Storms in Alabama in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 280
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 105
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 52
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 | 204 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 49 | 4 | 105 | $16 million |
| Hail | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 22, 1983
March 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 5, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 20, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 1983
April 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 8, 1983
- Tornado in Alabama, April 14, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 23, 1983
May 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 3, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 15, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 16, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 4, 1983
- Hail in Alabama, June 14, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 15, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 16, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 1, 1983
- Hail in Alabama, July 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 16, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 18, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 8, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, August 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 28, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 29, 1983
September 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 11, 1983
November 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 14, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 19, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 20, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 23, 1983
- Tornado in Alabama, November 27, 1983
December 1983
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Alabama in 198319821984
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.