Funnel Cloud in Alabama
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Alabama, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Alabama.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 246
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 15 to 16, 2011Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed in the late morning through the evening hours across Mississippi and Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 1, 2007Isolated thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong spring cold front. One of these thunderstorms produced a significant tornado in Wilcox County.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 19, 2009A strong low pressure system tracking northeast from the southern Ozarks into the Ohio Valley brought a cold front into the central Tennessee Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 19th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, April 10, 2009A strong upper level storm moving across the Mississipi Valley brought a dry line and cold front into north Alabama during the afternoon and early evening hours.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 10 to 11, 2008A strong low pressure system and associated cold front caused numerous severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes across central Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 1, 2007A powerful spring storm system brought an outbreak of tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail to Central Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, November 15, 2006A strong storm system brought severe weather and heavy rainfall to much of Central Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 15 to 16, 2016Severe thunderstorms developed across southwest and south central Alabama during the afternoon and evening of February 15th as a strong upper level disturbance moved from the southern Plains to the Tennessee Valley.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, May 6, 2009Strong thunderstorms erupted around Midnight on the 6th in northwest Alabama and tracked across portions of north Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 22, 2018A supercell tracked east along the far northern part of north Alabama near the state line during the early afternoon. This cell produced wall clouds, a couple of funnel clouds, localized wind damage and at least one report of penny sized hail.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 2 to 3, 2009A powerful low pressure system tracked from Arkansas into the Ohio Valley, lifting a warm front north during the afternoon, and pushing a cold front during the evening hours.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 19, 2018An isolated supercell produced hail during the early afternoon hours across far northwest and north central Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 11, 2007Supercell thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening hours, producing severe weather that included tornadoes and very large hail.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alabama, January 5 to 8, 2009An area of low pressure developed along a stalled frontal boundary across northeastern Alabama. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms developed along and behind the front as the low moved northeast.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 7, 2007A passing cold front sparked off several severe thunderstorms in Central Alabama.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 3, 2019This event featured all modes of severe weather in our forecast area, including 13 tornadoes, numerous reports of straight-line wind damage, and even large hail. The 13 tornadoes consisted of 1 EF3, 2 EF2s, 6 EF1s, and 4 EF0s.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 9 to 11, 2012An upper level shortwave moving east across the Gulf coast states encountered an unstable airmass with fairly high delta thetae values favorable for downbursts. Several areas of tree and power line damage occurred.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, September 22, 2006A very moist and unstable environment and strong directional and speed wind shear resulted in an environment favorable for supercell thunderstorms as a warm front tracked northeast through the area.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 13, 2009Severe thunderstorms on the 13th produced a few reports of wind damage, hail and a tornado across southeast Alabama.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 2 to 4, 2007Isolated severe thunderstorms caused large hail and wind damage early in the month.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 3, 2000Public reported a funnel cloud at Ino.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 25, 2010Low topped supercell thunderstorms developed across northwest and north central Alabama ahead of a strong cold front and beneath a pronounced southwesterly upper level jet stream and dry slot.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 27, 2005A supercell thunderstorm moved across Montgomery County and affected the Montgomery metropolitan area. Numerous reports of funnel clouds were received but no tornadoes were confirmed in the county.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 12, 2008A line of thunderstorms moved across southwest Alabama and produced high winds that caused roof damage and downed several trees. Large hail and a funnel cloud were also reported.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 9, 2019A line of thunderstorms moved east across north Alabama and southern middle Tennessee during the late morning and early afternoon hours. The storms picked up intensity along the I-65 corridor and points east.
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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.