Storms in Alabama in 1999

714 events in 632 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1999, 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 1999 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: 714
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 19
Damage: $12 million
Episodes: 632

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	250	1	8	$3.5 million
Hail	195	0	0	$989,000
Flash Flood	54	1	1	$4.6 million
Heat	43	3	0
Lightning	37	2	4	$557,000
High Wind	24	0	2	$94,000
Tornado	23	0	2	$1.9 million
Ice Storm	16	0	0
Winter Storm	15	0	0
Funnel Cloud	14	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	12	1	0
Waterspout	12	0	0
Coastal Flood	6	0	0	$45,000
Drought	6	0	0
Heavy Rain	5	1	1
Rip Current	2	2	1

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.