Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- February 13, 3:30 PM CST to 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 3 mi NNW of Downing
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 32.183, -86.017
Tornadoes in Alabama, February 13, 2000
The second of three tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm began in extreme east central Montgomery County near the town of Panther. The 3 mile path apparently began around 330 PM just west of Panther and crossed CR 36 moving into northwest Bullock County near the Piney Grove Church.
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
- $18,000
- 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 second of three tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm began in extreme east central Montgomery County near the town of Panther. The 3 mile path apparently began around 330 PM just west of Panther and crossed CR 36 moving into northwest Bullock County near the Piney Grove Church. The tornado crossed CR 37 near the Mt. Zion Church area and then dissipated around 335 PM. There were numerous trees snapped or uprooted along the 100 yard wide track. Beginning: 32 11.206/86 00.841 Ending: 32 12.741/85 58.371
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Bullock
- When
- February 13, 3:32 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County, 5 mi SW of Mitchell
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -86.000
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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- Tornado in Tennessee, February 13, 2000
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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: 5135020, 5135021.