Tornado, Tuscaloosa
- When
- November 20, 12:53 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 20, 1988
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- November 20, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- November 20, 1:23 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -87.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Mobile
- When
- November 20, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- November 20, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -87.100
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 20, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, November 20, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, November 20, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, November 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Florida, November 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, November 20, 1988
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1988Warnings in Alabama, November 1988
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: 9979308, 9979309, 9979310, 9979311, 9979312.