Alabama, 1999

Tornado in Alabama, January 22, 1999

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
$15,000
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, Fayette

When
January 22, 4:52 PM CST to 4:53 PM CST
Where
Fayette County, Fayette to 14 mi NE of Fayette
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
33.830, -87.670

A tornado touched down briefly in northeast Fayette County on CR 44 about 8 tenths of a mile west of SR 13. A house sustained roof damage and a several trees were uprooted.

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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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: 5679030.