Tornado, Dallas
- When
- March 30, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -87.370
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 30, 1981
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- March 30, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -87.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- March 30, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -87.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- March 30, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -86.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- March 30, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -86.720
Tornado, Clay
- When
- March 30, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -85.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- March 30, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- March 30, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -86.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Crenshaw
- When
- March 30, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw County
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -86.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 30, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallapoosa
- When
- March 30, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -85.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- March 30, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 30, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 30, 5:13 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -85.000
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.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1981
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: 9976239, 9976240, 9976241, 9976242, 9976243, 9976244, 9976245, 9976246, 9976247, 9976248, 9976249, 9976250, 9976251, 9976252.