Storms in Alabama in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 135
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $1.7 million
- Episodes
- 47
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 | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 4 | 16 | $1.7 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 15, 1971
- Tornadoes in Alabama, January 25, 1971
February 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 4, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 5, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, February 7, 1971
- Tornado in Alabama, February 12, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 20, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 21, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 26, 1971
March 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 1, 1971
- Tornadoes in Alabama, March 2, 1971
- Tornado in Alabama, March 3, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 6, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, March 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 22, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 25, 1971
April 1971
- Hail in Alabama, April 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 23, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 29, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 30, 1971
May 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 8, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 12, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 1, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, June 2, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 3, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, June 5, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 17, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, June 18, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, June 25, 1971
- Hail in Alabama, June 26, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 25, 1971
September 1971
October 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Alabama in 197119701972
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.