Tornado History Map

Pike County, Alabama tornado history

54 tornadoes recorded in or across Pike County from 1954 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 Pike County

The Storm Prediction Center records 54 tornadoes whose paths touched Pike County, Alabama between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 March 1971. The most recent was on 15 March 2025.

  • 54tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 803per 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 Pike County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01731%
F1 / EF12343%
F2 / EF21019%
F3 / EF347%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Pike County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1950s21960s51970s81980s41990s32000s102010s122020s10

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s8
1980s4
1990s3
2000s10
2010s12
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan4Feb3Mar9Apr11May2Jun0Jul2Aug4Sep5Oct0Nov9Dec5
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb3
Mar9
Apr11
May2
Jun0
Jul2
Aug4
Sep5
Oct0
Nov9
Dec5

Records for Pike County

  • Strongest: Alabama tornado2 March 1971, F3, 23.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Alabama tornado9 April 1961, F1, 54.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Alabama tornado15 March 2025, EF2, 3 injuries, 21.3 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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