Alabama

Storm History: Henry County, Alabama

270 episodes, 413 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henry 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
413
Deaths
2
Injuries
38
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
270

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 Wind13601$471,000
Tornado109237$28 million
Hail7300$141,000
Drought4700
Flash Flood1600$328,000
Tropical Storm1100$475,000
Excessive Heat400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Flood200$5.0 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$541,000
Heavy Snow200
Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
Strong Wind100$10,000
Ice Storm100$1,000
Lightning100$20,000
Winter Storm100$200,000
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 Henry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henry CountyEvery warning in Henry 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.