Storm History: Covington County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Covington 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
- 451
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 331
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
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 144 | 2 | 1 | $116,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 113 | 0 | 0 | $981,000 |
| Tornado | 111 | 2 | 24 | $9.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 49 | 0 | 0 | $6.1 million |
| Lightning | 9 | 1 | 0 | $88,000 |
| Winter Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $9.2 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 8, 1998
- Flood, December 24, 2015
- Tornado, February 22, 1990
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 17, 1998
- Tornado, March 12, 2001
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, June 28, 1957
- Tornado, March 31, 1976
- Tornado, December 28, 1983
- Tornado, November 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2001
- Tornado, May 15, 2008
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2020
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, March 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Hail, May 8, 1985
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2009
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Hail, May 25, 1956
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2024
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Hail, July 30, 2012
- Hail, March 27, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Hail, March 27, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, May 3, 1956
- Tornado, May 19, 1983
- Tornado, March 24, 1984
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, June 28, 1957
- Tornado, January 5, 1962
- Tornado, December 24, 1964
- Tornado, December 26, 1973
- Tornado, March 31, 1976
- Tornado, September 6, 1977
- Tornado, July 11, 1979
- Tornado, April 12, 1980
- Tornado, May 20, 1980
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Hail, June 9, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2024
- Tornado, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, April 3, 2023
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2022
- Tornado, June 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2020
- Heavy Rain, January 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tropical Storm, October 10, 2018
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Tornado, June 20, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, March 24, 2016
- Tornado, March 3, 2016
- Tornado, February 15, 2016
- Flood, December 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Tornado, December 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2012
- Hail, July 30, 2012
- Hail, March 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2011
- Hail, May 13, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 14, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2009
- Hail, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 26, 2009
- Hail, January 3, 2009
- Hail, December 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, December 10, 2008
- Tornado, October 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2008
- Lightning, June 30, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Lightning, June 21, 2008
- Tornado, May 15, 2008
- Hail, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Hail, January 31, 2008
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Hail, June 9, 2007
- Hail, June 6, 2007
- Tornado, April 14, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2006
- Hail, January 30, 2006
- Hail, January 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tornado, May 31, 2005
- Tornado, May 31, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Hail, April 6, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 26, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 13, 2004
- Hail, July 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2004
- Lightning, July 7, 2004
- Lightning, June 6, 2004
- Hail, May 31, 2004
- Lightning, May 17, 2004
- Hail, May 17, 2004
- Hail, April 8, 2004
- Hail, April 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2003
- Hail, May 11, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2003
- Lightning, April 7, 2003
- Hail, April 5, 2003
- Hail, March 14, 2003
- Hail, March 13, 2003
- Hail, March 13, 2003
- Hail, March 9, 2003
- Hail, March 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, October 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2002
- Hail, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2002
- Hail, March 31, 2002
- Hail, March 12, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2002
- Hail, March 12, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Hail, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2001
- Hail, August 19, 2001
- Tropical Storm, August 6, 2001
- Hail, July 20, 2001
- Hail, June 21, 2001
- Tornado, June 11, 2001
- Funnel Cloud, June 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2001
- Hail, May 27, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2001
- Tornado, March 12, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Hail, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2000
- Heat, July 1, 2000
- Hail, May 13, 2000
- Hail, May 13, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2000
- Hail, February 13, 2000
- Sleet, January 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 1999
- Hail, August 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 25, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 1999
- Hail, May 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 7, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 6, 1999
- Hail, April 29, 1999
- Tornado, March 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 1999
- Tornado, March 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 1999
- Lightning, January 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 28, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 1998
- Tornado, September 28, 1998
- Tornado, September 28, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Hail, June 20, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 1998
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1998
- Tornado, April 17, 1998
- Hail, April 17, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 1998
- Hail, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 8, 1998
- Lightning, March 8, 1998
- Lightning, February 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 1998
- Tornado, November 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 21, 1997
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, May 24, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Funnel Cloud, February 28, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 19, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Covington CountyEvery warning in Covington 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.