Tornado, Chilton
- When
- November 30, 10:45 PM CST to 10:51 PM CST
- Where
- Chilton County, Clanton to 3 mi N of Clanton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -86.680
Tornado in Alabama, November 30, 1996
A short track tornado struck central Chilton County in the vicinity of Clanton. The tornado damage path began about 3 miles southwest of Clanton off County Road 18.
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
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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 short track tornado struck central Chilton County in the vicinity of Clanton. The tornado damage path began about 3 miles southwest of Clanton off County Road 18. The tornado moved northeast through western sections of Clanton downing trees and damaging several homes. The tornado damage path ended at US Highway 31 just north of downtown Clanton.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:46 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Kentucky, November 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Washington, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1996Warnings in Alabama, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581505.