Alabama Tornadoes 1978

Alabama Tornado Database 1978 Summary
1978 Tornado Occurrences (22) () 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
22	1978	12	8	1640	Walker	F1	1.0	100	0	1	Sumiton Five mobile homes and 4 other buildings were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $175,000. Numerous trees and power lines downed.
21	1978	12	8	1606	Tuscaloosa	F0	0.3	20	0	0	Moody Swamp Little or no damage reported.
20	1978	12	8	1555	Tuscaloosa	F1	2.5	50	0	0	Brownville A church and Sunday School building were damaged.
19	1978	12	8	1545	Pickens	F1	1.0	50	0	0	8 N Gordo Brief touchdown in the Zion community. One house was damaged and 2 chicken houses destroyed.
18	1978	7	22	1128	Mobile	F1	3.0	50	0	0	Near Mobile Waterspout briefly touched down over land on the Battleship Parkway. Little or no damage occurred.
17	1978	6	29	2010	Baldwin	F0	0.5	17	0	0	Near Foley A tornado briefly touched down near Foley with little or no damage.
16	1978	6	8	1300	Lee	F1	1.5	100	0	0	17 SE Opelika Tornado touched down at intersection of county roads 12 and 95, and moved ESE. Three mobile homes were destroyed and 1 damaged. Several houses were also damaged in the area by uprooted trees.
15	1978	6	6	1130	Mobile	F0	0.1	17	0	0	Tillmans Corner A brief tornado touched down and blew the wall of a department store out. No injuries were reported.
14	1978	5	17	1423	Mobile	F0	1.0	50	0	0	5 NW Bates Field Brief tornado witnessed by NWS personnel. Little or no damage occurred.
13	1978	5	12	2335	Marshall	F1	8.0	200	0	0	Camp Cha-la-kee-Monsanto Numerous trees were blown down and some damage to homes and outbuildings.
12	1978	5	12	2315	Morgan	F1	3.6	100	0	11	Pumpkin Center 3 homes and 15 mobile homes were destroyed. 7 homes and 12 farm buildings were damaged. Numerous acres of hay and timber were destroyed.
11	1978	5	3	1115	Covington	F1	0.3	30	0	0	5 S Opp The Blue Springs School was damaged by the tornado. Several commercial chicken houses were destroyed killing thousands of chickens. One home, one trailer, and one barn were destroyed.
10	1978	5	1	0730	Russell Continued into Georgia	F2 (F2)	4.3 (13.2)	150 (150)	0 (0)	4 (7)	W Phenix City Several houses and trailer houses were destroyed or heavily damaged. At least 400 homes were affected along the entire path.
9	1978	5	1	0530	Dallas	F2	2.0	20	0	0	Selma One church destroyed and several business buildings damaged.
8	1978	4	24	2000	Jefferson	F0	0.1	50	0	0	Bayview Three houses had minor damage and trees and power lines were downed. Hail stones covered the ground up to 1 inch deep.
7	1978	4	18	2338	Montgomery	F1	0.7	420	0	3	Near Montgomery Thirty-five houses and other buildings were damaged, 3 mobile homes were destroyed, several cars damaged, and trees and power lines were downed. 67 mph winds were recorded at Dannelly Field, and golf ball size hail was also reported.
6	1978	4	18	2032	Coffee	F0	0.2	100	0	0	10 N Elba One barn, three trailers, one broiler house, and one home were damaged.
5	1978	4	18	1715	Coosa	F2	0.1	80	0	0	Weogufka The tornado destroyed a general store and laundromat. A church and a house had minor damage.
4	1978	4	18	1700	Monroe	F3	10.5	220	0	30	Limestone-Peterman 25 homes were damaged or destroyed. One trailer was destroyed and 20 businesses were damaged.
3	1978	4	18	1500	Lowndes	F0	0.1	20	0	0	Lowndesboro Minor damage to trees.
2	1978	4	18	0600	Clay	F1	0.3	100	0	0	Mellow Valley Heavy damage to a mobile home. Minor to a house and trees.
1	1978	4	18	0200	Lawrence	F2	6.8	33	0	0	2 E Town Creek-Courtland One house was heavily damaged. 3 trailers, 8 vehicles, a paper mill, 3 barns, and several other homes were damaged.

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