Birmingham-Smithfield, AL Tornado

Explore the interactive tornado track map for the 1977-04-04 Birmingham-Smithfield, AL event. This tornado reached the peak of the Fujita scale, manifesting total structural failure in well-built homes and extreme landscape scarring.

Detailed analysis of the damage path indicates peak intensities consistent with F5/EF5 ratings. Our map data shows the forward velocity and vortex structure resulted in 22 fatalities and 130 injuries over a path length of 14.7 miles.

This record serves as a technical entry in the Fujita Supply Archive, preserving the meteorological history and track maps of North American storm intensity.