Tornadoes · United States · Alabama · 2020
EF2 tornado, Good Hope to Walter, Alabama, April 12, 2020
From Good Hope to Walter, this EF2 tornado ran 2.5 miles across Cullman County on April 12, 2020, touching down at 9:12 PM CDT and reaching 350 yards wide. It killed nobody.
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 mphthis tornado
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.
The record
- Rating
- EF2
- Date
- April 12, 2020
- Touchdown
- 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Lifted
- 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- On the ground
- 4 minutes
- Path length
- 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
- Path width
- 350 yards (320 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Cullman County
- Touchdown point
- 34.124, -86.709
- Lift-off point
- 34.134, -86.667
- Record number
- 2004122012-01
The damage survey
89 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS BMX and NWS HUN, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF2. The highest wind the damage implies is 117 mph.
- not sure what to make of this
- House not sufficiently anchored
- Trees snapped and uprooted also
- Widespread trees uprooted, garage destroyed
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
Heavy rainfall occurred across the entire NWS Huntsville County Warning area, as well as damage from thunderstorm winds and a few tornadoes. ||While heavy rainfall reports were spread out across the CWFA, the most significant flash flooding occurred in Fort Payne and surrounding areas in Northeast Alabama. ||Intense rainfall of 6-6.5 inches fell in DeKalb County along Big Wills Creek.||A new Flood of Record crest of 17.94 feet occurred, surpassing the old Flood of Record (14.36) by a whopping 3.5 feet! More than 50 roads were shut down, with extensive flooding that occurred on Hwy 35 leading up to the Hwy 35/I459 interchange.
The tornado touched down just west of Beech Grove Road just south of Good Hope before crossing Interstate 65 near mile marker 302 where dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued on an east-northeast track crossing County Road 490 and County Road 573 uprooting dozens more trees. As the tornado neared Highway 31 along Day Gap Road, it intensified and removed the roof from a single wide trailer and caused more concentrated tree damage. The tornado crossed Highway 31 and continued to the east-northeast causing damage to a gas station and uprooting or snapping several more trees. The tornado lifted just east of County Road 599.
A brief tornado touched down near the junction of County Road 749 and County Road 747 just south of the Welti Community. The tornado moved to the southeast where it uprooted several trees and destroyed a small shed. It crossed County Road 747 and uprooted a few more trees before lifting east of County Road 747 near Glasscock Creek.
The tornado touched down just east of County Road 640 near the Duck River and move to the northeast. Along its path, it uprooted numerous trees and removed the metal roofing on a chicken house as it move across County Road 645. The tornado intensified as it crossed County Road 703 and removed the roof of a home. |Another home along County Road 781 had its roof removed. The tornado continued briefly to the northeast, uprooting more trees and removing the metal roofing of a barn. The tornado lifted just east of County Road 771 near Buzzard Branch.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
32 minutes of warning. NWS HUN issued a tornado warning for this county at 01:40 UTC, 32 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 02:15 UTC.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 20:20 UTC and running to 03:14 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 UTC | 04:38 UTC | Wind Advisory | HUN |
| 17:00 UTC | 08:32 UTC | Flash Flood Watch | HUN |
| 20:20 UTC | 03:14 UTC | Tornado Watch | HUN |
| 22:27 UTC | 23:00 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN |
| 01:21 UTC | 09:05 UTC | Flash Flood Warning | HUN |
| 01:22 UTC | 02:15 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN |
| 01:40 UTC | 02:15 UTC | Tornado Warning | HUN |
| 02:12 UTC | 02:45 UTC | Tornado Warning | HUN |
| 02:25 UTC | 09:05 UTC | Flash Flood Warning | HUN |
| 08:34 UTC | 15:00 UTC | Wind Advisory | HUN |
