Alabama Tornado Database |
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1973 Tornado Occurrences (45) | |||||||||||
Tornado # of Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
45 | 1973 | 12 | 31 | 1050 | Baldwin | F1 | 1.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | Near Loxley The tornado was reported by police and later indicated by radar one miles west-northwest of Loxley moving northeast at 45 mph. A roof was blown off a barn near Loxley. Start: 30.63/-87.77 End: 30.63/-87.77 |
44 | 1973 | 12 | 30 | 1658 | Dale | F3 | 1.5 | 120 | 0 | 14 | Fort Rucker-Ozark 30 buildings and homes sustained heavy damage. 5 were completely demolished. Start: 31.34/-85.73 End: 31.35/-85.70 |
43 | 1973 | 12 | 29 | 1840 | Henry | F3 | 15.0 | 70 | 0 | 2 | W Headland-S Bethlehem 10 homes and a church were destroyed. 46 homes and businesses were damaged. Start: 31.35/-85.35 End: 31.50/-85.17 |
42 | 1973 | 12 | 29 | 1715 | DeKalb | F2 | 0.3 | 100 | 0 | 1 | Crossville 3 homes were partially unroofed. A greenhouse nursery and one mobile home were destroyed. Several automobiles were damaged or overturned. Start: 34.28/-86.02 End: 34.28/-86.02 |
41 | 1973 | 12 | 29 | 1635 | Jefferson | F1 | 0.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Gardendale Red Cross reported a tornado near Gardendale accompanied by green cloud and hail. Start: 33.72/-86.73 End: 33.72/-86.73 |
40 | 1973 | 12 | 29 | 1625 | Coffee-Dale | F3 | 11.6 | 67 | 0 | 11 | W Enterprise-N Coppinville-Fort Rucker 8 homes were destroyed and 23 homes were damaged in the Enterprise area. 7 trailers and a service station were damaged or destroyed. Start: 31.32/-85.90 End: 31.33/-85.70 |
39 | 1973 | 12 | 29 | 1455 | Blount | F1 | 0.1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Brief touchdown damaging a barn and a roof. Start: 33.90/-86.75 End: 33.90/-86.75 |
38 | 1973 | 12 | 26 | 0650 | Talladega | F2 | 0.1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 12 SE Sylacauga 1 mobile home destroyed. 1 house and 3 mobile homes damaged. Injury was minor. Start: 33.03/-86.08 End: 33.03/-86.08 |
37 | 1973 | 12 | 26 | 0330 | Mobile | F2 | 3.8 | 50 | 0 | 1 | Prospect Heights-Theodore One mobile home was destroyed and at least 20 homes and buildings were damaged. Several trees and power lines were blown down. Start: 30.53/-88.22 End: 30.55/-88.17 |
36 | 1973 | 11 | 27 | 1845 | Morgan | F2 | 5.1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4.8 SE Lacon-1.6 E Eva 3 mobile homes were destroyed and the injuries occurred in these homes. Several homes were damaged. Start: 34.32/-86.82 End: 34.33/-86.73 |
35 | 1973 | 11 | 27 | 1833 | Madison | F3 | 14.1 | 200 | 0 | 42 | Huntsville Airport-Huntsville One large hangar and 46 aircraft were damaged. The weather office was partially unroofed. A trailer park was struck destroying 19 mobile homes. At least one home was totally destroyed and 67 homes were damaged. 2 motels and 28 businesses were damaged or destroyed. Start: 34.63/-86.78 End: 34.73/-86.57 |
34 | 1973 | 11 | 27 | 1830 | Cullman | F2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 SW Cullman The tornado destroyed Rock Creek Marina 15 miles southwest of Cullman near the Cullman-Winston County line. Several boats sunk. Start: 34.00/-87.03 End: 34.00/-87.03 |
33 | 1973 | 11 | 26 | 1815 | Marion | F2 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | Guin-5.4 NE Guin Several buildings and mobile homes destroyed. One of the injuries was critical. Start: 33.97/-87.90 End: 34.02/-87.83 |
32 | 1973 | 11 | 26 | 1638 | Lamar | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 SE Arley Reported by State Troopers. Very brief touchdown. Little or no damage. Start: 34.05/-87.12 End: 34.05/-87.12 |
31 | 1973 | 11 | 26 | 1620 | Winston | F2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Arley-Addison Several buildings destroyed. Start: 34.55/-86.87 End: 34.55/-86.87 |
30 | 1973 | 11 | 21 | 0745 | Chambers | F1 | 0.1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Springdale Tornado cut 100 yard wide path through wooded area. Start: 32.82/-85.18 End: 32.82/-85.18 |
29 | 1973 | 11 | 20 | 1500 | Crenshaw | F2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Luverne One mobile home and one frame home were destroyed. Start: 31.72/-86.27 End: 31.72/-86.27 |
