Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 19, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -86.550
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 19, 1973
4 tornado, 4 hail, 3 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 38
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
4 tornado, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.9 mi
- Path width
- 900 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -86.030
Tornado, Dekalb
- When
- May 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 900 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -85.780
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -85.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- May 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -87.180
Tornado, Dekalb
- When
- May 19, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 19 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -85.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -85.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -86.700
Hail, Blount
- When
- May 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -86.300
Hail, Etowah
- When
- May 19, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.000
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -86.550
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado in Indiana, May 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 19, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 1973
- Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 19, 1973
More
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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: 9975961, 9975962, 9975963, 9975964, 9975965, 9975966, 9975967, 9975968, 9975969, 9975970, 9975971.