Storms in Alabama in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1981, 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 1981 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
- 113
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 90
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 2 | 90 | $30 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1981
March 1981
- Tornado in Alabama, March 4, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 18, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 29, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 30, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 31, 1981
April 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 4, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 5, 1981
May 1981
June 1981
- Hail in Alabama, June 7, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 12, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 1981
- Hail in Alabama, June 25, 1981
July 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 9, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 21, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 24, 1981
August 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 11, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 12, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 18, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 1981
November 1981
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Alabama in 198119801982
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.