28 | 1973 | 7 | 10 | 1700 | Mobile | F0 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Tillman's Corner The tornado touched down briefly 10 miles southwest of Mobile. The damage was mainly to signs and plateglass windows. Start: 30.60/-88.20 End: 30.60/-88.20 |
27 | 1973 | 7 | 3 | 1345 | Mobile | F0 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Prichard A small tornado momentarily touched down just north of Mobile. There was some damage to street signs. Start: 30.73/-88.05 End: 30.73/-88.05 |
26 | 1973 | 6 | 17 | 1245 | Butler | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Near McKenzie No tornado details were available. Start: 31.53/-86.70 End: 31.53/-86.70 |
25 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1750 | Jefferson-St. Clair-Etowah Storm Survey Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F3 | 41.6 | 800 | 1 | 44 | NE Tarrant-Center Point-Springville-St Clair Springs-Ashville-Gadsden Heavy damage occurred in Center Point where 32 homes and 48 mobile homes were destroyed. Over 300 homes were damaged. Start: 33.61/-86.75 End: 33.95/-86.15 |
24 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1720 | Hale-Bibb-Perry-Shelby-Clay-Cleburne-Talladega Storm Survey Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F4 | 139.1 | 800 | 7 | 199 | Greensboro-Brent-Centreville-Montevallo-Mt Cheaha 72 people were injured and one person was killed in Greensboro. 90% of the town of Brent was destroyed killing 5 people and injuring 56. 216 buildings were destroyed, 570 buildings were damaged, 97 mobile homes were destroyed, and 45 businesses were dmaaged or destroyed. More than 12,000 acres of timber was destroyed. Start: 32.5445/-87.8224 End: 33.5437/-85.6664 |
23 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1535 | St. Clair Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 8.4 | 500 | 0 | 0 | Burnwell-6 SSW Ashville Pilot reported tornado on the ground at Odenville. Several buildings were destroyed at Moody Crossroads. Numerous trees were uprooted. Start: 33.70/-86.40 End: 33.75/-86.27 |
22 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1456 | Jefferson Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 1.0 | 500 | 0 | 3 | Bessemer The tornado struck a mobile home park at Rock Mountian Lake about 7 miles southwest of Bessemer and moved northeast. Several mobile homes were destroyed. Start: 33.40/-87.08 End: 33.40/-87.08 |
21 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1415 | Jackson Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 4.3 | 500 | 0 | 4 | Section-Dutton At least 15 buildings were destroyed and many farm buildings were destroyed. All the injuries occurred in a home that was unroofed and torn apart. Start: 34.60/-85.98 End: 34.62/-85.92 |
20 | 1973 | 5 | 27 | 1330 | Cullman-Marshall Storm Information Storm Information Storm Information |
F2 | 31.5 | 500 | 0 | 3 | Hulaco-Arab-Eddy At least 50 buildings were damaged or destroyed. All the injuries occurred near Arab. Start: 34.30/-86.62 End: 34.58/-86.18 |
19 | 1973 | 5 | 25 | 1308 | Dale-Houston | F1 | 1.0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | Midland City-Kelly Springs The tornado was first sighted at Midland City. It then moves southeast toward the Dothan area. Three mobile homes were destroyed and several others were damaged. Start: 31.30/-85.50 End: 31.30/-85.50 |
18 | 1973 | 5 | 25 | 1225 | Pike | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Near Goshen The tornado dipped down briefly and moved southeastward. Several buildings were unroofed and trees and powerlines were blown down. Start: 31.67/-86.07 End: 31.67/-86.07 |
17 | 1973 | 5 | 23 | 2130 | Jefferson | F1 | 1.0 | 400 | 0 | 4 | Near Pinson Tornado struck near Hwy 79 in extreme northeast Jefferson County. Three mobile homes were destroyed. Start: 33.70/-86.70 End: 33.70/-86.70 |
16 | 1973 | 5 | 19 | 1845 | DeKalb Storm Information Storm Information |
F4 | 5.4 | 400 | 0 | 19 | Fort Payne-Lookout Mountain At least 37 buildings were destroyed just north of downtown Fort Payne. 117 buildings were damaged. Start: 34.47/-85.75 End: 34.50/-85.67 |
15 | 1973 | 5 | 19 | 1615 | Jackson-DeKalb | F2 | 23.5 | 900 | 0 | 9 | S Scottsboro-Section-Powell Crossroads At least 12 trailers and 15 buildings were destroyed. 80 other buildings were damaged. Start: 34.63/-86.04 End: 34.52/-85.88 |
