Tornado History Map

Mobile County, Alabama tornado history

124 tornadoes recorded in or across Mobile County from 1950 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 Mobile County

The Storm Prediction Center records 124 tornadoes whose paths touched Mobile County, Alabama between 1950 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 64. The busiest month is April, with 17 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 3 November 1968. The most recent was on 29 May 2025.

  • 124tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 64injuries
  • 1,009per 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 Mobile County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF05847%
F1 / EF15040%
F2 / EF21210%
F3 / EF343%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mobile County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 34 in 2020s.1950s61960s101970s161980s161990s92000s172010s162020s34

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

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s10
1970s16
1980s16
1990s9
2000s17
2010s16
2020s34
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in Apr.Jan7Feb2Mar16Apr17May12Jun12Jul9Aug6Sep8Oct17Nov8Dec10
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PeriodCount
Jan7
Feb2
Mar16
Apr17
May12
Jun12
Jul9
Aug6
Sep8
Oct17
Nov8
Dec10

Records for Mobile County

  • Deadliest: Alabama tornado26 January 1996, F1, 1 death, 3 injuries, 2 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Alabama tornado3 November 1968, F3, 18 injuries, 70.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Alabama tornado29 May 2025, EF0, 2.5 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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