Alabama

Storm History: Dallas County, Alabama

349 episodes, 453 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dallas 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
453
Deaths
7
Injuries
100
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
349

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
Tornado143783$18 million
Hail11802$431,000
Thunderstorm Wind8202$461,000
Drought4000
Flash Flood2900$10 million
Heat709
Strong Wind703$71,000
Excessive Heat500
Winter Storm400$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$1.0 million
Heavy Snow300
Tropical Storm301$840,000
Lightning200$100,000
Funnel Cloud200
Flood200$17,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Winter Weather100
Ice Storm100

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 Dallas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dallas CountyEvery warning in Dallas 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.