Alabama Tornado Database
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| 1885 Tornado Occurrences (9) |
| Year |
Month |
Day |
Time (CST) |
County |
Damage Scale |
Path Length (Miles) |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Location |
| 1885 |
11 |
6 |
2200 |
Lamar |
F2 |
NA |
N/A |
N/A |
2 NE of Vernon
Homes, trees, and outbuildings were destroyed. |
| 1885 |
11 |
6 |
2000 |
Sumter-Marengo |
F2 |
12.0 |
0 |
20 |
SE Sumter Co.-NW Marengo Co
5 homes were destroyed and many cattle were killed in the Brewersville community. |
| 1885 |
11 |
6 |
1530 |
Dallas |
F4 |
30.0 |
13 |
400 |
4 W of Selma
At least 30 homes were destroyed leveling many tenant homes. Forest was flattened for a half mile. |
| 1885 |
5 |
6 |
1830 |
Madison |
F2 |
9.0 |
NA |
NA |
New Market
A church and at least a dozen other buildings were destroyed. |
| 1885 |
1 |
11 |
2300 |
Macon |
F2 |
8.0 |
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. |
| 1885 |
1 |
11 |
2115 |
Coosa-Clay-Randolph |
F3 |
60.0 |
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. |
| 1885 |
1 |
11 |
1900 |
Blount-Cullman-Marshall-Dekalb |
F2 |
35.0 |
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. |
| 1885 |
1 |
11 |
1830 |
Greene-Hale-Bibb-Chilton |
F4 |
80.0 |
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. |
| 1885 |
1 |
11 |
1700 |
Lamar-Fayette-Walker |
F3 |
40.0 |
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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