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1995 tornadoes in Alabama

37 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in 1995, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 7 people and injured 215. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1994 1996 The whole country in 1995

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Alabama in 1995

February 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 16	3:32 AM CST	F1	Marion	6.0	80			$50,000 to $500,000
February 16	4:59 AM CST	F3	Marshall	14.0	703	6	130	$500,000 to $5 million
February 16	5:28 AM CST	F2	Marshall	12.0	700		3	$50,000 to $500,000

March 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 7	3:03 PM CST	F0	Tuscaloosa	2.0	80	$50,000 to $500,000
March 7	4:45 PM CST	F0	Cullman	1.5	80	$5,000 to $50,000
March 7	5:10 PM CST	F0	Morgan	1.0	80	$5,000 to $50,000

April 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	11:15 AM CDT	F1	Elmore	4.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000
April 11	1:00 PM CDT	F0	Chambers	1.5	200			$5,000 to $50,000

April 20 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	8:03 PM CDT	F1	Lamar	4.0	80		6	$500,000 to $5 million
April 20	8:56 PM CDT	F1	Marion	6.0	120		17	$50,000 to $500,000

April 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	7:45 AM CDT	F1	Walker	1.5	60			$50,000 to $500,000
April 22	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Baldwin	0.1	30

April 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 23	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	30

May 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 9	11:05 AM CDT	F0	Mobile	0.1	50		$500 to $5,000
May 9	2:30 PM CDT	F0	Covington	2.0	100		$5,000 to $50,000
May 9	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Talladega	1.0	200	1	$5,000 to $50,000

May 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	1:40 AM CDT	F0	Mobile	0.1	50

May 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	4:45 PM CDT	F1	Colbert	6.5	150			$50,000 to $500,000
May 18	5:33 PM CDT	F4	Limestone	39.0	1,300	1	55	$500,000 to $5 million
May 18	7:03 PM CDT	F1	Lauderdale	1.5	120			$50,000 to $500,000

July 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 4	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Tuscaloosa	0.5	50
July 4	9:12 PM CDT	F0	Lamar	0.5	80

July 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 17	2:05 PM CDT	F0	Butler	0.1	20			$500 to $5,000

October 4 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 4	1:45 PM CDT	F0	Covington	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Covington	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Escambia	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Conecuh	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Butler	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Covington	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Crenshaw	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
October 4	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Crenshaw	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000

October 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 27	3:20 PM CDT	F1	Houston	0.2	50		2	$50,000 to $500,000

November 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 7	12:05 PM CST	F0	Henry	0.1	40

November 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 11	9:00 AM CST	F0	Houston	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

December 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 6	10:30 PM CST	F0	Coffee	0.4	50		1	$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Alabama since 1950 Warnings in force in Alabama The live radar over Alabama

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.