Alabama Tornado Database
1954 Tornado Occurrences (9) () Indicates Total Path Data Multi-State
Tornado # of Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
9 1954 12 5 1600 Russell F2 1.5
70 0 4 2 W Crawford
3 houses destroyed.
8 1954 12 5 1600 Pike F1 1.5 83  0 2 Ansley
1 home was destroyed and 3 others damaged. 1 barn and outbuilding were destroyed and a few others damaged.
7 1954 12 5 1345 Barbour

Continued into Georgia 		F2 (F2) 17.5 (71.5) 100 (100) 0 (1) 3 (35) Clayton-Batesville
No details were available on damage in Alabama.
6 1954 12 5 1330 Calhoun F3 24.7 100 0 26 Ohatchee-Wellington-Piedmont
37 homes were destroyed and 50 were damaged. 15 other buildings were destroyed and 28 damaged.
5 1954 12 5 1200 Lee

Continued into Georgia 		F3 19.4  (51.0)
 200 (200) 0 4 (7) 2 N Opelika
11 homes destroyed, 64 homes damaged, 33 other buildings damaged, and chicken farm heavily damaged.
4 1954 4 16 0800 Coffee-Dale F2 17.3 100  0 1 2 E Enterprise-3 E Ozark
4 barns were destroyed.
3 1954 3 29 1430 Henry F2 2.5  100  0 0 1 W Headland
A large barn was disintegrated and several homes were unroofed.
2 1954 3 13 2040 Russell

Continued into Georgia 		F3 (F3) 1.9 (7.0) 880 (1480)
 0 (2) 0 (20) Fort Mitchell
Several barns and light frame homes were destroyed.
1 1954 2 28 0200 Chilton F1 12.5 167  0 0 Mt. Pleasant-New Salem-Collins Chapel-Mineral Springs
Major damage was reported in all of these communities.

 

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