| 09:00 UTC | 15:00 UTC | Flood Warning | HUN |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Moderate Risk, with a 0.15 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 00:58 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), 00:00Z
2.2 hours before the tornado, 106 km from the path. April 13, 2020.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 1040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.6 K/km
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), 12:00Z
9.8 hours after it, 106 km from the path. April 13, 2020.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90397 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 3.5 K/km
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:10 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23:30 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Boaz | Marshall, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON BETHSAIDA DRIVE. |
| 23:36 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | Hayden | Blount, AL | SEVERAL SPOTS ALONG HWY 160 ARE COVERED WITH 6-8 INCHES OF WATER. |
| 23:36 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | Hayden | Blount, AL | SEVERAL SPOTS ALONG HWY 160 ARE COVERED WITH 6-8 INCHES OF WATER. HIGHWAY 11 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT AND IS IMPASSABLE. |
| 23:38 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Brooksville | Blount, AL | WATER COVERING ROADS NEAR WHEELER RD AND CTY HWY 49. |
| 23:43 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Brooksville | Blount, AL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM 5 SSW BROOKSVILLE. CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM 5 SSW BROOKSVILLE. WATER WASHED AWAY ROAD NEAR WHEELER RD AND CTY HWY 49. |
| 23:43 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Brooksville | Blount, AL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM 5 SSW BROOKSVILLE. WATER WASHED AWAY NEAR WHEELER RD AND CTY HWY 49. |
| 00:04 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | Boaz | Marshall, AL | FLOOD WATERS OF A FOOT DEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF AL 168 AND BROWN STREET. |
| 01:46 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Colony | Cullman, AL | TREES DOWN ALONG AL HWY 69 NEAR THE WALKER-CULLMAN COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 01:56 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Colony | Cullman, AL | TREE DOWN ON CAR ON COUNTY ROAD 81. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Good Hope | Cullman, AL | COLLAPSED HOUSE ON AL HWY 69 NEAR DODGE CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Good Hope | Cullman, AL | POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 223. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Good Hope | Cullman, AL | BIG OAK TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 216, ROAD IMPASSABLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Hanceville | Cullman, AL | TREE DOWN IN HANCEVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 02:00 UTC | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Good Hope | Cullman, AL | EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 100 MPH, PATH LENGTH OF 5.42 MILES AND PEAK WIDTH OF 300 YARDS. |
| 02:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Hanceville | Cullman, AL | DEBRIS ACROSS THE ROAD AT JOHNSONS CROSSING NORTH OF HANCEVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| 02:05 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Se Good Hope | Cullman, AL | TDS OBSERVED ON RADAR. |
| 02:08 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Good Hope | Cullman, AL | SPOTTER REPORTED DAMAGE AND A DEBRIS FIELD ALONG I-65 NEAR MILE MARKER 302, SOUTH OF GOOD HOPE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| 02:11 UTC | TORNADO | 5 Nne Hanceville | Cullman, AL | EF-0 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH, PATH LENGTH OF 0.35 MILES, AND PEAK WIDTH OF 70 YARDS. |
| 02:12 UTC | TORNADO | 5 Ne Hanceville | Cullman, AL | EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 115 MPH, PATH LENGTH OF 2.5 MILES, AND PEAK PATH WIDTH OF 350 YARDS. |
| 02:15 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Holly Pond | Cullman, AL | TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT IN THE WALTER COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 02:17 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Blountsville | Blount, AL | A BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG BLACK ROAD. |
