Tornado, Walker
- When
- August 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 120 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -87.280
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1985
24 tornado, 6 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Property damage
- $16 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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
24 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Walker
- When
- August 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 130 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -87.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- August 16, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -87.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -87.830
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- August 16, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -87.220
Tornado, Colbert
- When
- August 16, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -87.630
Tornado, Morgan
- When
- August 16, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 22 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -87.080
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -87.100
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 12:18 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -87.070
Tornado, Walker
- When
- August 16, 12:22 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -87.050
Tornado, Limestone
- When
- August 16, 12:29 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 23 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.080
Tornado, Walker
- When
- August 16, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- August 16, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -87.200
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- August 16, 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -87.030
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -86.670
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- August 16, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -87.100
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- August 16, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -86.830
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- August 16, 1:16 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -87.830
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- August 16, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -86.770
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -85.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- August 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- August 16, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -86.580
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 1:48 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -87.070
Tornado, Morgan
- When
- August 16, 1:51 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -86.750
Tornado, Clay
- When
- August 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -85.720
Tornado, Madison
- When
- August 16, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -86.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 16, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -86.530
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- August 16, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -86.880
Tornado, Madison
- When
- August 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -86.700
Tornado, Etowah
- When
- August 16, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.080
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, Walker | 1985-08-16 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, August 16, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 1985
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1985
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: 9976515, 9976516, 9976517, 9976518, 9976519, 9976520, 9976521, 9976522, 9976523, 9976524, 9976525, 9976526, 9976527, 9976528, 9976529, 9976530, 9976531, 9976532, 9976533, 9976534, 9976535, 9976536, 9976537, 9976538, 9976539, 9976540, 9976541, 9976542, 9976543, 9976544.