Tornado, Cleburne
- When
- September 16, 7:54 PM CST to 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County, Heflin to 2 mi SSE of Heflin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -85.580
Tornado in Alabama, September 16, 1996
What was believed to be a small tornado occurred just south and southeast of Heflin. The weak tornado left a narrow path of downed trees and power lines and took the roofs off several mobile homes.
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
- $45,000
- 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.
What was believed to be a small tornado occurred just south and southeast of Heflin. The weak tornado left a narrow path of downed trees and power lines and took the roofs off several mobile homes. The tornado also downed trees, one of which fell on a vehicle and a mobile home, at Glasgow's Trailer Park near the intersection of I-20 and Alabama 9. Additional damage occurred along Perryman Bridge Road and Evans Bridge Road.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 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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- Tornado in Georgia, September 16, 1996
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- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, September 16, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1996Warnings in Alabama, September 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: 5564093.