Tornadoes · United States · Alabama

2007 tornadoes in Alabama

43 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in 2007, 22 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 10 people and injured 67. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

2006 2008 The whole country in 2007

The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2007

January 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 7	4:10 PM CST	Unrated	Tallapoosa	1.0	50	$100,000
January 7	7:50 PM CST	Unrated	Dale	0.5	50	$25,000
January 7	8:29 PM CST	Unrated	Barbour	2.7	200	$250,000

February 13 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 13	5:01 PM CST	EF0	Hale	6.5	25	$55,000
February 13	5:10 PM CST	EF1	Bibb	9.7	400	$105,000
February 13	5:48 PM CST	EF0	Bibb	7.5	250	$10,000
February 13	6:22 PM CST	EF1	Autauga	1.1	200	$10,000

March 1 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 1	12:05 PM CST	EF0	Butler	3.1	30			$20,000
March 1	12:27 PM CST	EF4	Wilcox	6.1	500	1	2	$2.0 million
March 1	12:31 PM CST	EF1	Dallas	12.2	500			$250,000
March 1	1:08 PM CST	EF4	Coffee	10.3	500	9	50	$250 million
March 1	1:48 PM CST	EF1	Dale	7.1	150		4	$2.5 million
March 1	1:52 PM CST	EF1	Henry to GA	30.8	150		2	$11 million
March 1	2:48 PM CST	EF2	Lowndes	24.6	600		6	$700,000
March 1	2:59 PM CST	EF1	Fayette	11.2	150			$50,000
March 1	3:00 PM CST	EF1	Tuscaloosa	3.7	100			$50,000
March 1	3:12 PM CST	EF1	Barbour	2.4	75
March 1	3:45 PM CST	EF2	Winston	9.6	100			$50,000
March 1	4:06 PM CST	EF1	Jefferson	0.9	400			$100,000
March 1	5:27 PM CST	EF2	Muscogee to GA	11.7	300		1	$28 million
March 1	5:56 PM CST	EF1	Shelby	0.7	100			$30,000

April 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	11:33 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	2.6	100

April 11 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 11	3:14 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	0.6	40	$20,000
April 11	3:47 PM CDT	EF1	Chilton	1.0	200	$11,000
April 11	5:05 PM CDT	EF0	Elmore	0.1	25	$5,000
April 11	5:18 PM CDT	EF1	Tallapoosa	0.9	50	$20,000
April 11	5:54 PM CDT	EF1	Macon	11.5	400	$15,000

April 14 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 14	1:33 PM CDT	EF1	Monroe	1.1	200	$750,000
April 14	4:00 PM CDT	EF0	Crenshaw	0.5	40	$100,000
April 14	5:12 PM CDT	EF1	Conecuh	0.3	50	$150,000
April 14	6:11 PM CDT	EF1	Bullock	3.2	100	$10,000
April 14	7:05 PM CDT	EF1	Dale	5.8	150	$250,000

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	1:00 PM CDT	EF0	Morgan	0.3	25

September 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 21	5:34 PM CDT	EF0	Barbour	0.4	20

October 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 18	1:15 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	0.0	25
October 18	2:42 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.1	50	$8,000
October 18	3:05 PM CDT	EF1	Lawrence	0.2	100

October 22 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
October 22	3:07 PM CDT	EF0	Mobile	0.1	50
October 22	4:33 PM CDT	EF1	Mobile	0.7	200		$750,000
October 22	10:44 PM CDT	EF1	Hale	9.3	50	2	$92,000
October 22	12:01 AM CDT	EF1	Bibb	7.7	200		$12,000

October 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 23	1:40 AM CDT	EF1	Lowndes	3.3	100			$85,000
October 23	1:50 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.1	60			$20,000

Crossed into Alabama

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Alabama. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	10:24 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln, TN to AL	9.3	75

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.