Alabama

Storm History: Clarke County, Alabama

375 episodes, 612 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clarke 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
612
Deaths
2
Injuries
26
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
375

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
Thunderstorm Wind17601$1.4 million
Tornado146021$6.2 million
Hail13602$474,000
Flash Flood8801$2.7 million
Ice Storm1000$15,000
Lightning800$147,000
Winter Storm800
Tropical Storm800$60,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$300,000
Winter Weather400$5,000
Flood400$260,000
Strong Wind400$30,000
Heat310
Heavy Snow300
Drought300
High Wind200$12,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
Sleet100
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Coastal Flood101

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 Clarke County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clarke CountyEvery warning in Clarke 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.