Alabama Tornado Database
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1952 Tornado Occurrences (11) | |||||||||||
Tornado # of Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
11 | 1952 | 5 | 10 | 0900 | Fayette | F1 | 0.25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Fayette-Bankston Windows were broken and trees were downed. Limited questionable data. Start: 33.7300/-87.7500 End: 33.7300/-87.7500 |
10 | 1952 | 5 | 10 | 0900 | Fayette | F1 | 0.25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Fayette Trees and buildings were damaged. Limited questionable data. Start: 33.7300/-87.7500 End: 33.7300/-87.7500 |
9 | 1952 | 5 | 10 | 0900 | Fayette | F1 | 0.25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Covin-Fayette Utility poles and buildings damaged. Some homes were destroyed near Fayette. Limited questionable data. Start: 33.7300/-87.7500 End: 33.7300/-87.7500 |
8 | 1952 | 4 | 4 | 0620 | Mobile | F1 | 0.20 | 200 | 0 | 2 | SW Airport Station Brief touchdown about one mile southwest of Airport Station. No damage reported. Start: 30.7000/-88.2800 End: 30.7000/-88.2800 |
7 | 1952 | 3 | 22 | 1500 | Morgan-Madison Storm Review Storm Information |
F4 | 21.6 | 100 | 4 | 50 | Massey-W Falkville-Hartselle-Winston-Redstone Arsenal At least 35 homes were destroyed. An elderly couple was killed at Plainview and there were deaths west of Falkville and Winston. Start: 34.6000/-87.0000 End: 34.6800/-86.6300 |
6 | 1952 | 3 | 3 | 1310 | Pickens | F3 | 3.3 | 440 | 0 | 6 | Near Gordo 73 frame buildings were destroyed and 52 buildings were damaged. Numerous trees and utility poles were blown down. Start: 33.3300/-87.9000 End: 33.3700/-87.8700 |
5 | 1952 | 2 | 29 | 1700 | DeKalb Storm Information Storm Information |
F3 | 3.3 | 400 | 0 | 12 | Near Fort Payne Tornado moved northeast on the west side of town. 13 homes were destroyed and at least 20 more homes were damaged. Start: 34.5000/-85.7000 End: 34.5300/-85.6700 |
4 | 1952 | 2 | 13 | 2130 | Jefferson | F3 | 15.0 | 200 | 1 | 26 | Shady Grove-Adamsville-Graysville-Pinson 9 homes and 17 buildings were destroyed. 55 homes and 54 buildings were damaged. The tornado scattered debris for hundreds of yards. Start: 33.6000/-86.9300 End: 33.6900/-86.6900 |
3 | 1952 | 2 | 13 | 2030 | Blount-Cullman | F1 | 6.0 | 400 | 0 | 6 | Garden City - 6 NE Garden City Moved northeast from Garden City. At least 62 homes suffered damaged or were destroyed. Tornado may have gone as far as Snead. Start: 34.0200/-86.7500 End: 34.0700/-86.6700 |
2 | 1952 | 2 | 13 | 2000 | Fayette-Tuscaloosa | F3 | 5.6 | 100 | 1 | 14 | New Lexington - 4 SE Bankston At least 2 homes were destroyed and 7 homes were damaged around the New Lexington area. 8 homes were damaged or destroyed n Fayette County. Start: 33.5700/-87.6700 End: 33.6200/-87.6200 |
1 | 1952 | 1 | 22 | 0900 | Tallapoosa | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | S Alexander City Destroyed 9 buildings at Alexander City. The tornado moved northeast on the south edge of town. The damage path may have been longer. Start: 32.9200/-85.9700 End: 32.9200/-85.9700 |