Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 2013

935 events in 135 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2013, 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 2013 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
935
Deaths
5
Injuries
19
Damage
$8.4 million
Episodes
135

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 Wind42910$553,000
Flash Flood13801$4.4 million
Hail12100$286,000
Drought4300
Flood3800$26,000
Winter Weather3600
Tornado28015$2.2 million
Strong Wind2600$106,000
Lightning1702$820,000
Heavy Snow1600
Frost/Freeze1300
Heavy Rain1200
Heat600
High Wind400$28,000
Sleet400
Rip Current240
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog101

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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March 2013

April 2013

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

August 2013

September 2013

October 2013

November 2013

December 2013

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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.