Storm History: Fayette County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fayette 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
- 403
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $43 million
- Episodes
- 322
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 | 129 | 6 | 39 | $39 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 79 | 1 | 3 | $803,000 |
| Hail | 77 | 0 | 0 | $206,000 |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $192,000 |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $89,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $555,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Tornado, March 7, 1961
- Tornado, January 28, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2001
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Tornado, April 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1996
- Tornado, May 10, 1952
- Tornado, September 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
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, May 6, 2012
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 1955
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, April 3, 1958
- Hail, April 13, 1955
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 15, 1956
- Tornado, March 11, 1963
- Tornado, March 27, 1994
- Tornado, February 13, 1952
- Tornado, March 7, 1961
- Tornado, January 28, 1974
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, November 20, 1988
- Tornado, March 10, 1992
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Hail, April 28, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, February 26, 2026
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Hail, June 6, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Tornado, May 1, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Tornado, April 6, 2025
- Hail, March 31, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Drought, July 9, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2024
- Hail, March 15, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, April 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, November 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2022
- Tornado, February 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2021
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 6, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, February 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, August 31, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 22, 2017
- Drought, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 29, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, February 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2015
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2013
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Flood, January 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Tornado, September 4, 2011
- Hail, June 2, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Drought, October 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, September 16, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
- Tornado, May 6, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Tornado, April 19, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, April 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 26, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Drought, July 29, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Hail, January 8, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Drought, April 1, 2007
- Drought, March 27, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Drought, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, September 25, 2005
- Tornado, September 25, 2005
- Tornado, September 25, 2005
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Strong Wind, June 11, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Hail, March 22, 2005
- Hail, March 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2005
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2004
- Hail, August 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2003
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Hail, August 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2002
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Hail, June 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2001
- Hail, April 4, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 9, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 8, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Tornado, April 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2000
- Hail, March 10, 2000
- Hail, March 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 21, 1999
- High Wind, November 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 1999
- Tornado, January 22, 1999
- Funnel Cloud, January 22, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 7, 1998
- Hail, May 2, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Hail, January 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1996
- Hail, April 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Heat, February 23, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Fayette CountyEvery warning in Fayette 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.