Page "Columbiana, Alabama" Paragraph 38

There were no television weather broadcasts, or NOAA weather radio stations in 1932.

But people knew the weather was going to be bad that warm, windy and cloudy March 21.

As a powerful thunderstorm approached Columbiana during the afternoon, a tornado formed southwest of town about 5: 10 p. m. As it reached the western part of the town its path was 200 yards wide.