Alabama

Storm History: Geneva County, Alabama

290 episodes, 526 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Geneva 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
526
Deaths
1
Injuries
20
Damage
$30 million
Episodes
290

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
Thunderstorm Wind17600$2.4 million
Tornado139117$4.8 million
Flash Flood6900$4.8 million
Hail6102$195,000
Drought4600
Tropical Storm1300$1.3 million
Flood600$15 million
Excessive Heat600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$1.1 million
Heavy Rain101
Heavy Snow100
Winter Storm100$200,000
Funnel Cloud100
Winter Weather100

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 Geneva County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Geneva CountyEvery warning in Geneva 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.