Tornado in Alabama, January 22, 1999

Name: Tornado in Alabama, January 22, 1999
Start: 1999-01-22T17:15
End: 1999-01-22T17:18
Location: Alabama

January 22, 1999 · NWS BMX · 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: $85,000
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.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Winston

When: January 22, 5:15 PM CST to 5:18 PM CST
Where: Winston County, Double Spgs to 4 mi NW of Double Spgs
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Property damage: $85,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 34.170, -87.470

A small tornado began on the south side of US 278 a little more than 3.5 miles west-northwest of Double Springs and moved on a north-northeast track for about a mile and a half. The tornado began in an open field and immediately damaged two buildings and a mobile home at the Mount Carmel Church. The tornado crossed US 278 downing trees and damaging a home on the north side of the highway. The tornado continued across CR 55 damaging two more homes. A large satellite dish was turned inside-out like an umbrella. The tornado continued through a wooded section before ending just after crossing CR 32.

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: 5679368.