Storms in Alabama in 2000

1,008 events in 802 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2000, 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 2000 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: 1,008
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 222
Damage: $53 million
Episodes: 802

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	428	2	12	$6.7 million
Hail	273	0	1	$1.0 million
Heat	64	4	0
Tornado	52	13	179	$37 million
Winter Storm	41	0	0	$502,000
Flash Flood	28	0	0	$3.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	23	1	0
Lightning	22	0	10	$181,000
High Wind	19	1	0	$65,000
Funnel Cloud	11	0	0
Waterspout	11	0	0
Sleet	10	0	0
Ice Storm	9	0	0	$3.8 million
Drought	6	0	0
Tropical Storm	4	0	0	$10,000
Heavy Rain	3	0	0	$5,000
Dense Fog	3	0	20	$580,000
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2000

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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.