Storms in Alabama in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 1,353
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- $315 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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 900 | 1 | 0 | $126,000 |
| Flash Flood | 116 | 0 | 3 | $531,000 |
| Tornado | 82 | 6 | 23 | $880,000 |
| Hail | 67 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 57 | 0 | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $255,000 |
| Strong Wind | 24 | 2 | 1 | $72,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 6 | 3 | 0 | $312 million |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Strong Wind in Alabama, January 4, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 11, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, January 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Alabama, January 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 15, 2020
February 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 5 to 6, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 5 to 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather in Alabama, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Flooding in Alabama, February 7 to 29, 2020
- Winter Weather in Alabama, February 8, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alabama, February 10 to 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 10, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 12 to 13, 2020
- Flooding in Alabama, February 18, 2020
March 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 3 to 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 4 to 5, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, March 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 23 to 30, 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 24 to 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 28 to 29, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 29, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 31, 2020
April 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 9 to 10, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, April 16, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, April 19, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 19, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 19, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 23, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, April 23, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Alabama, April 23, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 2020
May 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 3 to 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 22, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, May 22 to 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 22 to 24, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, May 22, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 27, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 27, 2020
June 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 3, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, June 3, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, June 5, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Alabama, June 7 to 8, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Alabama, June 21 to 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 22, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 2020
- Tornadoes in Alabama, June 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 28, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, June 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 30, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 7, 2020
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12 to 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 15, 2020
- Heat in Alabama, July 18, 2020
- Heat in Alabama, July 20, 2020
- Heat in Alabama, July 20, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 25, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Hail in Alabama, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 10 to 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 10 to 11, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 2020
- Hail in Alabama, August 21, 2020
- Tornado in Alabama, August 23, 2020
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 26, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 27 to 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 27, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 28, 2020
- Rip Current in Alabama, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 30, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Alabama, September 13, 2020
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 15 to 16, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 16 to 17, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 16 to 17, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 28, 2020
October 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 10, 2020
- Strong Wind in Alabama, October 10, 2020
- Tornado in Alabama, October 10, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Alabama, October 28, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Alabama, October 28 to 29, 2020
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, October 28 to 29, 2020
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, October 28 to 29, 2020
November 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Alabama, November 2 to 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 15, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 26, 2020
- Strong Wind in Alabama, November 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Alabama, November 30, 2020
December 2020
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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.