Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 24, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -86.430
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 24, 1973
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- April 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -86.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- April 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -86.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- April 24, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -86.900
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 24, 1973
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 24, 1973
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1973
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: 9975927, 9975928, 9975929, 9975930.