Storms in Alabama in 2018

1,027 events in 149 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,027
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 35
Damage: $8.3 million
Episodes: 149

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	495	1	16	$777,000
Hail	97	0	1	$26,000
Frost/Freeze	78	0	0
Flash Flood	57	0	1	$2.4 million
Tornado	56	0	10	$489,000
Drought	44	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	33	0	0
Winter Weather	29	0	0
Flood	27	0	0
Tropical Storm	21	0	0	$85,000
Winter Storm	17	0	0
Tropical Depression	12	0	0
Heat	12	0	0
Freezing Fog	12	0	0
Strong Wind	10	0	1	$208,000
Lightning	7	0	0	$2,000
Rip Current	5	5	6
Storm Surge/Tide	5	0	0
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	1	0	0	$4.4 million

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.