This website is devoted to tornado cases for the NWS Birmingham and  NWS Huntsville forecast areas of responsibility. Here is a map showing these forecast areas.  

Climatology of Fatal tornadoes for the Huntsville-Birmingham, AL forecast areas

Number of Days with Fatal tornadoes versus total number of fatalities for the Huntsville-Birmingham, AL forecast areas

Time of Day for Fatal Tornadoes in the Huntsville-Birmingham AL forecast areas

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Event Details	SFC	LI       SBCAPE	925mb	850mb	700mb	500mb	jet level	Skew T	Deaths	Injuries	Radar	Storm Data	SFC obs	700mbW	500mbW	SFCW	DRC TRN	BDRY
04-05-36	00Z6						i		12	68			i					WF
03-15-38	21Z								2	44								WS ACF250
04-07-38	18Z								9	82								SF
01-14-40									6	22								ACF40
02-06-42									3	57								PFT ACF80
03-16-42	18Z								2	30						18025		WS ACF130
04-12-43									6	74
03-06-44									5	89
04-11-44									3	38
02-12-45	21Z								43	417			OBS
01-30-47									6	72
03-26-48									3	53
11-24-49	2230Z	-2 600		15Z	15Z	15Z      03Z	15Z      03Z	mod	15	74			OBS	27??	27??	2120	60	WS ACF150
02-29-52	2130Z	-2 300			15Z      03Z	15Z     03Z		mod	4	182		LSR	OBS			19020		WS ACF50
03-22-52	2030Z	-7 2200		15Z	15Z       03Z	15Z       03Z		mod	4	50		LSR	OBS	22??	23??	1515	70	OB ACF90
02-13-52	0030Z	-6 1600			15Z       03Z	15Z      03Z		mod	5	99		LSR	OBS	25??	25??	BDRY		SF/OB
02-20-53									1	8		LSR
04-18-53									6	195		LSR
05-01-53	2130Z	-9 4160		03Z	03Z	15Z      03Z		mod	9	15		LSR	OBS		25??	1815		WS
12-05-54		-8 XXXX		15Z	15Z	15Z	15Z	mod	1	92		LSR	OBS	2450	2570	2022		ACF
04-24-55	1030Z	-7 2200		03Z	03Z     15Z	03Z      15Z	15Z	mod	5	20		LSR	OBS	2460	24??	2015	40	END/SL ACF100
04-15-56	1930Z	-9 2700		21Z	15Z       21Z	15Z       21Z	15Z    21Z	mod	25	200		LSR	OBS	2365	2390	BDRY		OB
04-08-57	1430Z	-5 1600		15Z	15Z	15Z	15Z	mod	2	130		LSR	OBS	2560	2575	2015	40	WS ACF60
11-17-57	18Z	-6 1500			00Z	12Z       00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	6	17		LSR	OBS	2230	2240	BDRY		OB
11-18-57	18Z	-4 940		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	4	66		LSR	OBS	2365	2385	1820	50	WS ACF130
04-05-58	23Z	-6 1160		0Z	0Z	12Z      0Z		mod	1	14		LSR	OBS	2360	2385	1620	70	WF
03-05-63	21Z	-6 2300		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod		40		LSR	OBS	2365	2390	BDRY		OB ACF60
03-11-63	20Z	-6 1500		12Z	12Z       00Z	12Z       00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	5	39		LSR	OBS	2265	2485	1820	70	WS ACF250
01-24-64	23Z	-2 700		12Z       00Z	12Z       00Z	12Z       00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	10	6		LSR	OBS	2360	2475	1615	70	WS ACF220
03-09-64	22Z	-6 1900		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	2	6		LSR	OBS	2270	2290	1620	60	PFT ACF120
03-17-65		-4 1800		12Z	12Z	12Z	12Z	mod		33		LSR	OBS	2370	2490	BDRY		WF
