Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 2009

1,756 events in 180 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,756
Deaths
6
Injuries
73
Damage
$47 million
Episodes
180

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 Wind77303$1.7 million
Hail35806$1.7 million
Flash Flood24737$19 million
Tornado91233$14 million
Strong Wind5900$35,000
Flood4400$118,000
Tropical Depression3400
Lightning2610$95,000
High Wind2200$2.7 million
Heavy Snow2200
Frost/Freeze2200
Funnel Cloud1500
Winter Weather1300
Excessive Heat9024
Heavy Rain800
Cold/Wind Chill700
Freezing Fog200
Debris Flow100$100,000
Coastal Flood100
High Surf100
Storm Surge/Tide100$8.0 million

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.