Storms in Alabama in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 134
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $4.6 million
- Episodes
- 44
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 | 76 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 29 | 0 | 26 | $4.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1980
March 1980
- Hail in Alabama, March 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 17, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 20, 1980
April 1980
- Hail in Alabama, April 3, 1980
- Hail in Alabama, April 11, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 12, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 13, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 25, 1980
- Hail in Alabama, April 26, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 27, 1980
May 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 8, 1980
- Tornado in Alabama, May 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 17, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 18, 1980
- Tornado in Alabama, May 19, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 20, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 1980
- Hail in Alabama, May 25, 1980
June 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, June 17, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 19, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 29, 1980
July 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 1, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 27, 1980
August 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 20, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 30, 1980
September 1980
- Tornado in Alabama, September 1, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 6, 1980
- Tornado in Alabama, September 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 17, 1980
November 1980
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Alabama in 198019791981
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.