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2001 tornadoes in Alabama

55 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in 2001, 56 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 107. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

2000 2002 The whole country in 2001

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 2001

January 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 19	9:22 AM CST	F0	Montgomery	2.3	100		4	$450,000

February 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 16	1:39 PM CST	F0	Madison	4.4	30			$40,000

March 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 2	6:29 PM CST	F1	Montgomery	2.2	100			$120,000

March 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12	1:00 PM CST	F1	Covington	3.2	75	2	1	$1.0 million

May 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	5:48 PM CDT	F1	Jackson	0.5	80			$20,000
May 24	7:02 PM CDT	F0	Blount	1.0	30

June 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	7:40 AM CDT	F0	Mobile	2.5	75			$20,000
June 11	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Covington	3.5	50			$10,000

August 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 31	6:02 PM CDT	F1	Talladega	3.5	30			$70,000

October 13 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 13	7:30 AM CDT	F1	Baldwin	0.1	30	$50,000
October 13	7:35 AM CDT	F0	Baldwin	0.1	20	$10,000
October 13	1:00 PM CDT	F0	Baldwin	0.2	30	$20,000
October 13	1:25 PM CDT	F3	Baldwin	1.0	440	$250,000
October 13	1:35 PM CDT	F1	Marengo	7.1	450	$40,000
October 13	1:40 PM CDT	F0	Baldwin	0.2	30	$10,000
October 13	1:44 PM CDT	F2	Baldwin	0.7	200	$200,000
October 13	2:38 PM CDT	F1	Perry	1.5	50	$110,000
October 13	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Baldwin	0.3	30	$30,000

November 24 34 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 24	10:55 AM CST	F3	Pickens	38.9	300	2	1	$1.4 million
November 24	11:02 AM CST	F0	Hale	0.2	50			$10,000
November 24	11:21 AM CST	F2	Winston	1.9	70		13	$890,000
November 24	11:39 AM CST	F1	Tuscaloosa	2.0	75			$30,000
November 24	11:45 AM CST	F0	Choctaw	0.1	20			$10,000
November 24	12:10 PM CST	F2	Morgan	4.9	300		2	$500,000
November 24	12:34 PM CST	F0	Hale	2.9	75			$30,000
November 24	12:35 PM CST	F0	Choctaw	0.1	20			$10,000
November 24	12:37 PM CST	F0	Tuscaloosa	0.2	30			$1,000
November 24	12:56 PM CST	F0	Marengo	0.6	50			$4,000
November 24	12:59 PM CST	F1	Cullman	2.1	200			$70,000
November 24	1:00 PM CST	F0	Choctaw	0.1	20			$30,000
November 24	1:02 PM CST	F0	Cullman	0.2	50			$1,000
November 24	1:19 PM CST	F4	Blount	10.1	500		22	$1.1 million
November 24	1:31 PM CST	F2	St. Clair	13.4	125		1	$500,000
November 24	1:41 PM CST	F2	Marshall	2.0	300		7	$400,000
November 24	1:50 PM CST	F2	Madison	2.6	300			$500,000
November 24	2:25 PM CST	F2	DeKalb	7.1	100			$100,000
November 24	3:01 PM CST	F2	Cherokee	8.2	200	2	4	$300,000
November 24	3:10 PM CST	F2	St. Clair	4.5	100		2	$500,000
November 24	3:42 PM CST	F2	Talladega	3.1	400		15	$800,000
November 24	3:54 PM CST	F1	Autauga	9.8	50			$40,000
November 24	3:59 PM CST	F2	Talladega	9.1	200			$230,000
November 24	4:03 PM CST	F1	Calhoun	7.7	250		5	$250,000
November 24	4:42 PM CST	F0	Conecuh	0.1	20			$10,000
November 24	5:08 PM CST	F0	Butler	3.0	100			$30,000
November 24	5:10 PM CST	F1	Clay	6.1	300			$100,000
November 24	5:42 PM CST	F1	Butler	6.0	150		3	$100,000
November 24	6:30 PM CST	F0	Butler	0.1	20			$10,000
November 24	7:10 PM CST	F0	Escambia	0.1	20			$30,000
November 24	7:28 PM CST	F0	Covington	0.1	20			$10,000
November 24	8:30 PM CST	F0	Covington	0.2	60			$10,000
November 24	8:42 PM CST	F0	Pike	0.2	50			$2,000
November 24	9:27 PM CST	F1	Pike	11.8	75			$50,000

November 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 25	12:12 AM CST	F1	Dale	2.0	100		25	$3.0 million
November 25	12:30 AM CST	F1	Dale	0.1	100		2	$70,000

December 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 14	3:48 AM CST	F0	Elmore	0.1	30			$10,000

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.