| 02:18 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Holly Pond | Cullman, AL | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 1699. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 02:22 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Fultondale | Jefferson, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND MANY LANDED ON HOMES BETWEEN FULTONDALE AND GARDENDALE. |
| 02:27 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Se Strawberry | Blount, AL | AN EF-0 TORNADO BEGAN IN FAR NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY & CONTINUED INTO SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY. MAXIMUM WINDS ALONG THE NWS-BMX PART OF THE PATH WERE AROUND 85 MPH, WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 1.94 MILES & WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
| 02:30 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Boldo | Walker, AL | FLASH FLOODING NEAR RV PARK IN SLEEPY HOLLOW CIRCLE NEAR BOLDO. AT LEAST ONE RV WAS SWEPT DOWNSTREAM IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| 02:41 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Baileyton | Morgan, AL | FLASH FLOODING COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 67 NEAR RYAN ROAD. VIDEO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 02:43 UTC | FLOOD | 2 Se Cullman | Cullman, AL | ESTIMATED AT LEAST 1 FOOT OF STANDING WATER IN PORTIONS OF THE FOX MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR CULLMAN. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 02:43 UTC | FLOOD | 2 Wnw Owens Crossroads | Madison, AL | STANDING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN OWENS CROSS ROADS. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 02:43 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Baileyton | Morgan, AL | WATER RUSHING ACROSS AL HWY 67 NEAR THE RYAN COMMUNITY. |
| 02:55 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Fultondale | Jefferson, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND MANY LANDED ON HOMES BETWEEN FULTONDALE AND GARDENDALE. |
| 02:59 UTC | FLOOD | 1 Sse Cullman | Cullman, AL | SIDE STREET UNDERWATER AND CAR SUBMERGED NEAR CULLMAN HIGH SCHOOL. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 03:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Palmerdale | Jefferson, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROADWAYS. |
| 03:00 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Blount Springs | Blount, AL | CR 7 WAS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT NEAR JACK COLE ROAD. |
| 03:01 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Highland Lake | Blount, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT STRAIGHT MOUNTAIN. |
| 03:03 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Falkville | Morgan, AL | SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG JONES BRANCH AND FLINT CREEK. A WATER RESCUE OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF APPLETON ROAD AND ROBINSON CREEK ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED THE NEXT MORNING. PHOTOS AND REPORT |
| 03:08 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Trussville | Jefferson, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND TRUSSVILLE. |
| 03:10 UTC | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Good Hope | Cullman, AL | SEVERAL FEET OF FLOWING WATER ACROSS DAY GAP ROAD. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 03:12 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Springville | St. Clair, AL | *** 1 INJ *** A LARGE TREE FELL ON A HOME. ONE MAN WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| 03:18 UTC | FLOOD | 1 Nne Hartselle | Morgan, AL | PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN HARTSELLE FLOODED. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| 03:18 UTC | FLOOD | 2 Ssw Somerville | Morgan, AL | AL HWY 36 NEAR HOBB WARD ROAD FLOODED. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.
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The other tornadoes of April 12, 2020
72 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 12 | 1:03 AM CDT | EF1 | Crockett, TX | 5.6 | 250 | |||
