50
Recorded events
14
Direct deaths
233
Direct injuries
$14.5M
Property damage
Tornado in Morgan County, Alabama: 50 recorded events between 1952 and 2025. The strongest on record measured F5. That places the county #372 nationally and #21 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Tornado in Morgan County, Alabama: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for tornado in Morgan County is the 2000s, when 12 of the county's 50 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Morgan County archive, tornado makes up 4.6% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #372 for this hazard and #21 within Alabama, putting it in the 86.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for tornado in Morgan County with 16 recorded events, while Sep is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
| Date | Scale | Path length | Max width | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-27 | EF5 | 132.0 mi | 2,200 yd | Crossed in |
| 1974-04-03 | EF5 | 79.5 mi | 500 yd | Crossed in |
| 1974-04-03 | EF5 | 52.0 mi | 500 yd | Crossed in |
| 2011-04-27 | EF4 | 46.9 mi | 880 yd | Crossed in |
| 1955-04-24 | EF4 | 8.6 mi | 200 yd | Touched down here |
| 2008-02-06 | EF4 | 16.7 mi | 880 yd | Crossed in |
| 1952-03-22 | EF4 | 21.6 mi | 100 yd | Touched down here |
| 1974-04-03 | EF3 | 46.5 mi | 700 yd | Touched down here |
| 1957-04-08 | EF3 | 38.8 mi | 200 yd | Touched down here |
| 2016-11-29 | EF3 | 6.2 mi | 175 yd | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1955 | F4 | 5 | 20 | $2.5M | |
| Mar 22, 1952 | F4 | 4 | 50 | $25K | |
| Apr 8, 1957 | F3 | 2 | 90 | $250 | |
| Dec 18, 1967 | F2 | 2 | 0 | $2.5M | |
| Mar 25, 2023 | DANVILLE ARPT | EF2 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 1974 | F5 | 0 | 56 | $0 | |
| May 13, 1978 | F1 | 0 | 11 | $250K | |
| Nov 28, 1973 | F2 | 0 | 3 | $250K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | NEEL | EF1 | $0 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | MORGAN CITY | EF1 | $0 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | PRICEVILLE | EF2 | $0 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | DANVILLE ARPT | EF2 | $0 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | TRINITY | EF1 | $0 |
| May 26, 2022 | ODEN RIDGE | EF1 | $15K |
| Dec 6, 2021 | HARTSELLE ARPT | EFU | $0 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | CENTER DALE | EF0 | $0 |
| Mar 19, 2018 | MASSEY | EF1 | $0 |
| Oct 23, 2017 | TRINITY | EF1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Morgan County
- Thunderstorm Wind 670
- Hail 198
- Flash Flood 111
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The tornado briefly crossed rural areas of Northwest Morgan County. High resolution MODIS satellite imagery combined with aerial surveys show a well-defined path of tree/vegetation damage between 1/2 and 3/4 mile wide indicative of low end EF-3 wind speeds of around 140 MPH. Just before crossing the Tennessee River into Limestone County, this tornado may have done some unconfirmed structural damage to a few buildings in an Industrial Park area along Mallard Fox Dr NW and Independence Ave.
The tornado that touched down in southeast Lawrence county continued its track into southwest Morgan county and moved east through Danville, Alabama. The tornado produced light to moderate roof damage to the Danville high school gymnasium roof, roofs of the press boxes at the Danville high school football field and further damage to the back stop and outfield walls at the Danville high school baseball field. The tornado further uprooted several trees and produced minor roof and awning damage to six homes in Danville. The tornado further moved northeast and slightly damaged the roofs of four homes and destroyed a barn along Craze road, about two miles northeast of Danville, Alabama.
An EF-1 tornado with a peak wind of 105 mph, path length of 1.2, and a maximum path width of 200 yards touched down in a field south of Lower Dry Creek Road. This tornado tracked northeast across Kay Road and across Sherbrook Drive before lifting. Several large trees were uprooted or snapped. Multiple residences sustained minor damage and a shed was destroyed. Greater structural damage resulted from large trees falling on structures and not the tornado itself.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many tornado events are on record in Morgan County, Alabama?
50 tornado events are recorded in Morgan County between 1952 and 2025, causing 14 direct deaths.
What is the strongest tornado recorded in Morgan County?
The strongest tornado on record in Morgan County measured F5.
Where does the tornado data for Morgan County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Tornado in Morgan County, Alabama.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/alabama/morgan-county/tornado/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.