14 | 1973 | 5 | 19 | 1440 | Madison | F2 | 2.0 | 500 | 0 | 10 | Hazel Green At least 5 buildings were destroyed and 30 others were damaged. Start: 34.94/-86.57 End: 34.93/-86.53 |
13 | 1973 | 5 | 8 | 0657 | Monroe | F1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Megargel-Frisco City Tornado touched down near Megargel and moved northeastward. There was extensive damage along AL Hwy 21 between Megargel and Frisco City. Start: 31.42/-87.43 End: 31.42/-87.43 |
12 | 1973 | 5 | 8 | 0410 | Marshall-DeKalb | F2 | 29.1 | 900 | 2 | 12 | Guntersville-Geraldine-S Rainsville Many trailers and other buildings were destroyed. All of the deaths and most of the injuries occurred just north of Geraldine. Many farm buildings were destroyed. Start: 34.28/-86.28 End: 34.48/-85.83 |
11 | 1973 | 5 | 8 | 0305 | Winston-Walker | F2 | 2.0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | William B Bankhead National Forest Tornado touched down along AL Hwy 195 between Jasper and Double Springs. There were no buildings in the path, but damage to timber was heavy. Start: 33.99/-87.38 End: 34.01/-87.36 |
10 | 1973 | 5 | 7 | 1340 | Marengo | F1 | 1.0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | Near Demopolis Tornado dipped to ground briefly damaging cotton gin and uprooting trees, and then moved northward. Witness saw the tornado. Start: 32.52/-87.83 End: 32.52/-87.83 |
9 | 1973 | 4 | 24 | 1720 | Shelby-Talladega | F1 | 4.7 | 800 | 0 | 0 | Wilsonville-Hutchinson-Camp Brownie Destroyed 3 buildings and heavily damaged 5 others. About 6 mobile homes overturned. Start: 33.23/-86.43 End: 33.27/-86.37 |
8 | 1973 | 4 | 18 | 1700 | Coffee | F2 | 1.0 | 100 | 0 | 14 | Elba This damage was caused by a combination of straight line winds and a tornado. 8 mobile homes were destroyed and 10 others were damaged. 20 semi-trailers were damaged or destroyed. 2 hangars at the airport were damaged. 19 aircraft were destroyed and a few others damaged. Start: 31.42/-86.07 End: 31.42/-86.07 |
7 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 1230 | St. Clair | F1 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Pell City 2 mobile homes were severely damaged and numerous houses damaged. Trees and power lines torn down. School partially unroofed. Start: 33.58/-86.28 End: 33.58/-86.28 |
6 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 1210 | Shelby Storm Survey |
F2 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | Helena-Pelham Most damage at Pelham was to a mobile home sales lot. North wing of shopping center containing about 6 shops heavily damaged. Injuries were minor. Start: 33.28/-86.82 End: 33.30/-86.75 |
5 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 1100 | Hale | F2 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Cedarville-4.9 SE Greensboro About 5 buildings were destroyed including several dairy barns and 25-50 damaged. Metal roofing, in some cases, was carried nearly a mile. Numerous trees were uprooted. In the Prarie-Eden area, 5 Y-shaped steel transmission towers, built to withstand 200 mph winds, were blown down. Start: 32.62/-87.67 End: 32.67/-87.52 |
4 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 1030 | Hale | F2 | 4.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 SW Havana-2.5 NE Havana Tornado struck 2 miles west of Havana completely destroying large farm complex-house and several barns. Section of lumber was carried 1/4 mile then driven deep into the ground. Start: 32.90/-87.67 End: 32.92/-87.60 |
3 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 1020 | Sumter | F1 | 1.0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | Livingston 2 homes destroyed along U.S highway 11, including 1 large home under construction. 1 mobile home was also demolished and several unroofed. Start: 32.67/-88.18 End: 32.67/-88.18 |
2 | 1973 | 3 | 16 | 0730 | Chilton-Coosa | F2 | 9.7 | 77 | 0 | 0 | Mountain Creek-Near Coosa River 8 houses and 5 barns or out-buildings were damaged. Extensive damage to timber. Start: 32.70/-86.50 End: 32.80/-86.38 |
1 | 1973 | 1 | 26 | 1545 | Marshall | F2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Albertville The tornado struck a mobile home park near Albertville. 2 unoccupied mobile homes were destroyed and damaged a few more. One store was also damaged. Start: 34.33/-86.07 End: 34.33/-86.07 |