Alabama

Storm History: Calhoun County, Alabama

424 episodes, 594 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calhoun 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
594
Deaths
25
Injuries
169
Damage
$136 million
Episodes
424

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
Tornado17019146$132 million
Hail15300$789,000
Thunderstorm Wind10462$1.3 million
Flash Flood5301$1.5 million
Drought4700
Heat11016
Winter Storm1000$45,000
Cold/Wind Chill800$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud600
Lightning504$70,000
Ice Storm400$22,000
Strong Wind400$13,000
Tropical Storm400$56,000
Flood300$2,000
Heavy Snow300
Winter Weather300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Frost/Freeze200
High Wind100$2,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Calhoun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Calhoun CountyEvery warning in Calhoun 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.