Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000

Name: Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000
Start: 2000-04-03T11:44
End: 2000-04-03T11:46
Location: Alabama

April 3, 2000 · 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: $20,000
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 Birmingham radar (KBMX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Jefferson

When: April 3, 11:44 AM CST to 11:46 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 3 mi NE of Oak Grove
Rating: F0
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 33.483, -87.117

A weak tornado briefly touched down between Oak Grove and Sylvan Springs and mainly affected a rural area. Several trees were snapped off or blown down along the three mile path. A few homes received minor roof damage. The most concentrated damage was on Handley Road just off CR 46. Beginning: 33 29.227/87 06.767 Ending: 33 30.739/87 05.296

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 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Alabama, 2000 Warnings in Alabama, April 2000

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: 5140399.