Storms in Alabama in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 61
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 95
- Damage
- $1.9 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 16 | 4 | 95 | $1.9 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1972
- Tornado in Alabama, January 4, 1972
- Tornado in Alabama, January 10, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 1972
March 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 2, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 16, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 18, 1972
- Hail in Alabama, March 30, 1972
April 1972
- Hail in Alabama, April 7, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 16, 1972
- Hail in Alabama, April 21, 1972
- Tornado in Alabama, April 22, 1972
May 1972
June 1972
- Tornado in Alabama, June 8, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 25, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 26, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 27, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 28, 1972
July 1972
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 1, 1972
- Hail in Alabama, July 2, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 3, 1972
- Hail in Alabama, July 12, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1972
August 1972
October 1972
November 1972
December 1972
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Alabama in 197219711973
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.