Alabama

Storms in Alabama in 2017

1,301 events in 138 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,301
Deaths
14
Injuries
39
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
138

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 Wind63008$435,000
Hail20101$21,000
Flash Flood13203$3.8 million
Drought9300
Tornado68819$27 million
Tropical Storm4300$685,000
Winter Storm2900
Flood2400
Winter Weather1500
Frost/Freeze1100
Lightning1035
Strong Wind900$55,000
Storm Surge/Tide800
Heavy Rain600
Heavy Snow500
Rip Current433
Coastal Flood400
Ice Storm200$20,000
Funnel Cloud200
High Wind200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Cold/Wind Chill100
High Surf100

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.