5 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in January 2026. The strongest was an EF2 in Geneva County on January 25, 2026. Survey notes, news coverage and every track.
5 tornado tracks across Alabama, colored by rating. Start and end points are as surveyed; the line between them is approximate.
Tornadoes
5
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Strongest
EF2
Counties
5
5 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in January 2026, across 5 counties. That is above the January average of 4.7 over the previous 30 years, and the most in a January since 2024.
The busiest day was January 25, 2026, when 4 tornadoes crossed Geneva, Houston, Lowndes and Montgomery counties.
The strongest was an EF2 in Geneva County on January 25, 2026, with a 3.7-mile path up to 900 yards wide. No deaths or injuries were reported.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham surveyed damage in northern Cleburne County and confirmed an EF-0 tornado with winds up to 80 mph. The tornado began in a heavily forested area between County Road (CR) 549 and CR 205, where several pine trees were uprooted or limbs were snapped.
NWS meteorologists assessed storm damage along the Lowndes County and Montgomery County line, in the community of Rolling Acres, and determined it was the result of a tornado. The tornado began on the west side of Cruise Road, just north of Bibb Road, where a few snapped and uprooted trees were observed.
A tornado touched down in a western Geneva neighborhood causing mainly EF-1 damage between Campbell and Magnolia Avenues. EF-2 damage occurred downtown on Commerce St. where roofing material was peeled off three adjacent low-rise buildings.
This tornado began west of Center Church Road where it snapped large hardwood tree branches and removed several shingles off of a manufactured home. It continued to push east-southeast to Bill Yance Road where it snapped a few softwood tree trunks.
A tornado briefly developed along Decatur Road in southwestern Houston County. The tornado lifted the roof off of a manufactured home before dissipating shortly thereafter without causing any additional known damage.