Mobile, Alabama tornadoes

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55confirmed tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of Mobile since NOAA records began in 1950. Most recent: May 29, 2025, EF0.

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Every tornado path within 10 miles

Tornado paths, 1950 to 2025
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Each path is a straight line from where the tornado started to where it ended, which is all most NOAA records hold. Tap a path for its details.

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The record

At a glance

Total55within 10 miles, 1950 to 2025
Per year0.7average since 1950
Peak monthMarch9 of 55
StrongestF3Apr 18, 1950
Deaths0whole paths, see note
Injuries48whole paths, see note

Deaths and injuries are NOAA's totals for each tornado's whole path, which can run well beyond Mobile.

Seasons

When tornadoes hit here

By month

90 Jan: 2Feb: 1Mar: 9Apr: 7May: 5Jun: 4Jul: 6Aug: 2Sep: 2Oct: 8Nov: 4Dec: 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

March is the peak month, with 9 of 55 tornadoes.

By time of day

50 12 AM: 1: 2: 13 AM: 4: 2: 16 AM: 2: 0: 39 AM: 0: 3: 412 PM: 2: 4: 13 PM: 4: 4: 56 PM: 1: 0: 49 PM: 3: 2: 212 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Most often around 5:00 PM. Times as recorded by NOAA, mostly Central Standard Time.

By year, 1950 to 2025

70 1950: 1: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 2: 0: 01960: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 1: 1: 11970: 0: 0: 1: 3: 0: 0: 0: 1: 2: 31980: 3: 0: 0: 2: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 11990: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 12000: 2: 1: 1: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 02010: 1: 1: 2: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 32020: 3: 1: 7: 0: 3: 119501960197019801990200020102020

The line is the five-year average. Tornadoes before about 1953 were under-reported, and better radar since the 1990s finds more weak ones.

By rating

EF0
27
EF1
21
EF2
5
EF3
2

Ratings before February 2007 use the original F scale; the numbers line up with today's EF scale. Unknown means NOAA could not assign a rating.

The record

Notable tornadoes

Strongest

F3, April 18, 1950

14 mile path Longest path

70.4 miles, F3

November 3, 1968, whole path Widest

400 yards, F3

November 3, 1968
Every tornado

All 55 tornadoes, newest first

DateRatingPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
May 29, 2025EF02.5 mi100 yd00
Dec 27, 2024EF00.18 mi30 yd00
Dec 27, 2024EF01.65 mi80 yd00
Jan 9, 2024EF01.48 mi20 yd00
Oct 29, 2022EF02.45 mi180 yd00
Oct 29, 2022EF02.14 mi10 yd00
Oct 29, 2022EF14.9 mi250 yd00
Oct 29, 2022EF02.67 mi110 yd00
May 6, 2022EF10.29 mi25 yd00
Mar 30, 2022EF13.01 mi30 yd00
Mar 30, 2022EF00.71 mi30 yd00
Aug 30, 2021EF19.96 mi175 yd03
Jun 24, 2020EF00.28 mi50 yd00
Apr 19, 2020EF13.17 mi75 yd00
Apr 19, 2020EF18.9 mi100 yd00
Nov 7, 2019EF00.38 mi25 yd00
Oct 25, 2019EF00.09 mi25 yd00
Jun 7, 2019EF00.52 mi25 yd00
Oct 7, 2017EF00.27 mi25 yd00
Dec 25, 2012EF25.15 mi200 yd00
Dec 20, 2012EF16.67 mi75 yd00
Mar 9, 2011EF20.91 mi100 yd04
Oct 25, 2010EF11.2 mi150 yd00
Aug 29, 2003F00.1 mi20 yd00
Sep 14, 2002F00.1 mi20 yd00
Nearby

Mobile and its county

Mobile is in Mobile County, where NOAA has recorded 123 tornadoes since 1950. A county's record counts every tornado inside its borders, while this page counts every path within 10 miles of the city, so the two overlap without matching.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. City point and population: US Census Bureau, 2024. Each path is a straight line between NOAA's start and end points.