Storms in Alabama in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1970, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Alabama in 1970 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 62
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 35
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 2 | 16 | $1.2 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1970
March 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, March 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 11, 1970
- Hail in Alabama, March 17, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 19, 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, March 30, 1970
April 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 1, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 13, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 19, 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, April 24, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 26, 1970
May 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 16, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 25, 1970
- Hail in Alabama, May 28, 1970
June 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, June 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 20, 1970
- Tornado in Alabama, June 21, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 3, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 1970
- Hail in Alabama, July 9, 1970
- Hail in Alabama, July 10, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 16, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1970
August 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, August 1, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 11, 1970
October 1970
November 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 14, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 20, 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Alabama in 197019691971
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.