Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Dallas County, Alabama, March 6, 1996
RatingF3
Deaths4
Injuries40
Length19 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.42, -87.23) to the end point (32.50, -86.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 6, 1996, 3:42 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Alabama
- Counties
- Dallas County
- Path
- 19 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 4 deaths, 40 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 6, 1996
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1996 | F2 | Alabama | 4 mi | 200 yd | 2 | 17 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F2 | Georgia | 10 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Alabama | 1.5 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Alabama | 1 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Alabama | 1.5 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Alabama | 1.5 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F1 | Florida | 7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F0 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F0 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F0 | Georgia | 4 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 6, 1996 | F0 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.