Tornado, Tuscaloosa
- When
- April 3, 11:20 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, 1 mi SW of Kellerman
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.317, -87.333
Tornadoes in Alabama, April 3, 2000
The tornado began at the intersection of CR 59 and CR 54 near the town of Kellerman. 1 miles.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
The tornado began at the intersection of CR 59 and CR 54 near the town of Kellerman. The tornado traveled in a northeast direction for approximately 11.1 miles. The tornado crossed the Tuscaloosa and Jefferson county line about 2 miles southeast of County Road 59, near Bull City, and dissipated about 2 miles southwest of Oak Grove. The damage path was about 300 yards wide at its widest point. One frame house and a church received mainly roof damage in the town of Kellerman. The path was very rural, and most of the damage was from downed and snapped trees. The terrain was hilly, with most of the downed trees located in the valleys. About one mile inside the Jefferson County line, a brick house sustained major damage, and two mobile homes were overturned. Segment 1: Beginning: 33 19.860/87 19.276 Ending: 33 23.086/87 13.918 Segment 2: Beginning: 33 23.086/87 13.918 Ending: 33 25.513/87 09.892
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:20 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 11:30 AM CST to 11:37 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 7 mi SW of Oak Grove
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.383, -87.233
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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More
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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: 5139232, 5139233.