All NOAA. . Contact Us, Education The NWS estimates wind speeds of an EF4 tornado to be between 166 200 mph, while an EF5 has estimated winds of over 200 mph. Four other homes shifted on their foundations. The following is a partial list, by month and year: The above list is a partial roster, including links to related articles which provide more details about each tornado event. Several people were found several hundred yards away after the storm. The next F4 tornado barreled through Cullman, Morgan and Marshall Counties. Eight of those violent tornadoes occurred in Alabama. In March of this year Chilton County will observe the 52nd anniversary of the worst tornado to ever hit Alabama. W winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph. There were no television weather broadcasts, or NOAA weatheradio stations in 1932. The Looneys built it back exactly how it had been before the storm. Faunsdale (25) Floyd Collins and 24 negroes. "There's . The According to the National Weather Service, the severity of a tornado is determined by a list of damage indicators, with an EF scale assigned the storm after trained NWS personnel survey the damage. Previsin de 7 Das, Weather Safety The March 21, 1932 event still stands out as our most tragic, yes, even worse than the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. . I remember my grandmothers talk about this. This was the first of two tornadoes to strike the Faunsdale area during the tornado outbreak, but only this one passed directly through the town. [13], The outbreak was the most damaging on record in the Southeastern United States since February1920, 1884. The EF scale was implemented in 2007 and replaced the original Fujita Scale, which had been used since 1971 to rate tornados. At least 25 cities and communities in Alabama reported one fatality or more during the day. Six hundred homes were either damaged or destroyed in this tornado. Mother said it looked like a big ball of fire bouncing along the ground. National Weather Service A series of tornadoes swept across the state and before the afternoon was over, 268 persons died and 1,874 were injured. Even though the dog had been gone for awhile, it showed back up at the Shealy place that Monday afternoon and climbed in the kennel with her puppies. Columbiana, Alabama
The March 21, 1932 Outbreak: Sylacauga. The dog had just weaned a litter of puppies. At least 54 killed in Chilton