4 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in December 2023. The strongest was an EF1 near Homewood on December 10, 2023. Survey notes, news coverage and every track.
4 tornado tracks across Alabama, colored by rating. Start and end points are as surveyed; the line between them is approximate.
Tornadoes
4
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Strongest
EF1
Counties
4
4 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in December 2023, across 4 counties. That is above the December average of 3.3 over the previous 30 years, and the most in a December since 2021.
The busiest day was December 10, 2023, when 4 tornadoes crossed Barbour, Henry, Jefferson and Lee counties.
The strongest was an EF1 near Homewood on December 10, 2023, with a 3.0-mile path up to 600 yards wide. No deaths or injuries were reported.
All touched down at night, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
A tornado first touched down just north of Lakeshore Parkway along Snow Drive. Here the damage was very light with large tree branches broken. The tornado tracked northeast, skirting John Carroll High School before producing significant tree damage along Oak Grove Road.
An EF-1 tornado touched down just west of US Highway 31 in the Southwood community, just east of Lakeshore Foundation. Numerous softwood trees were knocked down across Old Montgomery Highway and Ashley Road, with some on homes.
The tornado began in rural southwestern Barbour County just west of Lury Walker Road with a single tree uprooted along the road bank and a few branches off of trees.
The National Weather Service surveyed in southwestern Lee County and found the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado. The tornado initially touched down along County Road 30 where several trees were uprooted and a single family residence sustained minor damage.