Storms in Alabama in 2021

1,186 events in 134 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2021, 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 2021 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: 1,186
Deaths: 22
Injuries: 95
Damage: $9.1 million
Episodes: 134

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	593	0	0	$575,000
Flash Flood	166	10	1	$4.6 million
Hail	139	0	0	$13,000
Tornado	92	7	93	$3.7 million
Frost/Freeze	44	0	0
Heat	27	0	0
Winter Weather	26	0	0
Winter Storm	15	0	0
Flood	13	0	0
Tropical Storm	12	0	0	$23,000
Heavy Snow	8	0	0
Heavy Rain	8	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	8	0	0
Ice Storm	7	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	7	0	0
Strong Wind	6	0	0	$2,000
Lightning	4	0	0	$150,000
Rip Current	4	5	1
Excessive Heat	2	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Tropical Depression	2	0	0	$30,000
High Wind	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Alabama Every state in 2021 Tornadoes in Alabama in 2021 Warnings in Alabama in 2021 2020 2022

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.