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Alabama Tornado Database1945 United States Tornado Summary
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1945 Tornado Occurrences (8) | |||||||||||
Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
8 | 1945 | 2 | 22 | 0030 | Coosa Storm Information |
F2 | 4.0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | Kellyton 17 homes and several barns damaged. |
7 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 2205 | Jefferson Storm Information |
F2 | 0.5 | 120 | 0 | 1 | Birmingham-Shades Mountain 7 buildings were destroyed and 6 were heavily damaged. One roof was blown over a mile away. |
6 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1945 | Chilton Storm Information |
F3 | 1.0 | 100 | 1 | 8 | SE Stanton One large home and barn were destroyed. |
5 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1930 | Lee Storm Information |
F2 | 0.5 | 125 | 0 | 1 | S Opelika 2 barns and 4 buildings were destroyed. |
4 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1830 | Macon Storm Information |
F3 | 0.5 | 120 | 0 | 2 | E Tuskegee 5 small homes were destroyed. |
3 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1800 | Bullock Storm Information |
F2 | 8.0 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 W Union Springs-Thompson 4 homes were destroyed in Thompson and 4 others were damaged. |
2 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1722 | Montgomery Storm Information |
F3 | 13.0 | 100 | 26 | 293 | 5.0 SW Montgomery-Chisholm At least 100 homes were destroyed. 30 homes were demolished in Chisolm and deaths occurred in 15 different homes over a 20 block radius. |
1 | 1945 | 2 | 12 | 1630 | Sumter Storm Information |
F4 | 18.0 | 400 | 11 | 63 | York-Livingston 2 people were killed ina home in York. 5 people were killed in a home in Livingston. Other deaths occurred in 2 other homes. A 41 car train derailed over the Sucarnoochee River. The conductor and a fireman were killed. |
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