Tornado in Alabama, October 25, 1997

Name: Tornado in Alabama, October 25, 1997
Start: 1997-10-25T12:30
End: 1997-10-25T12:31
Location: Alabama

October 25, 1997 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Butler

When: October 25, 12:30 PM CST to 12:31 PM CST
Where: Butler County, 5 mi NW of Greenville
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 31.880, -86.700

An F0 tornado touched down about five miles northwest of Greenville along State Road 185. The tornado began about a mile west of State Road 185 and moved toward 185 then went back into the cloud near State road 185. The weak tornado skipped along the ground for about one mile and damage was about 150 yards wide along the track. Most of the damage was to trees. A metal garage along Highway 185 was the only structure to suffer major damage. No one was injured.

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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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: 5622919.