Storms in Alabama in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 185
- Deaths
- 79
- Injuries
- 959
- Damage
- $140 million
- Episodes
- 54
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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 55 | 79 | 959 | $140 million |
| Hail | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, January 20, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, January 23, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 26, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 27, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 28, 1974
February 1974
- Hail in Alabama, February 1, 1974
- Tornadoes in Alabama, February 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 7, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 16, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 19, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 21, 1974
March 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 19, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 21, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, March 26, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, March 28, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1974
April 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 2, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 14, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 22, 1974
May 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 2, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 3, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, May 4, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 8, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, May 9, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1974
June 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, June 27, 1974
July 1974
- Hail in Alabama, July 3, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 8, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 11, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 14, 1974
- Hail in Alabama, July 15, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 16, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 20, 1974
August 1974
- Hail in Alabama, August 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 11, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 26, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 29, 1974
- Tornado in Alabama, August 30, 1974
September 1974
October 1974
November 1974
- Tornado in Alabama, November 4, 1974
- Tornado in Alabama, November 5, 1974
- Tornado in Alabama, November 11, 1974
December 1974
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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.