Storms in Alabama in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2008, 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 2008 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
The year
- Events
- 1,695
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 150
- Damage
- $42 million
- Episodes
- 234
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 | 614 | 1 | 17 | $1.9 million |
| Drought | 364 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 284 | 0 | 2 | $1.9 million |
| Tornado | 112 | 7 | 108 | $31 million |
| Flash Flood | 67 | 1 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Tropical Depression | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 33 | 0 | 3 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 26 | 0 | 2 | $110,000 |
| Strong Wind | 25 | 1 | 1 | $300,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 13 | 0 | 2 | $125,000 |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Rip Current | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 5 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 5 | $20,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Drought in Alabama, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 8, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 10 to 11, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, January 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 19, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alabama, January 25 to 26, 2008
- High Wind in Alabama, January 29, 2008
- Strong Wind in Alabama, January 29, 2008
- Strong Wind in Alabama, January 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 31, 2008
- High Wind in Alabama, January 31, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 31, 2008
February 2008
- Drought in Alabama, February 1 to 29, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, February 1 to 29, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, February 1 to 26, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 6, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 6, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 17, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, February 17, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 17, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, February 17, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, February 22, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 26, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 26, 2008
March 2008
- Drought in Alabama, March 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, March 1 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 1 to 4, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 4, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 4, 2008
- Strong Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm in Alabama, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 14 to 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 14 to 15, 2008
- Coastal Flood in Alabama, March 19, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, March 28, 2008
April 2008
- Drought in Alabama, April 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, April 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, April 1 to 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, April 4, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 4, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 5, 2008
- Rip Current in Alabama, April 6, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 11 to 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 11, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 11, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, April 15, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, April 16, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, April 18, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, April 25 to 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 27, 2008
May 2008
- Drought in Alabama, May 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, May 1 to 31, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 10 to 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 10, 2008
- Strong Wind in Alabama, May 11 to 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 15, 2008
- Tornadoes in Alabama, May 15, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 15, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, May 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 18, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 2008
- Rip Currents in Alabama, May 24, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, May 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, May 26 to 27, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 27, 2008
June 2008
- Drought in Alabama, June 1 to 17, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, June 1 to 3, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, June 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, June 1 to 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 1, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, June 1, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 3, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Alabama, June 7, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Alabama, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 9, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 10, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Alabama, June 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 12 to 15, 2008
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 13, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 16, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 17, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, June 17, 2008
- Dust Devil in Alabama, June 20, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 20, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, June 21, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 23, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, June 24 to 30, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 25, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, June 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 25, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 25, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, June 26, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Alabama, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 28, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 29, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2008
July 2008
- Drought in Alabama, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 4, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 5, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 9, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 10, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 11, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 13, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 13, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Alabama, July 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, July 22 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 22, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 25, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 25, 2008
- Lightning Strikes in Alabama, July 26, 2008
- Hail in Alabama, July 27, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 28, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, July 29 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 29, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 26, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 2008
- Rip Current in Alabama, August 4, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, August 5 to 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 12, 2008
- Rip Current in Alabama, August 12, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 16, 2008
- Tornado in Alabama, August 18, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 18, 2008
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, August 23 to 25, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, August 23 to 25, 2008
- Tropical Depression in Alabama, August 23 to 24, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, August 25, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 25, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 2008
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, August 31, 2008
September 2008
- Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 1, 2008
- Storm Surge in Alabama, September 1, 2008
- Tornado in Alabama, September 1 to 2, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 1, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 8, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 8, 2008
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 11, 2008
- Storm Surge in Alabama, September 11 to 12, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 15, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, September 30, 2008
October 2008
- Drought in Alabama, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, October 1 to 31, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, October 1 to 14, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alabama, October 7, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 7 to 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 8, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 8, 2008
- Tornadoes in Alabama, October 8, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, October 28, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, October 28 to 29, 2008
November 2008
- Drought in Alabama, November 1 to 30, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, November 1 to 30, 2008
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Alabama, November 14 to 15, 2008
December 2008
- Drought in Alabama, December 1 to 2, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, December 1 to 15, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alabama, December 1, 2008
- Drought in Alabama, December 1 to 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 1, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Alabama, December 9 to 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, December 9 to 11, 2008
- Flooding in Alabama, December 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, December 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, December 10, 2008
- Strong Wind in Alabama, December 11, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Alabama, December 11, 2008
- Flooding in Alabama, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alabama, December 11, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 11, 2008
- Dense Fog in Alabama, December 18, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 20, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alabama, December 23, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, December 24, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, December 24, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, December 27, 2008
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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.