Alabama > Natural disaster: Deep South Tornado Outbreak > Date: March 21, 1932 > Fatalities: 286 > Other event considered: Tornado outbreak …

Jeff Hawkins EF3. On that day, 15 tornadoes struck the state, part of a tornado outbreak that spawned at least 36 tornadoes in not only Alabama, but also Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina.
... March 21, 1932 in Shelby County, AL, part of the 1932 Deep South outbreak. Photo by W.M. In Alabama the storm destroyed 7,000 homes and businesses and injured 1,874 people. This is the story of the Tuscaloosa/Northport tornado, specifically Matthews Elementary. The most destructive funnel tore a path across Perry, Bibb, Chilton, Shelby and Coosa Counties, killing 49. March 21, 1932..... deadliest tornado outbreak in Alabama history; 268 died there.....a total death toll over 330. The terrifying, live-on-TV tornado, along with dozens of other deadly storms across the state, made Wednesday, April 27, 2011, the deadliest tornado day in Alabama since March 21, 1932. The April 3rd and 4th 1974 Tornado Outbreak in Alabama. This list is reserved for high end outbreaks only! At least 334 died overall, with Alabama having the most fatalities with 268 killed.


The Great International Disaster Book (Third Edition). On March 21, 1932, a generational tornado outbreak killed hundreds in Alabama. Hi, I attended a tornado class yesterday and one of the other participants said she hadlived though the 1932 tornados in Tuscaloosa. 1982, 56. Only the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, the 1974 Super Outbreak, and the 2011 Super Outbreak surpassed this number. A massive storm system hit the Deep South that day — most of the damage came in Alabama, and Chilton County suffered perhaps more than anyone.

March 21, 1932 near Northport, AL, part of same event . The tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952, also known as the March 1952 Southern United States tornado outbreak, generated eleven violent tornadoes across the Southern United States, which is the fourth-largest number of F4–F5 events produced by a single outbreak. 2. Only the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, the 1974 Super Outbreak, and the 2011 Super Outbreak surpassed this number. April 27 was also the deadliest tornado day in the U.S. since March 18, 1925, and the second-deadliest Alabama outbreak on record, with 238 deaths in the state, behind only the 268 people killed on March 21, 1932. Tornado Deaths By State On March 21-22, 1932 Alabama -- 268 Georgia -- 44 Tennessee --13 South Carolina --3 Kentucky -- 2 Indiana -- 1 An interesting sidenote to this devastating tornado outbreak. The roof on their house collapsed. As bad as the well known April 3, 1974 Superoutbreak of tornadoes was in Alabama, it was not the worst Alabama tornado outbreak during the past 100-plus years of weather history. New York Times, March 23, 1932 See this album for articles on the tornadoes from 1932. 2. March 21, 1932 Tornado Outbreak #alwx. Mar 15, 2004 1,048 53 11 McFarland and her family survived the tornadoes that devastated Chilton County on March 21, 1932, but many weren’t so lucky. Greg Campbell EF5. March 21, 1932 was one of the deadliest days in Alabama history. People were optimistic that 1932 would be better than 1931.