Tornadoes in Alabama, April 5, 1958

Name: Tornadoes in Alabama, April 5, 1958
Start: 1958-04-05T20:00
End: 1958-04-05T23:20
Location: Alabama

April 5, 1958 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

8 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $1.1 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

8 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Morgan

When: April 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Morgan County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 34.570, -86.950

Tornado, Colbert

When: April 5, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Colbert County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8.9 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.670, -87.530

Tornado, Lawrence

When: April 5, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -87.430

Tornado, Lawrence

When: April 5, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F2
Path length: 25.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.700, -87.400

Tornado, Limestone

When: April 5, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Limestone County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.800, -87.000

Tornado, Madison

When: April 5, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.730, -86.620

Tornado, Cullman

When: April 5, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Cullman County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8.8 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.250, -86.870

Tornado, Cullman

When: April 5, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Cullman County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.6 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.300, -86.900

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Colbert	1958-04-05				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 1958 Every state in 1958 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 1958

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9977965, 9977966, 9977967, 9977968, 9977969, 9977970, 9977971, 9977972.