What the record says
On 18 April 1969, a tornado touched down near Greenville, Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 52.4 miles long and up to 500 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 2 people and injured 14.
- F4Fujita rating
- 2deaths
- 14injuries
- 52.4 mipath length
- 500 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 31.83, -86.63 and the end point at 32.22, -85.88 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Alabama
- Athens, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 72 deaths, 145 injuries, 132 miles long
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 64 deaths, 1,500 injuries, 80.7 miles long
- Learned, Mississippi tornado3 March 1966, F5, 58 deaths, 518 injuries, 202.5 miles long
- Birmingham, Alabama tornado8 April 1998, F5, 32 deaths, 259 injuries, 30.3 miles long
- Decatur, Alabama tornado3 April 1974, F5, 28 deaths, 272 injuries, 79.5 miles long
- Athens, Alabama tornado3 April 1974, F5, 28 deaths, 267 injuries, 52 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1969
- Fayette, Mississippi tornado23 January 1969, F4, 32 deaths, 241 injuries, 117.8 miles long
- Manhattan Beach, Minnesota tornado6 August 1969, F4, 12 deaths, 70 injuries, 32.3 miles long
- Farmington, Missouri tornado22 June 1969, F4, 4 deaths, 14 injuries, 15.1 miles long
- Cincinnati, Ohio tornado9 August 1969, F3, 4 deaths, 247 injuries, 22.2 miles long
- Anahuac, Texas tornado27 May 1969, F3, 3 deaths, 1.5 miles long
All tornadoes of 1969 · Alabama tornado history · All notable tornadoes