Alabama Tornado Database |
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1917 Tornado Occurrences (13) | |||||||||||
Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width(Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
13 | 1917 | 5 | 28 | 0100 | Madison-Marshall-Jackson Storm Information Storm Information |
F3 | 18.0 | 200 | 6 | 35 | Near New Hope At least 20 homes were demolished and deaths occurred in at least 4 separate homes. |
12 | 1917 | 5 | 28 | 0045 | Talladega Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 0 | 800 | 1 | 4 | Sylacauga Many homes, businesses, and warehouses were destroyed. The tornado moved right through the business district. |
11 | 1917 | 5 | 28 | 0010 | Tuscaloosa-Bibb Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 18.0 | 300 | 1 | 10 | SE Tuscaloosa-Woodstock 15 homes were destroyed and a woman was killed in a horse stable. |
10 | 1917 | 5 | 27 | 2235 | Tuscaloosa Storm Information Storm Information |
F3 | 5.0 | 500 | 5 | 10 | Windham Springs At least 24 homes were damaged or destroyed. 5 people were killed in three homes. |
9 | 1917 | 5 | 27 | 2145 | Blount Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | Lees Chapel At least one person was killed as small homes were demolished near Lees Chapel. |
8 | 1917 | 5 | 27 | 2045 | Walker Storm Information Storm Information |
F3 | 17.0 | 800 | 9 | 100 | Carbon Hill-Manchester Two people died in a home in Kansas. 6 people were killed in Carbon Hill. One death occurred just north of Manchester. 200 homes were damaged or destroyed near Carbon Hill. |
7 | 1917 | 5 | 27 | 2045 | Jefferson-Blount Storm Information Storm Information |
F4 | 25.0 | 800 | 27 | 100 | Sayre-Bradford-Village Springs Dozens of small homes were blown away in Sayre as 9 people where killed. 17 people were killed in Bradford. An infant was killed in Village Springs. |
6 | 1917 | 3 | 27 | 0030 | Pike-Crenshaw | F3 | 25.0 | 500 | 9 | 50 | SW Petrey-Ansley-Shellhorn-3 W Saco Most buildings in Petrey were destroyed. Four people died in rural northern Pike County. |
5 | 1917 | 3 | 26 | 1300 | Hale | F2 | 5.0 | 800 | 1 | 0 | Prairieville At least 20 homes were unroofed or damaged. One blacksmith was killed. |
4 | 1917 | 2 | 23 | 1530 | Coosa-Clay | F3 | 15.0 | 600 | 9 | 50 | 3 WSW Stewartville-5 ENE Hollins 2 teachers were killed and 15 students injured near Stewartville. 2 churches and 22 homes were destroyed near Hollins. 6 people were killed in that location. 3 people were killed at Midway. |
3 | 1917 | 2 | 23 | 1515 | Elmore | F2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Wetumpka Several homes were unroofed and many barns were destroyed. |
2 | 1917 | 2 | 23 | 1400 | Russell | F2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hurtsboro Several homes were unroofed. One mill and several warehouses were damaged. |
1 | 1917 | 2 | 23 | 1400 | Hale-Perry | F3 | 17.0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | Whitsett-W Newburn-E Greensboro-Rosemary Several small homes were completely swept away in Hale Co and that is where all the deaths occurred. Several barns were destroyed. |