Storm History: Elmore County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Elmore 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
- 673
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 70
- Damage
- $73 million
- Episodes
- 471
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 184 | 7 | 44 | $63 million |
| Hail | 177 | 0 | 1 | $945,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 113 | 1 | 4 | $781,000 |
| Flash Flood | 83 | 0 | 1 | $7.3 million |
| Drought | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 0 | $106,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 2 | 5 | $45,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 1 | $17,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $235,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2009
- Tornado, November 25, 1979
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2004
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Tornado, April 25, 2003
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Tornado, March 29, 1977
- Tornado, April 26, 1982
- Tornado, August 27, 1992
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Tornado, November 24, 2004
- Hail, August 19, 1995
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Hail, May 15, 1995
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2026
- Hail, July 31, 1986
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Hail, March 25, 2019
- Hail, March 9, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, March 12, 1976
- Tornado, April 18, 1978
- Tornado, November 25, 1979
- Tornado, April 26, 1982
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Tornado, December 3, 1983
- Tornado, December 6, 1983
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, January 23, 2012
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, January 9, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Tornado, April 6, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Hail, May 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Tornado, November 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, February 3, 2022
- Tornado, December 29, 2021
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, November 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Tornado, June 6, 2019
- Hail, May 4, 2019
- Hail, May 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Hail, March 25, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2019
- Tornado, January 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 7, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2017
- Hail, March 9, 2017
- Tornado, January 19, 2017
- Tornado, January 2, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, December 24, 2015
- Lightning, July 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Hail, January 11, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flood, December 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Hail, March 5, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 23, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Tornado, January 23, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Tornado, December 22, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2011
- Tornado, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2011
- Drought, August 2, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, July 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Drought, May 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 11, 2011
- Drought, April 5, 2011
- Drought, April 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Drought, February 4, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 21, 2010
- Drought, September 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Flood, November 9, 2009
- Tornado, September 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Hail, July 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 13, 2008
- Hail, July 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2008
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Lightning, May 15, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 22, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Elmore CountyEvery warning in Elmore 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.