F2 Tornado — Montgomery, Alabama

1996-03-06 · near Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama

Wider weather episode

The fourth in a series of four tornadoes across southern and eastern Montgomery cut a swath of destruction about 4 miles in length in an area just outside the city limits of Montgomery. The tornado began in an open field just south of a small housing development called Ranchette Estates. The tornado travelled on a path toward the northeast moving across the Country Estates Mobile Home Park where two men were killed and a number of others were injured. The tornado continued toward the northeast damaging the Georgia Washington Junior High School. It ended shortly after damaging a number of houses in the Bridlebrook Farms sub-division. About 40 homes were damaged in the Bridlebrook Farms area while nearly all of the mobile homes in Country Estates were damaged or destroyed.Total path length was about 4 miles with a path width of 200 yards.This tornado actually represents the fifth damaging event that occurred in Montgomery County between 5:12 am and about 5:30 am.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5546532. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.