Alabama, 1967

Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 6, 1967

March 6, 1967 · 12 events in 11 counties and zones

7 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
2
Injuries
30
Property damage
$2.9 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
12

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

7 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pickens

When
March 6, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Pickens County
Rating
F1
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
33.400, -88.000

Tornado, Walker

When
March 6, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Walker County
Rating
F1
Path width
33 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
33.900, -87.300

Tornado, Walker

When
March 6, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Walker County
Rating
F4
Path length
20.9 mi
Path width
440 yd
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
25 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
33.700, -87.170

Thunderstorm Wind, Marengo

When
March 6, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Marengo County
Coordinates
32.500, -87.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When
March 6, 4:45 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Coordinates
33.580, -86.780

Tornado, Perry

When
March 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Perry County
Rating
F2
Path length
2.3 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
32.430, -87.530

Tornado, St. Clair

When
March 6, 5:20 PM CST
Where
St. Clair County
Rating
F2
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
33.880, -86.200

Tornado, Chilton

When
March 6, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Chilton County
Rating
F1
Path width
33 yd
Injuries
4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
32.780, -86.880

Thunderstorm Wind,

When
March 6, 6:00 PM CST
Where
County
Coordinates
33.080, -86.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes

When
March 6, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Lowndes County
Coordinates
32.280, -86.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega

When
March 6, 6:41 PM CST
Where
Talladega County
Coordinates
33.500, -85.900

Tornado, Calhoun

When
March 6, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Calhoun County
Rating
F2
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
33.630, -85.850

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.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Alabama in 1967Every state in 1967This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1967

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: 9979263, 9979264, 9979265, 9979266, 9979267, 9979268, 9979269, 9979270, 9979271, 9979272, 9979273, 9979274.