Alabama Tornado Database
1958 Tornado Occurrences (21)
Tornado # of Year Year Month Day Time (CST) County Damage Scale Path Length (Miles) Maximum Path Width (Yards) Fatalities Injuries Location
21 1958 9 20 1630 Lauderdale F1  1.0 10 0 0 Elgin Crossroads
At least 6 homes and 1 barn were damaged.
20
 1958 6 2 1600 Houston F1  0.3 200 0 0 Columbia
At least 9 buidlings were damaged, several trees were blown down, and a large corn crop was damaged.
19 1958 5 25 1600 Morgan F2  0.1  50 0 1 Near Decatur
Boats and boathouses were damaged in a harbor near Decatur.
18 1958 4 29 0640 Etowah F1 0.1  100 0 0 Near Gadsden
Damage highly localized to Camp Sibert area. No other details given.
17 1958 4 29 0640 Chilton F1 12.1 100 0 0 Jemison-Friendship-Walnut Creek-Sunshine
Small homes were unroofed and barns were destroyed.
16 1958 4 29 0630 Chilton F0 0.1  10 0 0 2 E Clanton
No specfics on damage.
15 1958 4 29 0600 Jefferson F1 0.5 100 0 0 6 SSW McCalla
No significant damage was reported with this brief touchdown.
14 1958 4 29 0600 Jefferson F2 0.3 300 0 0 Gardendale
Carports and garages were destroyed.
13 1958 4 6 0003 Marshall-Jackson F3 25.7  100 0 1 Albertville-Section
At least 6 homes were destroyed along the path.
12 1958 4 5 2320 Cullman-Morgan F2 6.6
 100 0 0 West Point-Lacon
At least one home sustained major damage.
11 1958 4 5 2300 Cullman-Morgan F1 8.8 200 0 0 Near Lacon
At least one home sustained major damage.
10 1958 4 5 2230 Madison F1 0.1 10 0 0 Near Harvest
No significant damage was reported with the brief touchdown.
9 1958 4 5 2215 Limestone F2 10.5 50 0 1 Athens-Thach
A large farmhouse was unroofed and two homes were destroyed..
8 1958 4 5 2200 Lawrence-Limestone F2 25.6  100 0 0 Town Creek - Elk River Bridge
Several barns were destroyed. This event was just southeast of the previous tornado.
7 1958 4 5 2100 Colbert-Lawrence-Lauderdale F2 19.2  100 1 1 SE Spring Valley-3 S Leighton-3 N Town Creek-Rogersville
2 large barns and a home were destroyed just east of Leighton. A man was killed when 3 tenant homes were destroyed in Colbert County. A mattress was carried 1.5 miles away.
6 1958 4 5 2000 Morgan F1 0.5  100 0 0 Decatur
One barn destroyed on farm southeast of Decatur.
5 1958 2 27 0130 Montgomery-Macon F1 12.9  200 0 0 2 S Mathews-2 E Shorter
Damage to tenant houses and barns. 2 cows and 7400 hens killed.
4 1958 2 26 2330 Escambia F1 0.1  10 0 0 4 NE Atmore
Several barns were leveled.
3 1958 2 26 2000 Choctaw F2 20.9 67  0 0 Isney-W Gilbertown-Toxey-Jachin
8 homes and 20 barns were destroyed. Numerous trees were downed.
2 1958 2 6 1405 Pike F2 11.3  200 0 0 W Goshen-NW Troy
1 house and 1 barn destroyed. A dozen houses and barns damaged.
1 1958 1 31 1330 Franklin F2 3.0 440  0 0 Belgreen
One home was destroyed and at least 3 others were damaged.

 

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