Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 2008

1,695 events in 234 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind614117$1.9 million
Drought36400
Hail28402$1.9 million
Tornado1127108$31 million
Flash Flood6710$510,000
Tropical Depression4300
Winter Weather3303
Frost/Freeze3300
Lightning2602$110,000
Strong Wind2511$300,000
Heavy Rain1500
Heavy Snow1500
Tropical Storm1400$100,000
Funnel Cloud1300
High Wind1302$125,000
Flood700$5,000
Rip Current550
Storm Surge/Tide500$5.5 million
Excessive Heat3010
Winter Storm100
Coastal Flood100
Dust Devil100$5,000
Dense Fog105$20,000

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.