Alabama

Storm History: Cullman County, Alabama

739 episodes, 1,339 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cullman 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
1,339
Deaths
17
Injuries
310
Damage
$111 million
Episodes
739

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
Tornado34312281$98 million
Hail33009$3.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind261112$2.1 million
Flash Flood16005$869,000
Frost/Freeze5000
Drought3700
Excessive Heat2810
Heat2221
Cold/Wind Chill1600$1.0 million
Heavy Snow1500$100
Flood1500$28,000
Winter Weather1510
Winter Storm1200$67,000
High Wind701$679,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Funnel Cloud400
Ice Storm400$2.0 million
Strong Wind400$2.0 million
Lightning301$9,000
Freezing Fog300
Tropical Storm200
Tropical Depression100

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 Cullman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cullman CountyEvery warning in Cullman 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.