Storms in Alabama in 2005

1,332 events in 872 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,332
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 36
Damage: $1.2 billion
Episodes: 872

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	490	0	3	$1.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind	312	0	5	$3.8 million
Flash Flood	141	1	1	$2.5 million
Tropical Storm	117	0	11	$42 million
Tornado	86	0	8	$4.9 million
Strong Wind	52	0	6	$441,000
Flood	32	0	0	$65,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	24	0	0	$1.1 billion
Lightning	22	2	2	$719,000
Ice Storm	16	0	0	$515,000
Funnel Cloud	14	0	0
Heat	12	3	0
Winter Weather	5	0	0
High Wind	4	0	0	$22,000
Rip Current	2	2	0
Winter Storm	1	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	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.