Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 26, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -86.650
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 26, 1970
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 26, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- April 26, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- April 26, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -86.000
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -85.520
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.
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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: 9979603, 9979604, 9979605, 9979606, 9979607.