Tornado History Map

Clarke County, Alabama tornado history

49 tornadoes recorded in or across Clarke County from 1953 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Clarke County

The Storm Prediction Center records 49 tornadoes whose paths touched Clarke County, Alabama between 1953 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 23 January 1953. The most recent was on 15 March 2025.

  • 49tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 25injuries
  • 396per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Clarke County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01224%
F1 / EF12347%
F2 / EF21122%
F3 / EF336%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clarke County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1950s31960s21970s41980s61990s72000s52010s122020s10

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s4
1980s6
1990s7
2000s5
2010s12
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in Mar.Jan3Feb3Mar14Apr8May2Jun3Jul3Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov6Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb3
Mar14
Apr8
May2
Jun3
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov6
Dec4

Records for Clarke County

  • Strongest: Alabama tornado23 January 1953, F3, 1 injury, 6.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Mississippi tornado17 March 2021, EF2, 2 injuries, 36.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Alabama tornado15 March 2025, EF0, 1.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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