Tornado, Perry
- When
- March 10, 9:11 PM CST to 9:12 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County, 12 mi NE of Heiberger
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 32.883, -87.100
Tornadoes in Alabama, March 10, 2000
A weak tornado began just inside the Perry County border near SR 219 and continued on a 12 mile path into Bibb County. The tornado ended just south of Randolph near CR 36.
Where it happened
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- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- 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.
A weak tornado began just inside the Perry County border near SR 219 and continued on a 12 mile path into Bibb County. The tornado ended just south of Randolph near CR 36. One home had its front porch ripped off and corners of the roof partially torn up in Perry County near SR 219. Numerous trees were knocked down or snapped off during the entire track of the tornado. In Bibb County, one mobile home had damage to its roof and siding. Another home sustained minor roof damage near SR 219. In Lawley, one tree fell onto a mobile home damaging it severely. Several barns were also damaged and a few homes had minor roof damage. The tornado traveled through mostly rural areas. Beginning: 32 50.147/87 6.718 Ending: 32 53.803/86 55.024
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Bibb
- When
- March 10, 9:12 PM CST to 9:27 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County, 9 mi SW of Lawley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 11.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -87.083
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 10, 2000
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 10, 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: 5137799, 5137800.