Tornado, Jackson
- When
- March 16, 1:15 PM CST to 1:18 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Pisgah to 3 mi ENE of Pisgah
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $85,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -85.800
Tornado in Alabama, March 16, 1996
What was believed to be a tornado destroyed two mobile homes and damaged several other buildings between Pisgah and Rosalie in the eastern portion of Jackson County. Two people sustained injuries when the mobile homes were destroyed.
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $85,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
What was believed to be a tornado destroyed two mobile homes and damaged several other buildings between Pisgah and Rosalie in the eastern portion of Jackson County. Two people sustained injuries when the mobile homes were destroyed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1996Warnings in Alabama, March 1996
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: 5546758.