Alabama, 1998

Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1998

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
$100,000
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), 81 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, 1:05 PM CST to 1:06 PM CST
Where
Crenshaw County, Patsburg
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
31.780, -86.230

A tornado briefly touched down near the community of Patsburg. Two homes had major damage and a business was destroyed. Trees and power lines were also blown down. Several horses were also 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5673074.