Storms in Alabama in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 155
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $50,000
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 116 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 28, 1987
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Hail in Alabama, May 4, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, May 9, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, May 12, 1987
- Tornado in Alabama, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 28, 1987
June 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, June 3, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 18, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, June 21, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 25, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 1, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 26, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 28, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 30, 1987
August 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 1, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 1987
- Tornado in Alabama, August 12, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 18, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 1987
September 1987
November 1987
December 1987
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1987Tornadoes in Alabama in 1987Warnings in Alabama in 198719861988
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.