Alabama, 1996

Tornadoes in Alabama, March 18, 1996

March 18, 1996 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

5 miles south of Gordonville in central Lowndes County at 7:12 pm and noved northeasterly taking it south and east of Moses and just north of Hayneville. The tornado crossed County Road 21 5 to 6 miles north-northeast Hayneville.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
$25,000
Events
2

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.

An F2 tornado began about 1.5 miles south of Gordonville in central Lowndes County at 7:12 pm and noved northeasterly taking it south and east of Moses and just north of Hayneville. The tornado crossed County Road 21 5 to 6 miles north-northeast Hayneville. The tornado crossed the Lowndes-Montgomery county line just south of U. S. 80 around 7:39 pm and dissipated about three miles into Montgomery County around 7:43 pm.Two people were injured when a couple of mobile homes were destroyed on Highway 21 north of Hayneville.

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lowndes

When
March 18, 7:12 PM CST to 7:39 PM CST
Where
Lowndes County, Gordonsville to 2 mi NE of Hayneville
Rating
F2
Path length
16 mi
Path width
100 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
$25,000
Coordinates
32.150, -86.750

Tornado, Montgomery

When
March 18, 7:39 PM CST to 7:43 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County, Hayneville to 9 mi W of Dannelly Field
Rating
F2
Path length
3 mi
Path width
100 yd
Coordinates
32.400, -86.850

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: 5547167, 5547168.