Alabama Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Alabama on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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 record

Events: 44,336
Deaths: 1,006
Injuries: 9,926
Damage: $13 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	20,476	60	561	$198 million
Hail	8,096	0	1	$23 million
Tornado	3,206	692	8,468	$6.4 billion
Flash Flood	2,822	34	24	$1.2 billion
Drought	2,670	0	0	$100,000
Heat	1,073	41	501	$375,000
Lightning	716	40	195	$35 million
Frost/Freeze	592	0	0
Winter Weather	538	7	11	$25,000
Flood	517	4	1	$253 million
Strong Wind	473	12	26	$33 million
Winter Storm	458	11	9	$3.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill	418	7	0	$52 million
Tropical Storm	312	0	13	$57 million
Heavy Snow	299	3	2	$300
High Wind	248	7	12	$88 million
Heavy Rain	247	11	11	$671,000
Funnel Cloud	246	0	0	$2,000
Excessive Heat	232	1	34
Ice Storm	137	3	9	$19 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	124	2	0
Tropical Depression	95	1	0	$241,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	71	4	0	$4.2 billion
Rip Current	58	64	18
Coastal Flood	41	0	0	$115,000
Sleet	38	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	38	1	0	$25 million
Waterspout	37	0	0
Freezing Fog	20	0	0
Wildfire	10	0	1	$103,000
High Surf	8	1	0	$8.1 million
Dense Fog	7	0	29	$600,000
Debris Flow	6	0	0	$129,000
Dust Devil	6	0	0	$27,000
Astronomical Low Tide	1	0	0

