Alabama Tornado Database |
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1978 Tornado Occurrences (22) () Indicates Total Path Data Multi-State | |||||||||||
Tornado # of Year | Year | Month | Day | Time (CST) | County | Damage Scale | Path Length (Miles) | Maximum Path Width (Yards) | Fatalities | Injuries | Location |
22 | 1978 | 12 | 8 | 1640 | Walker | F1 | 1.0 | 100 | 0 | 1 | Sumiton Five mobile homes and 4 other buildings were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $175,000. Numerous trees and power lines downed. Start: 33.75/-87.05 End: 33.75/-87.05 |
21 | 1978 | 12 | 8 | 1606 | Tuscaloosa | F0 | 0.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Moody Swamp Little or no damage reported. Start: 33.12/-87.62 End: 33.12/-87.62 |
20 | 1978 | 12 | 8 | 1555 | Tuscaloosa | F1 | 2.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Brownville A church and Sunday School building were damaged. Start: 33.39/-87.76 End: 33.42/-87.73 |
19 | 1978 | 12 | 8 | 1545 | Pickens | F1 | 1.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 N Gordo Brief touchdown in the Zion community. One house was damaged and 2 chicken houses destroyed. Start: 30.73/-88.08 End: 30.73/-88.08 |
18 | 1978 | 7 | 22 | 1128 | Mobile | F1 | 3.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Near Mobile Waterspout briefly touched down over land on the Battleship Parkway. Little or no damage occurred. Start: 30.67/-88.01 End: 30.71/-88.02 |
17 | 1978 | 6 | 29 | 2010 | Baldwin | F0 | 0.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Near Foley A tornado briefly touched down near Foley with little or no damage. Start: 30.42/-87.68 End: 30.42/-87.68 |
16 | 1978 | 6 | 8 | 1300 | Lee | F1 | 1.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 17 SE Opelika Tornado touched down at intersection of county roads 12 and 95, and moved ESE. Three mobile homes were destroyed and 1 damaged. Several houses were also damaged in the area by uprooted trees. Start: 32.50/-85.15 End: 32.49/-85.12 |
15 | 1978 | 6 | 6 | 1130 | Mobile | F0 | 0.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Tillmans Corner A brief tornado touched down and blew the wall of a department store out. No injuries were reported. Start: 30.70/-88.17 End: 30.70/-88.17 |
14 | 1978 | 5 | 17 | 1423 | Mobile | F0 | 1.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 NW Bates Field-6NNW Bates Field Brief tornado witnessed by NWS personnel. Little or no damage occurred. Start: 30.72/-88.33 End: 30.72/-88.33 |
13 | 1978 | 5 | 12 | 2335 | Marshall | F1 | 8.0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | Camp Cha-la-kee-Monsanto Numerous trees were blown down and some damage to homes and outbuildings. Start: 34.42/-86.35 End: 34.43/-86.21 |
12 | 1978 | 5 | 12 | 2315 | Morgan | F1 | 3.6 | 100 | 0 | 11 | 2.5 SW Neel-Pumpkin Center-0.75 NE Neel 3 homes and 15 mobile homes were destroyed. 7 homes and 12 farm buildings were damaged. Numerous acres of hay and timber were destroyed. Start: 34.45/-87.10 End: 34.47/-87.05 |
11 | 1978 | 5 | 3 | 1115 | Covington | F1 | 0.3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 S Opp The Blue Springs School was damaged by the tornado. Several commercial chicken houses were destroyed killing thousands of chickens. One home, one trailer, and one barn were destroyed. Start: 31.20/-86.25 End: 31.20/-86.25 |
10 | 1978 | 5 | 1 | 0730 | Russell Continued into Georgia |
F2 (F2) |
4.3 (13.2) |
150 (150) |
0 (0) |
4 (7) |
W Phenix City Several houses and trailer houses were destroyed or heavily damaged. At least 400 homes were affected along the entire path. Start: 32.47/-85.05 End: 32.48/-84.98 |
9 | 1978 | 5 | 1 | 0530 | Dallas | F2 | 2.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Selma One church destroyed and several business buildings damaged. Start: 32.40/-87.03 End: 32.42/-87.01 |
8 | 1978 | 4 | 24 | 2000 | Jefferson | F0 | 0.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Bayview Three houses had minor damage and trees and power lines were downed. Hail stones covered the ground up to 1 inch deep. Start: 33.57/-86.97 End: 33.57/-86.97 |
7 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 2338 | Montgomery | F1 | 0.7 | 420 | 0 | 3 | Near Montgomery Thirty-five houses and other buildings were damaged, 3 mobile homes were destroyed, several cars damaged, and trees and power lines were downed. 67 mph winds were recorded at Dannelly Field, and golf ball size hail was also reported. Start: 32.25/-86.30 End: 32.25/-86.30 |
6 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 2032 | Coffee | F0 | 0.2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 N Elba One barn, three trailers, one broiler house, and one home were damaged. Start: 31.58/-86.07 End: 31.58/-86.07 |
5 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 1715 | Coosa | F2 | 0.1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | Weogufka The tornado destroyed a general store and laundromat. A church and a house had minor damage. Start: 33.02/-86.32 End: 33.02/-86.32 |
4 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 1700 | Monroe | F3 | 10.5 | 220 | 0 | 30 | Limestone-Peterman 25 homes were damaged or destroyed. One trailer was destroyed and 20 businesses were damaged. Start: 31.53/-87.45 End: 31.58/-87.28 |
3 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 1500 | Lowndes | F0 | 0.1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Lowndesboro Minor damage to trees. Start: 32.30/-86.62 End: 32.30/-86.62 |
2 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 0600 | Clay | F1 | 0.3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | Mellow Valley Heavy damage to a mobile home. Minor to a house and trees. Start: 33.17/-85.75 End: 33.17/-85.75 |
1 | 1978 | 4 | 18 | 0200 | Lawrence | F2 | 6.8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 E Town Creek-Courtland One house was heavily damaged. 3 trailers, 8 vehicles, a paper mill, 3 barns, and several other homes were damaged. Start: 34.68/-87.38 End: 34.68/-87.27 |