Storms in Alabama in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 266
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 36
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 59
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 | 208 | 6 | 5 | |
| Hail | 38 | 0 | 13 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 2 | 18 | $17 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 4, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 17, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 18, 1986
March 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 1986
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 16, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 18, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 18, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 27, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 8, 1986
- Tornado in Alabama, June 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 18, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 21, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 28, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 22, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 23, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 27, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, July 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 30, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 9, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 25, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 1986
September 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 21, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 22, 1986
- Hail in Alabama, September 26, 1986
October 1986
November 1986
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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.