Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Jefferson County, Alabama, November 18, 1957

RatingF2

Deaths1

Injuries35

Length8.2 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.60, -86.80) to the end point (33.63, -86.67), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: November 18, 1957, 3:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Alabama
Counties: Jefferson County
Path: 8.2 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 35 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on November 18, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Nov 18, 1957	F4	Alabama	26.1 mi	100 yd	3	12
Nov 18, 1957	F3	Mississippi	9 mi	77 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Mississippi	17.9 mi	50 yd	0	2
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Mississippi	6.2 mi	50 yd	0	2
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Alabama	7.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Mississippi	25.3 mi	77 yd	0	2
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Tennessee	13.9 mi	220 yd	0	2
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Georgia	14.5 mi	500 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F2	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Louisiana	21.6 mi	27 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	28 mi	10 yd	0	5
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	3.3 mi	10 yd	0	1
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	37.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F1	Georgia	1 mi	33 yd	0	0
Nov 18, 1957	F0	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.