Storm History: Cherokee County, Alabama

Events

494

Deaths

3

Injuries

57

Damage

$26 million

Episodes

341

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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• Tornado, November 24, 20012 deaths · 4 injured · $300,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 20021 death · 4 injured · $1.2 million · F2 · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 27, 201126 injured · $19 million · EF5 · 6 events here
• Tornado, November 10, 20021 death · 4 injured · $1.2 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 21, 19935 injured · $500,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 1994$500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 1994$500,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 2004$380,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 24, 20012 deaths · 4 injured · $300,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 19749 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 22, 2000$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 7, 2003$150,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010$150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 28, 2000$80,000 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005$80,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2008$75,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$65,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 27, 1994$55,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 28, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, May 9, 20244.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$65,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20232 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 24, 20212 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 19, 2006$1,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 10, 20251.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 16, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 27, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20161.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, March 16, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20121.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 4, 2011$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, April 3, 19749 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 1977F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 201126 injured · $19 million · EF5 · 6 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 19633 injured · $25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1989F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 1994F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 27, 1973F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1983$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 1985F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 4, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 21, 19935 injured · $500,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 1994$500,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 16, 2000$40,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 24, 2010$3,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 19, 2018EF3 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Cherokee County, with its track

• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 21, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 202656 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 9, 2026EF0 · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20261 event here
• Tornado, November 25, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 20251 injured · $3,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 20251 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 1, 2025$5,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20251.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 202556 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, February 15, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Tornado, December 28, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 12, 20241 event here
• Tropical Depression, September 27, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, September 12, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2024$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 16, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 16, 20241 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2024$500 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 2024EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 9, 20244.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 15, 20241.1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Tornado, December 9, 2023$2,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 24, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 2023$6,000 · 70 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20232 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 4, 20222 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 16, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20211 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20212 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF3 · 2 events here
• Tropical Storm, October 28, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 202050 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 23, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 12, 2020EF2 · 6 events here
• Flood, February 18, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, February 10, 20201 event here
• Tornado, February 5, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2020EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, November 30, 20190.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 201950 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 27, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 2019EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, August 1, 20182 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 20181 injured · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 19, 2018EF3 · 3 events here
• Drought, January 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Tornado, October 7, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 11, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 201750 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 2017EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, March 27, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20171 event here
• Tornado, January 19, 2017EF1 · 2 events here
• Drought, January 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20161.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, December 24, 2015EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 2015EF1 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20151 event here
• Ice Storm, February 11, 20142 events here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Heavy Rain, July 8, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 17, 20131 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 18, 2013EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, January 14, 20131 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20121.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 2 events here
• Heat, June 28, 20121 event here
• Hail, May 21, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 16, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF2 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20110.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 4, 2011$24,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2011$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 15, 2011$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 2011$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 13, 2011$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 201126 injured · $19 million · EF5 · 6 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2011$20,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 4, 2011$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 26, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 28, 2011$12,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 24, 2011$1,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20111 event here
• Ice Storm, January 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 event here
• Drought, October 19, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 2010$8,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010$150,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010$500 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2010$500 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 2010$3,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 2010$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 2010$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2010$7,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 2010$18,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 24, 2010$3,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 2010$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20101 event here
• Flood, November 9, 2009$2,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$4,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2009$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 18, 2009$500 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 11, 2009$2,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 6, 2009$30,000 · 74 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20081 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 2008EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2008$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 2008$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008$500 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2008$2,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008$6,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 200850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 11, 2008$7,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 9, 2008$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, May 20, 2008$4,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20081 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2008$75,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20081 event here
• Strong Wind, December 20, 2007$10,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 22, 2007$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, August 17, 2007$21,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Heat, August 8, 20072 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2007$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2007$14,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 29, 2007$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20072 events here
• Hail, April 2, 20071.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20072 events here
• Drought, March 27, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20061 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 2006$1,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 9, 2006$2,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, October 21, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 21, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005$80,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2005$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 2005$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005$28,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2005$11,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2005$20,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2005$4,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, April 22, 20051 event here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005$8,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 7, 2005$1,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 21, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 28, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 24, 2004$11,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 24, 2004$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 2004$380,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, September 7, 2004$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20040.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2004$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20041 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2003$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2003$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2003$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 19, 20031 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2003$17,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here

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

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.