Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- November 23, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -88.080
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 23, 1983
17 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- November 23, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -88.150
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- November 23, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- November 23, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- November 23, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- November 23, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -87.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- November 23, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -87.800
Tornado, Wilcox
- When
- November 23, 11:48 AM CST
- Where
- Wilcox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -87.300
Tornado, Walker
- When
- November 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -87.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- November 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -87.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- November 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- November 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -86.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- November 23, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- November 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- November 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- November 23, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -87.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- November 23, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- November 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- November 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile
- When
- November 23, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -88.220
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: 9978691, 9978692, 9978693, 9978694, 9978695, 9978696, 9978697, 9978698, 9978699, 9978700, 9978701, 9978702, 9978703, 9978704, 9978705, 9978706, 9978707, 9978708, 9979782, 9979783.