Storms in Alabama in 2006

1,143 events in 660 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2006, 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 2006 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: 2
Injuries: 31
Damage: $17 million
Episodes: 660

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	422	0	4	$376,000
Thunderstorm Wind	371	0	6	$3.8 million
Drought	112	0	0
Tornado	74	1	13	$9.1 million
Lightning	55	1	6	$2.6 million
Flash Flood	51	0	0	$630,000
Funnel Cloud	30	0	0
Strong Wind	9	0	0	$13,000
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
High Wind	3	0	0	$5,000
Winter Storm	3	0	0
Heat	2	0	0
Dust Devil	2	0	0	$20,000
Coastal Flood	2	0	0	$70,000
Flood	1	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	2

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.