Storms in Alabama in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 119
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 49
- Damage
- $6.5 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 49 | $6.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1978
March 1978
April 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 24, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 30, 1978
May 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 1, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 3, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 8, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 12, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 13, 1978
- Tornado in Alabama, May 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 22, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 26, 1978
- Hail in Alabama, May 29, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 30, 1978
June 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 6, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 8, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 12, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 29, 1978
July 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 3, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 10, 1978
- Tornado in Alabama, July 22, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 31, 1978
August 1978
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 3, 1978
- Hail in Alabama, August 8, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 1978
September 1978
November 1978
December 1978
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Alabama in 197819771979
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.