Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 9, 1994

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 9, 1994
Start: 1994-03-09T13:00
End: 1994-03-09T17:55
Location: Alabama

March 9, 1994 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $600,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 3

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

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marengo

When: March 9, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Marengo County, Demopolis
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.248, -87.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One house sustained minor damage and a number of trees were downed in Demopolis. Power lines down in the Linden area caused power outages for about two hours.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas

When: March 9, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Dallas County, Selma
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.326, -87.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Wind with a thunderstorm took 150 square feet of roof from a building at the Selma Flea Market.

Tornado, Coffee

When: March 9, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Coffee County, Frisco
Rating: F2
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 31.600, -85.830

A tornado touched down about two miles east of Frisco in the New Hope Community causing extensive damage. Five homes and two mobile homes were damaged; one chicken house was destroyed and five others were damaged. Two houses had the roofs blown completely off.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 1994 Warnings in Alabama, March 1994

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: 10313992, 10314407, 10314478.