--- description: It flipped trucks and tractor trailers title: Suspected Tornado in Troy, Alabama, Tears Through Wal-Mart image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [alabama](/tag/alabama/) ## alabama Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Tornado Has Swept Through a Wal-Mart in Alabama by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 11:05 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 11:05 AM CUT A suspected tornado tore through a Wal-Mart and a neighboring sports outlet in Troy, Alabama, flipping trucks and tractor-trailers in the parking lot and injuring at least five people late Thursday. “What seemed to be a tornado-like storm damaged the Wal-Mart in Troy structurally,” Mayor Jason Reeves told NBC News. “It flipped multiple trucks and tractor trailers in the parking lot, and damaged a strip-mall structure near the Wal-Mart. There is also water damage in the area from damage to a water main.” Two of those injured were inside the store when… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-tornado-troy-alabama-tears-through-wal-mart-n405756?cid=par-time-article%5F20150807 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988625/tornado-troy-alabama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988625/tornado-troy-alabama/"},"headline":"A Tornado Has Swept Through a Wal-Mart in Alabama","datePublished":"2015-08-07T11:05:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:59:44.403Z","description":"It flipped trucks and tractor trailers","url":"https://time.com/3988625/tornado-troy-alabama/","keywords":["alabama"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/alabama/","name":"alabama"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988625/tornado-troy-alabama/","name":"A Tornado Has Swept Through a Wal-Mart in Alabama"}}]}] ```