Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 1975

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 1975
Start: 1975-01-10T12:30
End: 1975-01-10T18:30
Location: Alabama

January 10, 1975 · 23 events in 16 counties and zones

13 tornado, 10 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
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 88
Property damage: $8.8 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 23

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

13 tornado, 10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: January 10, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Marion County
Coordinates: 34.220, -88.080

Tornado, Tuscaloosa

When: January 10, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Tuscaloosa County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.280, -87.280

Tornado, Mobile

When: January 10, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Mobile County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.100, -88.230

Tornado, Marengo

When: January 10, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Marengo County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.470, -87.600

Tornado, Jefferson

When: January 10, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.630, -87.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile

When: January 10, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Mobile County
Coordinates: 30.730, -88.230

Thunderstorm Wind,

When: January 10, 3:30 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 30.470, -87.920

Tornado, Jefferson

When: January 10, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.420, -86.820

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: January 10, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Coordinates: 33.570, -86.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin

When: January 10, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County
Coordinates: 30.550, -87.720

Tornado, Shelby

When: January 10, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Shelby County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 14 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.280, -86.820

Tornado, St. Clair

When: January 10, 4:14 PM CST
Where: St. Clair County
Rating: F3
Path length: 18.8 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 60 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.550, -86.320

Tornado, Baldwin

When: January 10, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.630, -87.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When: January 10, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Coordinates: 33.620, -86.120

Tornado, Autauga

When: January 10, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Autauga County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.470, -86.480

Tornado, Montgomery

When: January 10, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.300, -86.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes

When: January 10, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Coordinates: 32.300, -86.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: January 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Coordinates: 32.050, -86.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: January 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Coordinates: 32.320, -86.050

Tornado, Macon

When: January 10, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Macon County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.300, -85.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: January 10, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Coordinates: 32.620, -85.470

Tornado, Cleburne

When: January 10, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.530, -85.300

Tornado, Lee

When: January 10, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.600, -85.230

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, St. Clair	1975-01-10				Direct

What these are

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.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 9977209, 9977210, 9977211, 9977212, 9977213, 9977214, 9977215, 9977216, 9977217, 9977218, 9977219, 9977220, 9977221, 9977222, 9977223, 9977224, 9977225, 9977226, 9977227, 9977228, 9977229, 9977230, 9977231.