Alabama

Storm History: Bibb County, Alabama

302 episodes, 362 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bibb County, Alabama: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
362
Deaths
7
Injuries
78
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
302

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado108673$41 million
Hail9000$293,000
Thunderstorm Wind6101$459,000
Drought4500
Flash Flood1900$618,000
Winter Storm600$36,000
Heat604
Heavy Snow400
Cold/Wind Chill300$1.0 million
Ice Storm300$2,000
Flood300$2,000
Strong Wind310$14,000
Tropical Storm300$260,000
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
High Wind100$3,000
Heavy Rain100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bibb County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bibb CountyEvery warning in Bibb County since 1986Every county in Alabama

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.