Tornadoes · United States · Alabama

2023 tornadoes in Alabama

73 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in 2023, 107 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 9 people and injured 28.

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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 2023

January 3 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
January 3	10:48 AM CST	EF1	Franklin	0.6	70
January 3	11:21 AM CST	EF1	Marengo	8.8	275
January 3	12:10 PM CST	EF1	Perry	0.1	100
January 3	12:41 PM CST	EF0	Bibb	2.8	100
January 3	1:18 PM CST	EF0	Autauga	3.2	60
January 3	1:39 PM CST	EF1	Chilton	2.5	250
January 3	1:42 PM CST	EF2	Elmore	9.1	800
January 3	2:31 PM CST	EF0	Clay	6.4	300
January 3	3:17 PM CST	EF0	Randolph	1.1	150
January 3	3:27 PM CST	EF0	Chambers	4.4	500

January 4 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries
January 4	2:59 AM CST	EF1	Tallapoosa	3.8	125
January 4	3:00 AM CST	EF1	Montgomery	1.9	130	1
January 4	3:23 AM CST	EF0	Macon	0.7	75
January 4	4:07 AM CST	EF0	Macon	1.1	100

January 12 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 12	8:05 AM CST	EF2	Winston	9.2	425
January 12	8:09 AM CST	EF1	Lawrence	30.3	325
January 12	9:24 AM CST	EF2	Sumter	12.9	440		1
January 12	9:54 AM CST	EF2	Greene	39.0	675
January 12	10:47 AM CST	EF2	Hale	21.9	500
January 12	11:30 AM CST	EF1	Perry	17.3	500
January 12	12:04 PM CST	EF2	Dallas	23.2	950		2
January 12	12:15 PM CST	EF2	Mobile	11.7	200
January 12	12:40 PM CST	EF3	Autauga	82.3	1,500	7	16
January 12	1:54 PM CST	EF0	Conecuh	0.9	100
January 12	2:08 PM CST	EF2	Chambers to GA	20.7	1,600
January 12	2:24 PM CST	Unrated	Covington	4.6	200
January 12	2:46 PM CST	EF1	Crenshaw	0.3	80
January 12	3:25 PM CST	EF1	Barbour	11.0	900
January 12	3:38 PM CST	EF0	Jackson	2.3	70
January 12	3:45 PM CST	EF1	Henry	7.1	150			$50,000

March 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 1	9:54 PM CST	EF1	Marion	10.1	500
March 1	10:32 PM CST	EF1	Madison	0.1	25

March 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 3	12:39 PM CST	EF1	Jackson	5.0	105
March 3	12:47 PM CST	EF1	Jackson	3.2	50

March 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12	8:17 AM CDT	EF0	Tallapoosa	0.6	100

March 24 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Damage
March 24	10:54 PM CDT	EF2	Lauderdale	3.8	300		$3.9 million
March 24	11:14 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale	4.1	120
March 24	11:44 PM CDT	EF1	Marion	5.2	275
March 24	12:00 AM CDT	EF1	Lawrence	2.8	130
March 24	12:23 AM CDT	EF2	Lawrence	13.5	175	1
March 24	12:33 AM CDT	EF2	Morgan	4.9	125
March 24	12:47 AM CDT	EF1	Morgan	2.1	325

March 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 25	1:28 AM CDT	EF1	Jackson	8.5	250			$5.5 million
March 25	9:00 AM CDT	EF0	Houston	4.5	50			$100,000

March 26 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 26	6:24 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	1.7	340
March 26	8:27 PM CDT	EF1	Wilcox	0.9	500
March 26	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Wilcox	0.2	300
March 26	8:30 PM CDT	EF1	Wilcox	3.2	300
March 26	8:33 PM CDT	EF2	Marengo	5.8	750
March 26	9:39 PM CDT	EF0	Autauga	1.0	200
March 26	10:22 PM CDT	EF1	Elmore	7.5	1,200

March 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	2:41 AM CDT	EF2	Macon	15.4	1,450

April 1 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries
April 1	2:32 AM CDT	EF1	Marion	17.0	675		1
April 1	3:09 AM CDT	EF3	Lincoln to TN	12.0	215	1	5
April 1	4:51 AM CDT	EF0	Etowah	3.1	250		2

April 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	10:36 AM CDT	EF0	Coffee	0.3	50			$25,000
April 3	11:13 AM CDT	EF1	Houston	1.6	105			$5,000

April 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 21	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Fayette	2.3	125

June 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 14	10:40 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	2.1	160			$250,000
June 14	12:09 PM CDT	EF1	Barbour	3.9	350

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	12:21 AM CDT	EF0	Baldwin	0.3	75

June 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	8:00 AM CDT	EF1	Mobile	7.0	30
June 16	12:21 AM CDT	EF0	Mobile	3.9	80

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Baldwin	3.6	20

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	1:00 PM CDT	EF1	Baldwin	1.6	230

July 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 18	5:14 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	2.4	100

July 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	5:26 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	7.1	50

August 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 10	2:21 AM CDT	EF0	Limestone	7.7	225

November 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 21	5:04 PM CST	EF1	Geneva	6.1	50			$100,000

December 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 10	12:09 AM CST	EF1	Jefferson	3.0	600	$5.0 million
December 10	12:13 AM CST	EF1	Jefferson	1.8	200
December 10	1:19 AM CST	EF0	Henry	8.0	200	$50,000
December 10	4:36 AM CST	EF0	Lee	2.4	400

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.