Tornado, Houston
- When
- November 8, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -85.370
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 8, 1989
11 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.5 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- November 8, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Geneva
- When
- November 8, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Geneva County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -86.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- November 8, 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -85.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- November 8, 7:55 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -85.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Geneva
- When
- November 8, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Geneva County
- Coordinates
- 31.050, -85.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Geneva
- When
- November 8, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Geneva County
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -85.530
Tornado, Houston
- When
- November 8, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -85.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- November 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -87.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw
- When
- November 8, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- November 8, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -87.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- November 8, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -87.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- November 8, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -87.030
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
- Tornado in Georgia, November 8, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 8, 1989
- Tornadoes in Florida, November 8, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 8, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 8, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, November 8, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 8, 1989
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1989Warnings in Alabama, November 1989
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: 9983700, 9983701, 9983702, 9983703, 9983704, 9983705, 9983706, 9983707, 9983708, 9983709, 9980212, 9980213, 9980214.