Tornado, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 29, 12:13 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -87.700
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1974
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- March 29, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -88.150
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 29, 12:33 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -87.330
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 29, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -87.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 29, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 29, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- March 29, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -87.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- March 29, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -86.100
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -86.980
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -86.750
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 29, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 29, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 29, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 29, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 29, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 29, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 29, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, March 29, 1974
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1974
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: 9979372, 9979373, 9979374, 9979375, 9979376, 9979377, 9979378, 9979379, 9979380, 9979381, 9979382, 9979383.