Alabama, 1994

Tornado in Alabama, August 2, 1994

August 2, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lee

When
August 2, 5:25 PM CST
Where
Lee County, Opelika
Rating
F0
Path length
2.6 mi
Path width
300 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
32.480, -85.370

Thunderstorm wind and what appears to have been a small tornado caused structural damage and downed trees along Highway 51 in the Beauregard area about 8.5 miles south of Opelika. Several houses sustained some damage along with numerous uprooted trees. A car was damaged by flying tin from an out-building that was destroyed.

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.

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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: 10314293.