Tornadoes · United States · Alabama

2014 tornadoes in Alabama

52 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in 2014, 47 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 68.

2013 2015 The whole country in 2014

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 2014

February 20 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
February 20	8:45 PM CST	EF1	Lawrence	10.7	450
February 20	8:51 PM CST	EF1	Lauderdale	1.8	400
February 20	8:55 PM CST	EF1	Lauderdale	2.7	500	1
February 20	9:05 PM CST	EF1	Limestone	2.7	500

February 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 21	12:28 AM CST	EF2	DeKalb	0.8	50		1
February 21	1:56 AM CST	EF0	St. Clair	4.2	150

April 28 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	3:56 PM CDT	EF1	Franklin	3.2	100
April 28	4:47 PM CDT	EF3	Limestone	15.6	600	2	30
April 28	5:38 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	7.7	100			$15,000
April 28	5:50 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	8.9	100
April 28	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Fayette	7.0	350			$250,000
April 28	8:18 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	6.1	100
April 28	8:40 PM CDT	EF1	Walker	2.4	150
April 28	9:30 PM CDT	EF1	Sumter	1.0	150
April 28	9:39 PM CDT	EF3	Cullman	8.9	350
April 28	9:59 PM CDT	EF1	Tuscaloosa	12.5	1,500		13
April 28	10:00 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	8.8	800		4
April 28	10:13 PM CDT	EF2	Jefferson	5.5	1,800		3
April 28	10:55 PM CDT	EF1	Tuscaloosa	4.5	675
April 28	11:00 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	7.6	913
April 28	11:16 PM CDT	EF2	Jefferson	5.1	600
April 28	11:22 PM CDT	EF1	Blount	7.8	1,000
April 28	12:15 AM CDT	EF1	Clarke	0.3	200			$5,000
April 28	12:24 AM CDT	EF2	Blount	14.6	1,300		2
April 28	12:32 AM CDT	EF3	Etowah	11.7	600
April 28	12:54 AM CDT	EF2	DeKalb	2.5	200

April 29 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
April 29	1:06 AM CDT	EF2	DeKalb	11.7	200
April 29	1:17 AM CDT	EF1	Etowah	6.3	200
April 29	1:28 AM CDT	EF0	DeKalb	2.4	75
April 29	1:36 AM CDT	EF1	DeKalb	10.2	200
April 29	2:23 AM CDT	EF1	DeKalb	1.1	200
April 29	3:25 AM CDT	EF0	Macon	1.7	75
April 29	3:56 AM CDT	EF3	Lee	11.4	1,200	13

May 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	3:07 PM CDT	EF1	Geneva	2.1	100			$85,000

May 14 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 14	2:18 PM CDT	EF0	Bullock	0.9	200
May 14	2:21 PM CDT	EF0	Tallapoosa	1.9	150
May 14	3:28 PM CDT	EF0	Clay	0.1	30

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	4:34 PM CDT	EF1	Limestone	0.7	100

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	8:30 PM CDT	EF1	Lawrence	5.9	150

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	1:44 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	8.4	300

October 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 3	3:12 AM CDT	EF0	Madison	0.7	250
October 3	4:02 AM CDT	EF0	Marshall	0.5	75

October 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
October 13	4:43 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	6.0	50
October 13	6:48 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	1.1	150
October 13	7:29 PM CDT	EF1	Colbert	3.5	200	1

November 17 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 17	1:11 AM CST	EF1	Perry	3.5	300
November 17	1:37 AM CST	EF1	Washington	21.9	150	$250,000
November 17	3:59 AM CST	EF1	Butler	5.9	150	$100,000
November 17	4:25 AM CST	EF1	Crenshaw	40.7	500	$285,000
November 17	6:24 AM CST	EF1	Russell	0.2	100

November 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 23	11:35 AM CST	EF0	Greene	2.0	150
November 23	2:03 PM CST	EF1	Stewart to GA	16.7	400			$25,000

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 28	6:19 PM CDT	EF1	Lowndes, MS to AL	10.0	500			$500,000
April 28	6:38 PM CDT	EF2	Lowndes, MS to AL	14.3	500		5	$500,000

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.