1925 — Oct 25, Tornado, Pike-Bullock-Barbour-Crenshaw Counties, AL                     —     18

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 3-21-2025 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–18  Grazulis. Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis… 1993, p. 800.

–18  National Weather Service, WFO Birmingham, AL.  Alabama Tornado Database.

Narrative Information

Grazulis: “AL  Oct 25, 1925  02:00  18k [killed]  60ink  300y  65m  F4  Crenshaw/Pike/Bullock/ Barbour [counties]. Moved ENE from 5m N of Luverne to Comer. Dozens of homes were destroyed in rural communities near the Crenshaw/Pike County border. At least seven people died in that area, including four children and their aunt in one home, and a 105-year-old woman in another. These were in the ‘Good Hope’ and ‘Centenary’ communities north of Troy. Other deaths were scattered along the path. $250,000.”

National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, Birmingham, AL: Beginning at about 2:00 a.m. and continuing along a 65 mile path, “Dozens of homes were destroyed in rural communities along the path. At least 11 died along the Pike Crenshaw County line.”  (Alabama Tornado Database.)

Sources

Grazulis, Thomas P. Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VE: Environmental Films, 1993, 1,326 pages.

National Weather Service Forecast Office, Birmingham, AL. Alabama Tornado Database.   NWS/NOAA. Accessed 1-4-2009 at: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/tornadoes/mainlist2.php