Tornado, Lamar
- When
- January 28, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -88.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 28, 1974
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- January 28, 5:22 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -87.830
Hail, Marshall
- When
- January 28, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- January 28, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -86.250
Hail, Dekalb
- When
- January 28, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -85.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- January 28, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -85.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- January 28, 8:47 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -86.750
Tornado, Houston
- When
- January 28, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -85.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- January 28, 12:04 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -86.470
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
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 28, 1974
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, January 28, 1974
- Tornado in Maryland, January 28, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 28, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 28, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, January 28, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 28, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 28, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, January 28, 1974
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: 9978242, 9978243, 9978244, 9978245, 9978246, 9978247, 9978248, 9978249, 9978250.