Tornado, Clarke
- When
- November 25, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 28.6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -88.020
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 25, 1979
10 tornado, 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
- 36
- Property damage
- $5.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Conecuh
- When
- November 25, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Conecuh County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -87.200
Tornado, Conecuh
- When
- November 25, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Conecuh County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -87.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilcox
- When
- November 25, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Wilcox County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -87.370
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- November 25, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -86.920
Tornado, Butler
- When
- November 25, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -86.670
Tornado, Lowndes
- When
- November 25, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -86.580
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- November 25, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.250
Tornado, Elmore
- When
- November 25, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -86.230
Tornado, Elmore
- When
- November 25, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -85.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- November 25, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -85.750
Tornado, Tallapoosa
- When
- November 25, 1:52 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 25 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -85.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Chambers
- When
- November 25, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chambers County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -85.380
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.
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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: 9976631, 9976632, 9976633, 9977492, 9977706, 9977707, 9977708, 9977709, 9977710, 9977711, 9977712, 9977713, 9977714.