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Madison	1,981	69	833	$551 million
Lauderdale	1,867	9	38	$30 million
Jefferson	1,624	119	1,713	$2.0 billion
Colbert	1,372	6	77	$33 million
Mobile	1,123	6	87	$28 million
Cullman	1,109	7	178	$100 million
Morgan	1,109	15	252	$25 million
Dekalb	974	37	168	$32 million
Jackson	958	13	55	$27 million
Limestone	912	24	307	$1.0 billion
Marshall	909	12	180	$47 million
Baldwin	897	20	129	$45 million
Tuscaloosa	861	75	1,119	$1.6 billion
Houston	787	7	64	$26 million
Shelby	751	14	187	$42 million
Lawrence	674	35	100	$47 million
Walker	644	29	292	$176 million
Dale	642	4	161	$47 million
Coffee	601	17	95	$398 million
Blount	570	4	105	$36 million
Clarke	563	0	25	$11 million
Elmore	559	8	49	$70 million
Etowah	554	1	85	$29 million
Montgomery	533	11	126	$23 million
Talladega	524	8	110	$35 million
Marion	521	51	501	$182 million
Lamar	504	3	18	$8.2 million
Franklin	490	28	17	$53 million
Calhoun	482	25	153	$135 million
St. Clair	473	23	132	$240 million
Madison zone	469	4	95	$10 million
Geneva	454	1	20	$13 million
Lee	437	33	327	$17 million
Winston	433	7	117	$20 million
Covington	431	5	25	$20 million
Tallapoosa	426	2	31	$121 million
Cherokee	385	3	55	$24 million
Autauga	374	10	92	$25 million
Dallas	373	7	87	$19 million
Escambia	344	2	38	$15 million
Henry	337	2	38	$29 million
Sumter	336	2	9	$19 million
Chilton	335	7	46	$5.9 million
Colbert zone	334	2	17	$11 million
Lauderdale zone	332	4	20	$8.4 million
Choctaw	328	4	9	$21 million
Fayette	319	7	42	$40 million
Pickens	318	7	79	$49 million
Washington	316	3	12	$14 million
Randolph	313	3	16	$10.0 million
Monroe	296	1	43	$9.0 million
Bibb	278	6	74	$42 million
Russell	277	2	63	$30 million
Morgan zone	266	3	4	$3.6 million
Chambers	265	2	16	$6.9 million
Limestone zone	262	2	8	$2.4 million
Barbour	260	0	14	$4.3 million
Marengo	259	2	22	$28 million
Lawrence zone	256	2	0	$2.5 million
Jackson zone	253	1	0	$8.8 million
Crenshaw	250	0	30	$6.8 million
Clay	248	8	26	$28 million
Pike	247	0	22	$5.5 million
Dekalb zone	247	1	0	$4.1 million
Hale	246	12	147	$49 million
Franklin zone	242	1	1	$2.1 million
Cullman zone	229	4	2	$5.8 million
Marshall zone	228	6	1	$3.0 million
Butler	220	4	18	$4.2 million
Conecuh	206	1	5	$6.0 million
Montgomery zone	205	7	53	$11 million
Lowndes	204	0	45	$2.4 million
Macon	191	0	12	$2.6 million
Jefferson zone	190	8	33	$18 million
Cleburne	181	1	13	$4.7 million
Coosa	173	0	12	$4.7 million
Greene	170	0	11	$12 million
Perry	163	0	6	$32 million
Bullock	150	0	3	$1.5 million
Wilcox	146	1	4	$3.0 million
Tuscaloosa zone	133	4	55	$8.8 million
Tallapoosa zone	120	0	26	$2.0 million
Lee zone	116	1	60	$4.1 million
Shelby zone	114	0	19	$5.6 million
Elmore zone	114	4	21	$3.4 million
Calhoun zone	112	0	16	$1.6 million
Randolph zone	111	0	0	$1.7 million
Chambers zone	111	2	3	$3.2 million
Cherokee zone	109	0	2	$1.9 million
Talladega zone	107	4	2	$3.8 million
Blount zone	106	1	1	$2.1 million
Macon zone	105	0	1	$1.6 million
Etowah zone	104	0	26	$1.6 million
Clay zone	101	0	1	$1.5 million
Cleburne zone	100	0	0	$1.7 million
Marion zone	97	0	8	$5.9 million
Coosa zone	95	0	0	$1.2 million
Russell zone	95	1	0	$1.7 million
Lamar zone	94	0	5	$3.8 million
Winston zone	94	0	3	$3.1 million
Chilton zone	93	3	0	$5.1 million
Autauga zone	92	2	17	$4.1 million
Pike zone	91	2	17	$4.2 million
Barbour zone	90	0	6	$1.7 million
Walker zone	89	2	26	$2.7 million
Bullock zone	88	1	0	$3.6 million
Hale zone	87	1	20	$5.3 million
Pickens zone	85	0	17	$2.3 million
St. Clair zone	85	0	2	$1.4 million
Lowndes zone	85	2	0	$5.1 million
Fayette zone	84	0	10	$2.2 million
Bibb zone	84	1	4	$1.7 million
Sumter zone	80	0	3	$9.4 million
Dallas zone	80	0	13	$12 million
Marengo zone	78	1	1	$15 million
Perry zone	77	1	0	$6.0 million
Dale zone	77	0	1	$127 million
Greene zone	76	2	2	$8.1 million
Henry zone	76	0	0	$6.2 million
Houston zone	76	0	0	$89 million
Coffee zone	72	0	0	$2.2 million
Geneva zone	72	0	0	$17 million
Lower Mobile zone	70	11	13	$3.7 billion
Lower Baldwin zone	68	25	13	$157 million
Clarke zone	48	2	1	$362,000
Baldwin Coastal zone	38	23	8	$245 million
Upper Mobile zone	36	3	0	$305,000
Upper Baldwin zone	33	2	0	$1.5 million
Mobile Coastal zone	31	4	2	$87 million
Choctaw zone	28	0	0	$105,000
	27	0	0
Washington zone	27	0	0	$145,000
Monroe zone	26	0	0	$210,000
Wilcox zone	23	0	0
Mobile Central zone	23	0	0	$1.3 million
Escambia zone	21	2	1	$400,000
Conecuh zone	21	0	1	$290,000
Covington zone	20	0	0	$9.2 million
Baldwin Central zone	19	0	0	$823,000
Butler zone	16	1	0	$1.2 million
Crenshaw zone	16	0	0	$1.1 million
Baldwin Inland zone	7	0	0	$25,000
Mobile Inland zone	7	0	0	$100,000
St. Clair, Calhoun and Cherokee	1	22	150	$51 million
Coosa Se	1	0	0
Clarke and Washington	1	0	0	$3,000
Alz051 - 052 - 053 - 059 -	1	0	0	$50,000
Marion and Winston	1	0	0	$6,000
Cullman and Marshall	1	6	130	$5.0 million

Every year

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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.