Storm History: Etowah County, Alabama

Events

658

Deaths

1

Injuries

111

Damage

$31 million

Episodes

444

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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• Tornado, April 24, 20101 death · $4,000 · EF3 · 3 events here

• Tornado, December 16, 200014 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 20112 injured · $9.4 million · EF5 · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 5, 19851 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 24, 2001$1.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 27, 19991 injured · $840,000 · F0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 196210 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 30, 19692 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 1970$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 19774 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 1977$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 1980$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 19831 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 24, 2004$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 2004$182,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 2008$156,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 16, 1998$110,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 27, 2005$110,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 13, 2000$105,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2008$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here

• Hail, March 31, 20123 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$75,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 25, 19882.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 19862.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20152.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 25, 19612.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 16, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20251.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, August 16, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 27, 20171.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 16, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, April 3, 1974F5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 4, 19774 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 20112 injured · $9.4 million · EF5 · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 1963F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 1971F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 1973F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 1973F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 1994F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 24, 2001$1.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 24, 20101 death · $4,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 196210 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 1974F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 20, 1976$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 18, 1978F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 26, 1982F3 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Etowah County, with its track

• Flash Flood, June 7, 2026$2,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 1, 20261 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 21, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 202656 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, November 25, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 6, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2025EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20251.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 202556 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 15, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Hail, August 16, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 16, 20241 event here
• Hail, April 19, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 15, 20241.1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, March 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 24, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 11, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 202320 injured · 70 kt wind · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20231.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 16, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 20232 injured · EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 20221.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 29, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 2, 2021EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 31, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2021EF2 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, October 28, 20201 event here
• Hail, April 23, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 12, 20203 injured · EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, February 5, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2020EF2 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20191 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2019EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, February 19, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20181 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 201860 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 19, 2018EF3 · 10 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, January 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 11, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 201750 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201755 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 201760 kt wind · 3 events here
• Strong Wind, May 4, 2017$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 27, 20171.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, March 1, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, October 18, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 201650 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 201651 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 20161 injured · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20161 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 23, 2016EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 2, 2016EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 31, 20152.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, December 23, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20141 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2014EF3 · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, February 11, 20142 events here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20141 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Tornado, March 18, 20133 injured · EF1 · 7 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, July 2, 20121 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20122 in hail · 7 events here
• Heat, June 22, 20121 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 31, 20123 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 16, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, January 26, 2012EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20110.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 4, 2011$40,000 · EF0 · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2011$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2011$500 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2011$12,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 13, 20111 injured · $7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 20112 injured · $9.4 million · EF5 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 20, 2011$3,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2011$16,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 4, 2011$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, March 26, 2011EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, March 9, 201175 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 28, 2011$14,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Tornado, February 24, 2011$20,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20111 event here
• Ice Storm, January 9, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, January 1, 2011$500 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 30, 2010$3,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 24, 2010$22,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, September 27, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010$60,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 2010$6,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2010$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 19, 2010$4,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 2010$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 24, 20101 death · $4,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 8, 2010$50,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, December 8, 2009$1,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, November 9, 2009$15,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, October 12, 2009$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, October 9, 2009$10,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 23, 2009$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 16, 2009$500 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2009$20,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 2009$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009$2,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2009$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 11, 2009$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2009EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 2009$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$500 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2009$48,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 26, 2009$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 11, 2009$2,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 6, 2009$100,000 · 74 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 24, 2008$1,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, December 18, 20085 injured · $20,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 9, 2008$6,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 20081 injured · $2,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 23, 2008$5,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2008$4,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 2008$156,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, July 29, 2008$3,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 22, 2008$3,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 29, 200852 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 1, 20081.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 20, 2008$3,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2008$3,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20081 event here
• Tornado, April 11, 2008$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20081 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2008$5,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 7, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20081 event here
• Tornado, February 26, 2008$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20081 event here
• Strong Wind, January 29, 2008$25,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20081 event here
• Strong Wind, December 20, 2007$30,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2007$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, August 17, 2007$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Heat, August 8, 200717 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2007$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20072 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, March 27, 20071 event here
• Tornado, January 7, 2007$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20061 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20061 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2006$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2006$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 27, 2005$110,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 2005$30,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2005$17,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, July 20, 20053 injured · $45,000 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005$22,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20051 injured · $73,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2005$4,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2005$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005$27,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 11, 2005$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 2005$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 28, 2005$20,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 24, 2004$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 16, 2004$182,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2004$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2004$6,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004$8,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2004$4,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20041 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 200352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2003$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 18, 20031 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20030.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20031 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 8, 20031 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$12,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2003$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$75,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Etowah CountyEvery warning in Etowah County since 1986Every county in Alabama

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.