Alabama

Storm History: Covington County, Alabama

331 episodes, 451 events since 1956

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.

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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
Hail14421$116,000
Thunderstorm Wind11300$981,000
Tornado111224$9.6 million
Flash Flood4900$6.1 million
Lightning910$88,000
Winter Storm800
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$9.2 million
Funnel Cloud200
Heat200
Tropical Storm200
Drought200
Heavy Snow200
Sleet100
Flood100$3.2 million
Heavy Rain100

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 Covington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.