03-03-66	21Z	-7 2400		00Z 4	00Z 4	00Z 4	00Z 4	mod	58	533		LSR	OBS	2350	2350	1815	50	WS
03-06-67	21Z	-5 1500		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	2	25		LSR	OBS	2370	2390	1917	40	WS ACF40
05-06-67	22Z	-8 2800		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	1	25		LSR	OBS	2640	2750	1510	90	WF
12-18-67									2			LSR
11-17-68		-7 3100		12Z	12Z	12Z	12Z	mod	1	26		LSR	OBS	2440	2465	2015	30	WF
04-18-69					12Z	00Z  12Z			2	14		LSR	OBS	2440	2460	1810	60	WS
03-19-70									2	14		LSR
02-04-71	22Z	-3 960		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	8	14		LSR	OBS	2160	2165	BDRY		WF
05-08-73									2	12		LSR
05-19-73												LSR
05-27-73	20Z	-9 3200		12Z     00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z   00Z	mod	9	336		LSR	OBS	2360	2380	????	????	OB?
11-27-73	22Z			00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z		0	118		LSR	OBS	2250	2280	BDRY		WS ACF160
04-01-74									1	6		LSR
04-03-74	20Z	-10 3400		18Z     00Z	18Z     00Z	18Z     00Z	18Z     00Z	mod	88	741		LSR-AL LSR-TN	OBS	2360	2380	1820	50	WS
01-10-75	14Z	-3 1300			00Z	00Z		mod	1	42		LSR	OBS	2080	20100	1715	30	ACF
02-23-75	16Z	-5 2700		12Z     00Z	12Z    00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	1	52		LSR	OBS	2055	2180	1612	40	ACF
04-04-77	18Z   06Z 12Z    19Z 20Z    21Z	-5 1400		18Z	18Z	12Z     18Z 00Z	18Z	mod	24	149		LSR NTSB	OBS     OBS	2265	2385	BDRY		OB
04-01-81									2	23		LSR
12-03-83	23Z	-5 1600		00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	2	51		LSR	OBS	2570	2385	1810	70	ACF
12-06-83	09Z	-6 1700							1	19		LSR	OBS	2470	2590	2015	40	ACF
05-03-84	11Z								5	39		LSR		2645	2650	BDRY		SF
03-12-86	19Z	-4 ??		12Z     00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z    00Z	12Z    00Z		2	15		LSR  Survey	OBS	2050	2075	1515	50	SF
01-19-88	17Z   22Z	-2 1000		12Z     00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z    00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	0	35		LSR Survey	OBS	2160	2285	1815		ACF
03-05-89	22Z								0	2		LSR		2165	2170	BDRY		OB
11-15-89	21Z   22Z	-5 2500		00Z	00Z	12Z      00Z	00Z	mod	21	463		LSR Survey	OBS	2450	2480	1815	60	WS ACF50
03-29-91									6	13		LSR
03-10-92	06Z	1900							5	65		LSR	OBS	2450	2465	1713
03-27-94	16Z	-7 2300		12Z     00Z	12Z     00Z	12Z    00Z	12Z    00Z	mod	40	497		LSR	OBS	2470	2585	1915	50	WS?WF
02-16-95	10Z	-2 1500	12Z	12Z	12Z	12Z	12Z	mod	6	133		LSR	OBS	2440	2560	BDRY		WF
05-18-95	21Z	-8 2700	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	4	87	loop loopfast	LSR	OBS
03-06-96	08Z     11Z	-3 1400	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	6	57	loop			2650	2660	1715	70	WS
01-24-97	21Z								1	10	loop
04-08-98	22Z	-10 3000	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	00Z	mod	34	270	loop		OBS
12-16-00	17Z	-6 2400						mod 18Z	12	186	loop
11-24-01	17Z	-5 2500						mod	4	5	loop
11-10-02	23Z	-5 2800						JAN	12	153	loop
02-06-08									4	35	loop