Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 2011

2,468 events in 207 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,468
Deaths
266
Injuries
2,216
Damage
$4.4 billion
Episodes
207

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 Wind1,153015$1.5 million
Hail35308$1.3 million
Drought29500
Tornado2172612,156$4.4 billion
Flash Flood13511$3.5 million
Lightning4700$506,000
Strong Wind4401$15,000
Heavy Snow3700$300
Winter Weather3400$10,000
Ice Storm3029$7,000
Heat28026
Heavy Rain2400
Flood2400
Winter Storm1300
High Wind1000
Frost/Freeze800
Funnel Cloud600
Excessive Heat310
Debris Flow300$20,000
Wildfire200
Rip Current110
Coastal Flood100

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.