Tornado History Map

Monroe County, Alabama tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Monroe County from 1956 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 Monroe County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Monroe County, Alabama between 1956 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 23 April 1971. The most recent was on 15 March 2025.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 43injuries
  • 292per 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 Monroe County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0930%
F1 / EF1827%
F2 / EF21033%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF413%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Monroe County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s31960s21970s51980s11990s32000s72010s52020s4

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s5
1980s1
1990s3
2000s7
2010s5
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Apr.Jan2Feb3Mar4Apr8May2Jun1Jul2Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec6
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb3
Mar4
Apr8
May2
Jun1
Jul2
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec6

Records for Monroe County

  • Strongest: Monroeville, Alabama tornado23 April 1971, F4, 25.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Alabama tornado23 December 1956, F2, 1 injury, 121.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Alabama tornado15 March 2025, EF1, 13.9 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Monroe County

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

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