8 tornadoes touched down in Alabama in March 2020, across 6 counties. That is above the March average of 6.1 over the previous 30 years.
The busiest day was March 31, 2020, when 5 tornadoes crossed Barbour, Montgomery and Pike counties.
The strongest was an EF2 near Eufaula on March 31, 2020, with a 7.8-mile path up to 350 yards wide. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Tornadoes by day
Tornado by tornado
As they happened, with notes from the damage surveys.
- 6:04 AM
EF0 in Hale County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado touched down near Royal Estates Drive, just southwest of the town of Greensboro.
- 6:28 AM
EF1 near Centreville
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southeast Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. The tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area just west of Liberty Road in southeast Bibb County.
21 days later
4:27 PMEF1 near Red Bay
The tornado touched down in western Tishomingo County in northeast Mississippi producing EF-1 damage, before crossing into Colbert County, Alabama just north of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
7 days later
9:23 AMEF0 in Montgomery County
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Montgomery County, west of the town of Pine Level, and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph.
- 9:33 AM
EF0 near Troy
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. Damage was limited to a few snapped and uprooted pine trees along its path.
- 9:34 AM
EF0 near Troy
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage near the Troy Municipal Airport in northern Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph.
- 9:51 AM
EF0 near Troy
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. The tornado formed in a wooded rural area south of Highway 223 and the Sandfield community.
- 10:34 AM
EF2 near Eufaula
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 130 mph. The tornado formed in a wooded area west of Lee Parker Lane, just north of Highway 131 and to the northeast of the town of Baker Hill.
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