Storms in Alabama in 1997

731 events in 590 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1997, 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 1997 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: 731
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 68
Damage: $85 million
Episodes: 590

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
Hail	282	0	2	$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind	253	0	5	$2.3 million
Lightning	40	1	13	$1.1 million
Tornado	30	1	47	$16 million
Winter Storm	30	0	0	$64,000
Flash Flood	28	0	0	$873,000
Cold/Wind Chill	19	0	0
Heat	13	0	1
Heavy Snow	10	0	0
Heavy Rain	9	0	0	$450,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	5	1	0	$63 million
High Wind	2	0	0	$50,000
Waterspout	2	0	0

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.