Alabama Tornadoes 1909

Alabama Tornado Database
1909 Tornado Occurrences (14) () Indicates Total Path Data Multi-State
Tornado # in Year	Year	Month	Day	Time (CST)	County	Damage Scale	Path Length (Miles)	Maximum Path Width (Yards)	Fatalities	Injuries	Location
14	1909	10	14	1700	Marshall-Jackson	F2	15.0	400	7	50	S Woodville-8 S Scottsboro Several people died in northern Marshall County and another 10 in small communities along the path in Jackson County. At least 40 homes were damaged or destroyed. Some of the communities hit by this tornado are now under Lake Guntersville.
13	1909	10	14	1600	Lawrence	F2	NA	100	0	0	Courtland At least one store and one home were destroyed.
12	1909	10	14	1530	Franklin Storm Information	F2	NA	100	3	27	S Russellville Small homes were destroyed in the mining community of Gravel Hill.
11	1909	5	30	1700	Morgan-Limestone-Madison Storm Information Search Tornado & Page 111 Storm Information	F2	38.9	NA	0	5	7.4 SSW Decatur- 4 NW Gurley Small homes and churches were destroyed. The tornado initially moved northeast and then turned more eastward toward the end of the path. Approximate Location Start: 34.50/-87.02 End: 34.75/-86.41
10	1909	5	25	0300	Escambia Storm Information Search Tornado & Page 111 Storm Information	NA	7	800	NA	NA	5.8 WSW Brewton- Brewton The greatest damage occurred in Herrington where a school house was demolished, in Hammac where a church and several homes were blown away, and near Pollard where major timber damage occurred. Some damage was also reported at Bradley. Approximate Location Start: 31.09/-87.17 End: 31.1223/-87.0559
9	1909	4	30	2000	Clay Storm Information Search Tornado & Page 111 Storm Information	F2	16.4	1320	0	7	6.5 SW Pyriton-Delta 3 homes were destroyed. Approximate Location Start: 33.33/-85.94 End: 33.44/-85.69
8	1909	4	30	1645	Calhoun Storm Information Search Tornado & Page 111 Storm Information	F2	9.3	100	0	1	6.6 SW Piedmont-2.8 NE Piedmont 3 homes and a church were destroyed. Most damage occurred in Piedmont. Approximate Location Start: 33.86/-85.70 End: 33.96/-85.59
7	1909	4	30	1200	Lawrence-Morgan Storm Report Storm Information	F2	24.7	200	4	18	7 SW Moulton-3 N Hartselle 7 homes were destroyed and at least 100 head of livestock were killed. The deaths occurred in at least two separate homes. Approximate Location Start: 34.41/-87.38 End: 34.49/-86.96
6	1909	4	30	NA	Clarke	F2	NA	NA	1	1	Cunningham Landing 3 homes and one church were destroyed. The death and injury occurred on a plantation. A mill was also damaged.
5	1909	4	29	2300	Limestone **(Moved into Giles & Lincoln Cos, Tn)	F2 (F4)	2 (25.0)	100 (100)	0 (29)	0 (70)	Alabama Line-5 NW Fayetteville Several homes were obliterated at Bee Springs and Millville. 5 members of one family were killed in a home, and another family of 7 was killed in a home, all in Bee Springs. Some very large homes were turned into piles of rubbish.
4	1909	4	13	0245	Calhoun Storm Information Search Tornado & Page 111 Storm Information	F2	8.2	NA	0	0	4.5 W Oxford-2.5 E Anniston 3 homes were unroofed and barns were blown away. Approximate Location Start: 33.61/-85.91 End: 33.66/-85.78
3	1909	2	23	NA	Colbert-Lawrence Storm Report Storm Information	F3	6.5	100	1	1	4.3 SSW Leighton-1.5 SW Town Creek A two year old boy was killed when his large home was destroyed. Approximate Location Start: 34.64/-87.54 End: 34.67/-87.43
2	1909	2	5	1640	Lowndes-Montgomery Storm Report Storm Information	F2	14.4	150	3	40	3 S Lowndesboro-7 WNW Montgomery One person was killed near the Burkville Community. Two others were killed as dozens of tenant homes were destroyed on the Stone and Herbert plantations. Approximate Location Start: 32.23/-86.61 End: 32.38/-86.44
1	1909	2	5	1315	Blount-Cullman Storm Report Storm Information	F3	12.0	200	3	25	5 SW Hanceville-2.8 NW Blountsville 10 small homes were damaged and 5 were destroyed. A two day old infant was killed along with its parents. Approximate Location Start: 34.00/-86.82 End: 34.09/-86.64

Alabama Tornadoes 1909

Alabama Tornado Database