| April 12 | 4:05 AM CDT | EF1 | McCulloch, TX | 5.1 | 300 | |||
| April 12 | 4:40 AM CDT | EF1 | Gillespie, TX | 11.6 | 150 | $100,000 | ||
| April 12 | 5:23 AM CDT | EF1 | Blanco, TX | 7.0 | 200 | 2 | $1.0 million | |
| April 12 | 6:05 AM CDT | EF0 | Limestone, TX | 0.2 | 50 | $5,000 | ||
| April 12 | 9:06 AM CDT | EF1 | Shelby, TX | 0.7 | 30 | |||
| April 12 | 9:08 AM CDT | EF1 | Harrison, TX | 10.6 | 100 | $150,000 | ||
| April 12 | 9:41 AM CDT | EF2 | De Soto Parish, LA | 9.1 | 400 | 1 | $1.0 million | |
| April 12 | 9:52 AM CDT | EF1 | Bossier Parish, LA | 0.4 | 125 | $150,000 | ||
| April 12 | 9:57 AM CDT | EF1 | De Soto Parish, LA | 6.7 | 300 | $25,000 | ||
| April 12 | 10:10 AM CDT | EF1 | Webster Parish, LA | 6.1 | 1,000 | $100,000 | ||
| April 12 | 10:30 AM CDT | EF1 | Bienville Parish, LA | 1.6 | 400 | |||
| April 12 | 10:39 AM CDT | EF1 | Bienville Parish, LA | 0.8 | 75 | $200,000 | ||
| April 12 | 11:36 AM CDT | EF3 | Ouachita Parish, LA | 8.0 | 300 | $250 million | ||
| April 12 | 11:39 AM CDT | EF3 | Ouachita Parish, LA | 2.6 | 400 | $750,000 | ||
| April 12 | 11:46 AM CDT | EF1 | Ouachita Parish, LA | 1.1 | 50 | $25,000 | ||
| April 12 | 12:02 PM CDT | EF1 | Morehouse Parish, LA | 3.0 | 200 | $20,000 | ||
| April 12 | 12:10 PM CDT | EF2 | West Carroll Parish, LA | 9.5 | 700 | $36,000 | ||
| April 12 | 12:11 PM CDT | EF1 | Richland Parish, LA | 4.7 | 150 | $12,000 | ||
| April 12 | 12:11 PM CDT | EF1 | Richland Parish, LA | 7.5 | 700 | $26,000 | ||
| April 12 | 12:41 PM CDT | EF0 | East Carroll Parish, LA | 1.2 | 170 | $75,000 | ||
| April 12 | 1:00 PM CDT | EF1 | Sharkey, MS | 6.0 | 200 | $15,000 | ||
| April 12 | 1:17 PM CDT | EF1 | Humphreys, MS | 4.1 | 440 | $50,000 | ||
| April 12 | 1:22 PM CDT | EF2 | Yazoo, MS | 7.4 | 250 | $150,000 | ||
| April 12 | 1:46 PM CDT | EF0 | Holmes, MS | 2.3 | 50 | $40,000 | ||
| April 12 | 2:06 PM CDT | EF1 | Attala, MS | 2.5 | 500 | $35,000 | ||
| April 12 | 2:47 PM CDT | EF0 | Choctaw, MS | 3.0 | 150 | $9,000 | ||
| April 12 | 3:30 PM CDT | EF2 | Noxubee, MS | 8.5 | 1,100 | $150,000 | ||
| April 12 | 3:38 PM CDT | EF4 | Hope–Bassfield tornado, MS | 22.1 | 1,936 | 4 | 3 | $2.8 million |
| April 12 | 3:42 PM CDT | EF1 | Noxubee, MS | 3.9 | 375 | $20,000 | ||
| April 12 | 4:01 PM CDT | EF0 | Pickens, AL | 1.5 | 200 | |||
| April 12 | 4:12 PM CDT | EF4 | Bassfield–Soso tornado, MS | 67.4 | 3,960 | 7 | 98 | $62 million |
| April 12 | 4:18 PM CDT | EF0 | Pickens, AL | 5.5 | 300 | |||
| April 12 | 4:34 PM CDT | EF0 | Fayette, AL | 1.8 | 350 | |||
| April 12 | 4:36 PM CDT | EF3 | Lawrence, MS | 83.2 | 2,041 | 2 | $18 million | |
| April 12 | 4:41 PM CDT | EF1 | Fayette, AL | 6.1 | 600 | |||
| April 12 | 5:04 PM CDT | EF1 | Walker, AL | 9.0 | 950 | |||
| April 12 | 5:14 PM CDT | EF2 | Jefferson, AL | 6.9 | 940 | |||
| April 12 | 5:22 PM CDT | EF2 | Clarke, MS | 14.3 | 300 | 2 | $250,000 | |
| April 12 | 5:44 PM CDT | EF0 | Blount, AL | 0.5 | 125 | |||
| April 12 | 5:47 PM CDT | EF1 | Blount, AL | 3.8 | 225 | |||
| April 12 | 5:47 PM CDT | EF1 | Lauderdale, MS | 2.9 | 300 | $50,000 | ||
| April 12 | 5:50 PM CDT | EF2 | Blount, AL | 5.6 | 500 | |||
| April 12 | 6:04 PM CDT | EF1 | Blount, AL | 0.8 | 115 | |||
| April 12 | 6:08 PM CDT | EF1 | Etowah, AL | 5.5 | 525 | |||
| April 12 | 6:10 PM CDT | EF2 | Blount, AL | 21.7 | 440 | 3 | ||
| April 12 | 6:10 PM CDT | EF1 | Jasper, MS | 8.9 | 985 | $30,000 | ||
| April 12 | 6:14 PM CDT | EF2 | Etowah, AL | 12.2 | 875 | |||
| April 12 | 8:15 PM EDT | EF2 | Chattooga, GA | 14.7 | 800 | $400,000 | ||
| April 12 | 8:12 PM CDT | EF1 | Walker, AL | 2.9 | 1,000 | 3 | ||
| April 12 | 8:33 PM CDT | EF1 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 9.9 | 230 | |||
| April 12 | 9:45 PM EDT | EF2 | Murray, GA | 8.9 | 860 | 8 | 24 | $500,000 |
| April 12 | 8:51 PM CDT | EF1 | Cullman, AL | 3.0 | 200 | |||
| April 12 | 9:00 PM CDT | EF1 | Cullman, AL | 5.4 | 300 | |||
| April 12 | 9:03 PM CDT | EF1 | Choctaw, AL | 0.4 | 100 | |||
| April 12 | 9:11 PM CDT | EF1 | Cullman, AL | 0.3 | 70 | |||
| April 12 | 9:16 PM CDT | EF1 | Clarke, AL | 0.8 | 100 | |||
| April 12 | 9:27 PM CDT | EF1 | Marshall, AL | 5.0 | 200 | |||
| April 12 | 9:41 PM CDT | EF1 | Marengo, AL | 8.1 | 1,000 | |||
| April 12 | 9:50 PM CDT | EF1 | Dade, AL to GA | 7.5 | 350 | $700,000 |
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.