Tornado History Map

Barbour County, Alabama tornado history

46 tornadoes recorded in or across Barbour County from 1954 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Barbour County

The Storm Prediction Center records 46 tornadoes whose paths touched Barbour County, Alabama between 1954 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 50. The busiest month is January, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 25 November 1986. The most recent was on 6 April 2025.

  • 46tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 50injuries
  • 520per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Barbour County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01737%
F1 / EF11635%
F2 / EF2920%
F3 / EF337%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Barbour County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 2000s.1950s21960s31970s21980s32000s142010s122020s10

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s3
1970s2
1980s3
2000s14
2010s12
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Jan.Jan9Feb3Mar6Apr9May1Jun2Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct1Nov8Dec4
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan9
Feb3
Mar6
Apr9
May1
Jun2
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct1
Nov8
Dec4

Records for Barbour County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Alabama tornado5 December 1954, F2, 1 death, 35 injuries, 71.5 miles long
  • Strongest: Alabama tornado25 November 1986, F3, 4 injuries, 44 miles long
  • Most recent: Alabama tornado6 April 2025, EF0, 0.5 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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