Storms in Alabama in 2012

1,723 events in 220 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2012, 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 2012 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: 1,723
Deaths: 17
Injuries: 122
Damage: $7.5 million
Episodes: 220

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	596	1	5	$852,000
Hail	393	0	1	$3.5 million
Drought	239	0	0
Heat	211	7	16
Flash Flood	90	0	2	$1.1 million
Tornado	67	4	83	$1.8 million
Heavy Rain	38	0	0
Lightning	36	1	3	$75,000
Frost/Freeze	15	0	0
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Winter Weather	8	0	0
Excessive Heat	6	1	10
Flood	3	0	0
Rip Current	3	3	1
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$16,000
Tropical Storm	2	0	0
High Wind	2	0	0	$20,000
Wildfire	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	1

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.