Tornado, Walker
- When
- April 16, 7:46 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County, Sipsey to 7 mi N of Sipsey
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.9 mi
- Path width
- 110 yd
- Property damage
- $130,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -87.170
Tornadoes in Alabama, April 16, 1998
In the Piney Woods area there was significant damage. Three mobile homes were completely destroyed and at least four had damage.
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
- $65,000
- 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.
In the Piney Woods area there was significant damage. Three mobile homes were completely destroyed and at least four had damage. One house sustained major damage and several had minor damage. Numerous trees and power lines were down along the entire path. The tornado crossed the Walker-Cullman line south of the Smith Lake dam uprooting and downing trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- April 16, 7:50 PM CST to 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County, Wilburn to 5 mi SSW of Wilburn
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.6 mi
- Path width
- 110 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -87.100
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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- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
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: 5637599, 5637600.