Storms in Alabama in 1998

1,001 events in 750 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,001
Deaths: 50
Injuries: 298
Damage: $785 million
Episodes: 750

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	438	1	0	$3.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	266	0	19	$7.9 million
Flash Flood	92	7	2	$138 million
Tornado	57	34	275	$211 million
Ice Storm	31	1	0	$15 million
Heat	27	2	0
Lightning	17	1	2	$468,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	17	1	0	$179 million
High Wind	15	2	0	$101,000
Flood	14	0	0	$230 million
Winter Storm	9	0	0	$27,000
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Tropical Storm	5	0	0	$120,000
Drought	2	0	0	$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Rip Current	1	1	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 1998

December 1998

Every year in Alabama Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Alabama in 1998 Warnings in Alabama in 1998 1997 1999

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.