Storms in Alabama in 2003

1,143 events in 726 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2003, 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 2003 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: 1,143
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 17
Damage: $1.0 billion
Episodes: 726

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	439	0	3	$9.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	342	0	2	$3.7 million
Flash Flood	161	1	1	$1.0 billion
Tornado	45	0	8	$10 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	39	1	0
Flood	37	0	0	$5.5 million
Lightning	36	0	3	$606,000
Funnel Cloud	16	0	0
Heat	9	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$103,000
High Wind	3	0	0	$15,000
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Rip Current	2	2	0
High Surf	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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June 2003

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September 2003

October 2003

Heat in Alabama, October 24, 20031 event

November 2003

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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.