Tornado, Elmore
- When
- March 18, 8:05 PM CST to 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County, 4 mi S of Wetumpka
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -86.220
Tornado in Alabama, March 18, 1996
A very short, less than one mile, tornado damage path occurred about 4 miles south of Wetumpka and just west of the US 231 rest stop. Tornado intensity was rated F1 with a path width of 70 yards.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- 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.
A very short, less than one mile, tornado damage path occurred about 4 miles south of Wetumpka and just west of the US 231 rest stop. Tornado intensity was rated F1 with a path width of 70 yards. A commercial structure was severely damaged and several homes in the immediate area sustained minor damage. A tall, steel I-beam constructed billboard was twisted and bent over.
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:07 UTC.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5547169.