Alabama Tornado Database
1885 Tornado Occurrences (9)
Tornado # in Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
9 1885 11 6 2200 Lamar F2 0 400 NA 0 2 NE of Vernon
Homes, trees, and outbuildings were destroyed.
8 1885 11 6 2000 Sumter-Marengo F2 12.0 400 0 20 SE Sumter Co.-NW Marengo Co
5 homes were destroyed and many cattle were killed in the Brewersville community.
7 1885 11 6 1530 Dallas F4 30.0 800 13 400 4 W of Selma
At least 30 homes were destroyed leveling many tenant homes. Forest was flattened for a half mile.
6 1885 5 6 1830 Madison F2 9.0 0 0 0 New Market
A church and at least a dozen other buildings were destroyed.
5 1885 1 11 2300

Macon

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F2 8.0 0 1 5 11 E of Tuskegee
Timber was leveled. Several houses in four settlements were destroyed. One man was killed. Most of the damage occurred in the Little Texas community.
4 1885 1 11 2115

Coosa-Clay-Randolph

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F3

60.0 600 2 20 W of Mt. Olive-3 N Goodwater-2 S Wedowee-N of Roanoke
16 farms were devastated in Coosa Co. One death occurred in Coosa and one in Clay Co.
3 1885 1 11 1900

Blount-Cullman-Marshall-Dekalb

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F2 35.0 500 3 20 Warrior River-4 S Albertville-Collinsville
One person was killed in Marshall Co and two in Dekalb Co. A child was killed and 13 were injured near Collinsville.
2 1885 1 11 1830

Greene-Hale-Bibb-Chilton

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F4 80.0 400 2 20 Tombigbee River-3 S Centreville-NE Jemison
Several large farm homes were completely swept away. One death was in Greene Co and one in Bibb Co. Multiple tornadoes were reported.
1 1885 1 11 1700

Lamar-Fayette-Walker

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F3 40.0 600 1 25 2 N Vernon-10 N Fayette-3 SE Eldridge
Over a dozen plantations were demolished in Fayette Co. Over 100 head of cattle were killed and miles of timber were leveled.

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