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1949 Tornado Occurrences (5) | |||||||||||
Tornado # in Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
5 | 1949 | 11 | 24 | 1800 | DeKalb | F2 | 10.0 | 100 | 1 | 20 | Sand Mountain-S Henagar-N Mentone Three homes were destroyed and 7 homes were damaged. The tornado appear to touch down on the ridge tops only. |
4 | 1949 | 11 | 24 | 1715 | Tallapoosa | F2 | 3.0 | 100 | 10 | 10 | Hackneyville-NE Alexander City 10 fatalities occurred as one home was demolished. A woman and nine children were killed as their home was picked up and thrown 150 yards away and into another home. Injured occurred in the second home. |
3 | 1949 | 11 | 24 | 1715 | Blount | F4 | 15.0 | 100 | 4 | 44 | Fairview-Oneonta-Tate's Gap 32 homes and 84 other structures were damaged or destroyed. 100 head of cattle were killed. Several of the homes were completely blown away. 3 fatalities occurred in an Easley home and one fatality occured in an Oneonta home. |
2 | 1949 | 8 | 30 | 1620 | Montgomery | F2 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Montgomery One home had its roof and ceilings torn off. |
1 | 1949 | 2 | 19 | 0900 | Covington | F2 | 1.0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 3 SW Red Level 2 farm houses were destroyed. All of the injuries occurred in one home. Livestock was killed on both farms. |
1949 Alabama Tornado Occurrences - Statewide |
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