Alabama, 1999

Tornado in Alabama, April 27, 1999

April 27, 1999 · NWS BMX · 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
$4,000
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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Dekalb

When
April 27, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Dekalb County, Rainsville
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.500, -85.870

Several eyewitnesses reported seeing a funnel when what may have been a weak tornado touched down on the northside of Rainsville downing a few trees and causing minor damage at a building supply store.

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: 5690547.