February 12 event
| F# [note 2] |
Location | County / Parish | State | Time (Local) | Path length | Max width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FU | Meridian, York, Livingston, Montgomery | Lauderdale, Sumter | MS, AL | ??:?? | 0 mi (0 km) | 0 yd (0 m) | 40 deaths – property damage in Mississippi and Alabama totaled thousands of dollars, along with 30–40 houses destroyed in Lauderdale, Mississippi. The Red Cross reported 1,500 people homeless, and the airport at the Meridian Weather Bureau Office in Meridian, Mississippi recorded a wind velocity of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). The storm also produced rainfall totals of 3.04 inches (7.7 cm) at the Meridian Weather Bureau Office, and 2.90 inches (7.4 cm) at the Meridian Weather Bureau Office airport. 200 people were injured.[1][2][3] |
| FU | Montgomery | AL | 0 mi (0 km) | 0 yd (0 m) | 26 deaths – See section on this tornado |
Montgomery, Alabama
 A map of the Montgomery, Alabama tornado by F. C. Pate, who worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau office in Montgomery, Alabama. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | February 12, 1945, 4:22 p.m. CST |
| FU tornado | |
| on the Fujita scale | |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 26 |
| Injuries | ≥0 |
Notes
- ^ All dates and times are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down.
- ^ All ratings on the Fujita scale were done by Thomas P. Grazulis, a tornado expert, and are classified unofficial ratings since official ratings for tornadoes began in 1950.
References
- ^ Mary O. Souder (February 1945). "Severe Local Storms, February 1945". Monthly Weather Review. 73 (2). United States Weather Bureau: 36. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1945)073<0036:SLSF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0493. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b F. C. Pate (United States Weather Bureau) (October 1946). "The Tornado at Montgomery, Alabama, February 12, 1945". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 27 (8). American Meteorological Society: 462–464. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant tornadoes, 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films. pp. 922–925. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.