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Tornadoes in Henry County, Alabama

42 tornadoes have crossed Henry County since 1950, 3 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 38th of the 67 counties in Alabama with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.8 years. They have killed 2 people and injured 39. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale
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.
F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale
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.

Now

Tornadoes: 42
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 39
F4 and above: 0
Worst on record: F3, December 29, 1973

The deadliest in Henry County

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 26 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Henry County. Each year links to every tornado in Alabama that year.

Year	Tornadoes	Deaths	Injuries	Strongest
2026	3			EF1
2023	3			EF1
2022	1			EF0
2021	2		2	EF1
2020	4	1		EF2
2019	2			EF0
2017	2			EF2
2016	3			EF1
2015	2			EF1
2011	1			EF0
2008	1			EF0
2007	1		2	EF1
2006	2			F1
2002	2	1	30	F2
2000	1			F2
1998	1			F0
1997	1			F2
1995	1			F0
1992	1			F1
1974	1			F2
1973	1		2	F3
1972	1		2	F3
1962	1			F1
1957	1			F1
1954	1			F2
1953	2		1	F2

Every tornado that crossed Henry County

42 tornadoes, newest first. The 3 at the top are this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and their ratings are marked as preliminary.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 12, 2026	4:07 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	1.8	200
March 12, 2026	4:09 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	2.0	387
May 25, 2026	7:20 PM CDT	EF1	Houston	11.2	200
December 10, 2023	1:19 AM CST	EF0	Henry	8.0	200			$50,000
June 14, 2023	10:40 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	2.1	160			$250,000
January 12, 2023	3:45 PM CST	EF1	Henry	7.1	150			$50,000
April 5, 2022	1:24 PM CDT	EF0	Henry	2.8	50
April 24, 2021	7:50 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	4.1	150		2	$100,000
March 18, 2021	5:49 AM CDT	EF0	Houston	2.1	50			$4,000
April 19, 2020	11:46 PM CDT	EF1	Henry	6.5	100			$5,000
April 19, 2020	11:45 PM CDT	EF1	Henry	1.5	500			$250,000
April 19, 2020	11:40 PM CDT	EF2	Henry	5.2	300	1
April 19, 2020	11:20 PM CDT	EF1	Dale	24.4	150			$200,000
March 3, 2019	4:39 PM CST	EF0	Clay to GA	10.8	75			$10,000
January 4, 2019	4:38 AM CST	EF0	Henry	0.1	35
April 5, 2017	10:49 AM CDT	EF2	Quitman to GA	10.4	1,140			$600,000
January 22, 2017	1:02 PM CST	EF1	Henry	5.5	100			$100,000
February 23, 2016	11:02 PM CST	EF1	Henry	0.5	150
February 23, 2016	10:54 PM CST	EF0	Henry	0.4	100
February 23, 2016	10:38 PM CST	EF1	Henry	1.1	300			$50,000
April 19, 2015	8:46 AM CDT	EF1	Henry	2.1	300			$1.0 million
January 4, 2015	7:25 AM CST	EF0	Henry	0.6	50
February 1, 2011	8:06 PM CST	EF0	Henry	1.6	40			$150,000
October 8, 2008	1:33 PM CDT	EF0	Henry	0.4	75			$75,000
March 1, 2007	1:52 PM CST	EF1	Henry to GA	30.8	150		2	$11 million
November 15, 2006	2:38 PM CST	F1	Henry	3.6	100			$150,000
January 13, 2006	12:45 PM CST	F0	Henry	0.2	50			$100,000
December 24, 2002	6:45 AM CST	F1	Henry to GA	33.0	150		10	$2.8 million
November 5, 2002	5:35 PM CST	F2	Henry	6.0	200	1	20	$3.0 million
December 16, 2000	11:00 AM CST	F2	Dale	29.0	170			$5.0 million
September 28, 1998	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Henry	0.5	40			$70,000
January 5, 1997	6:55 AM CST	F2	Henry	6.0	100			$180,000
November 7, 1995	12:05 PM CST	F0	Henry	0.1	40
November 4, 1992	3:12 AM CST	F1	Henry	5.0	50			$500,000 to $5 million
April 8, 1974	4:25 PM CDT	F2	Henry	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
December 29, 1973	6:40 PM CST	F3	Henry	15.0	70		2	$500,000 to $5 million
January 13, 1972	2:15 AM CST	F3	Henry	16.8	200		2	$50,000 to $500,000
January 5, 1962	10:30 PM GMT-6	F1	Houston	5.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
May 10, 1957	8:45 PM GMT-5	F1	Henry	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
March 29, 1954	2:30 PM GMT-6	F2	Henry	2.5	100			$5,000 to $50,000
December 6, 1953	8:00 AM GMT-6	F2	Henry	2.0	10		1	$5,000 to $50,000
December 6, 1953	7:00 AM GMT-6	F1	Henry	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

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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.