Storms in Alabama in 1996

921 events in 629 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alabama in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 921
Deaths: 16
Injuries: 116
Damage: $85 million
Episodes: 629

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	276	1	21	$7.5 million
Hail	192	0	0	$2.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill	112	3	0	$52 million
Winter Storm	100	0	0	$1.8 million
Heat	70	1	0
Lightning	42	1	5	$1.2 million
Tornado	37	7	87	$18 million
Flash Flood	33	1	2	$1.3 million
Funnel Cloud	25	0	0
High Wind	22	0	0	$556,000
Waterspout	6	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Rip Current	2	2	1
Winter Weather	1	0	0	$10,000
Flood	1	0	0	$200,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.