Storms in Alabama in 2010

1,274 events in 204 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2010, 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 2010 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: 1,274
Deaths: 19
Injuries: 122
Damage: $35 million
Episodes: 204

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	459	2	7	$1.9 million
Hail	177	0	3	$1.1 million
Winter Weather	133	6	7
Drought	108	0	0
Flash Flood	97	0	6	$4.5 million
Heat	59	1	32	$375,000
Heavy Snow	53	2	1
Lightning	47	1	2	$253,000
Tornado	46	3	59	$27 million
Winter Storm	40	2	4
Heavy Rain	17	0	0
Flood	13	0	0	$43,000
Excessive Heat	8	0	0
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Strong Wind	5	0	0	$2,000
High Wind	2	0	0	$1,000
Wildfire	2	0	1	$103,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0
Rip Current	1	2	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.