Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1998

Name: Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1998
Start: 1998-09-28T13:03
End: 1998-09-28T13:06
Location: Alabama

September 28, 1998 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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.

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Crenshaw

When: September 28, 1:03 PM CST to 1:06 PM CST
Where: Crenshaw County, Glenwood
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.670, -86.170

A tornado moving northwest out of western Pike County, moved through the community of Glenwood and lifted back into the cloud just northwest of Glenwood. The tornado destroyed a trailer and damaged several other homes. Trees and power lines were also blown down. No injuries were reported.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 1998 Warnings in Alabama, September 1998

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: 5673072.