly Weather Review October 1925 - Tornadoes in Alabama.