This list of Alabama tornado events includes notable storms which affected the

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. Because it is not always simple to determine if damage was caused by multiple tornadoes or by a single tornado moving across an area, then the list includes the overall tornado events. Several events also affected other U.S. states. The following is a partial list, by month and year: * February 1884: Enigma tornado outbreak (10 counties) See linked article for sources. * March 1920: 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak (4 counties) * May 1929: 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak * March 1932: 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak * April 1936: 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak * April 1956: April 1956 Birmingham tornado * April 1957: April 1957 Southeastern United States tornado outbreak * 1974:

1974 Super Outbreak The 1974 Super Outbreak was one of the most intense tornado outbreaks on record, occurring on April 3–4, 1974, across much of the United States. It was one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. It was also the most violent t ...

* January 1975: Great Storm of 1975 * April 1977: April 1977 Birmingham tornado * November 1989: November 1989 tornado outbreak (

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) * November 1992:

November 1992 tornado outbreak November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus . November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning " ...

* March 1994:

1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak The 1994 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak was the third notable US tornado outbreak to occur on Palm Sunday and the second to take place in the Southeastern United States. The outbreak produced 29 tornadoes from Texas to North Carolina, killing 40 ...

(8 counties) * May 1995: May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence (Huntsville) * April 1998:

April 1998 Birmingham tornado April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...

* December 2000: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado * November 2001: Arkansas–Mississippi–Alabama tornado outbreak * November 2002: 2002 Veterans Day Weekend tornado outbreak * August 2005:

Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak Accompanying Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic coastal impacts was a moderate tornado outbreak spawned by the cyclone's outer bands. The event spanned August 26–31, 2005, with 57 tornadoes touching down across 8 states. One pers ...

* November 2005: Late-November 2005 tornado outbreak * September 2006: Late-September 2006 tornado outbreak * November 2006: Mid-November 2006 tornado outbreak * March 2007: February–March 2007 tornado outbreak * January 2008:

January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemispher ...

* February 2008:

2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak The 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak which affected the Southern United States and the lower Ohio Valley on February 5 and 6, 2008. The event began on Super Tuesday, 2008, Super Tuesday, while 24 states in t ...

* April 2009:

April 2009 tornado outbreak April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...

* April 2010:

Tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010 The tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010 was a multi-day tornado outbreak across a large portion of the Southern United States, originally starting in the High Plains on April 22, 2010, and continuing through the Southern Plains on April 23, ...

* April 2011:

2011 Super Outbreak The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest, costliest, and one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, taking place in the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States from April 25 to 28, 2011, leaving catastrophic destruc ...

(19 counties) * December 2012:

Late December 2012 North American storm complex Near the end of 2012, a massive storm complex developed that produced both a tornado outbreak and a blizzard across the southern and eastern United States. On Christmas Day 2012 (December 25), a tornado outbreak occurred across the Southern Unite ...

(14 counties) *March 2019:

Tornado outbreak of March 3, 2019 A significant and deadly severe weather event that affected the Southeastern United States on March 3, 2019. Over the course of 6 hours, a total of 42 tornadoes touched down across portions of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Car ...

The above list is a partial roster, including links to related articles which provide more details about each tornado event.

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