Ice Storm in Alabama

Events

137

Deaths

3

Injuries

9

Damage

$19 million

• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Alabama, January 9 to 10, 20112 deaths · 9 injured · 39 eventsAs a low pressure system moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday January 9th, moisture pushed northward into Central Alabama, interacting with cold air already in place across the area.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 25, 19981 death · $14 million · 15 eventsA winter storm brought a mixture of freezing rain...sleet...and rain to the northern half of Alabama. The northwestern quarter of Alabama was especially hard hit.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 22 to 23, 2000$2.7 million · 3 eventsA light mixture of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow started on the morning of the 22nd. Several bridges became ice covered and numerous trees received a glaze of ice. Several trees and tree limbs started breaking and falling on roads by 9:00 PM.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000$1.1 million · 6 eventsVery light precipitation started falling early in the morning of the 28th. The precipitation was initially a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Little to no accumulation of snow occurred across the area.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2005$425,000 · 7 eventsStrong Cold Air Damming along the Southern Appalachians provided a continuous source of surface cold and dry air from the east.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 24, 1998$126,000 · 16 eventsA winter storm brought a mixture of freezing rain, sleet, and rain to the northern half of Alabama. The precipitation began in the morning of the 23rd and lasted until afternoon on the 24th .
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2005$90,000 · 5 eventsStrong Cold Air Damming along the Southern Appalachians provided a continuous source of surface cold and dry air from the east.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 201430 eventsAn area of low pressure moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico January 28th and 29th. This system spread moisture northward across a very cold arctic airmass in place across the deep south.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Alabama, February 11 to 13, 201425 eventsA strong arctic air mass pushed southward across much of the southeastern United States on Monday, February 10, behind a strong cold front, and temperatures struggled to warm into the lower 30s Monday afternoon across north Central Alabama.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 20 to 21, 201520 eventsA winter storm paralyzed travel across many parts of north Alabama and southern Tennessee on the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Snow and some sleet began during the late morning and early afternoon depositing one half to one and one half inches of snowfall.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 6, 2017$20,000 · 2 eventsAn upper level disturbance to the west of the north central Gulf Coast produced a large area of precipitation as a cold front was moving south through the area.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, December 21, 199916 eventsA light mixture of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow flurries fell across northern Alabama. Numerous trees across the area picked up a coating of ice, but it melted away by late morning. No significant accumulations were reported.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 12 to 13, 20218 eventsFreezing drizzle developed during the evening hours of the 12th over northwest and north central Alabama.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, February 15, 20216 eventsWidespread freezing rain, moderate to heavy at times, moved into northwest and north central Alabama after 6 am LST.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 20054 eventsA winter storm moved northeast through the tennessee valley with freezing rain occurring. Ice accumulations were a quarter of an inch across the county through the event. Highway 89 closed just north of Fort Payne due to the icy roads.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 16, 20154 eventsA low pressure system moved east through the deep South producing areas of freezing rain and some sleet across northwest Alabama into southern middle Tennessee.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 9 to 10, 2011$5,000 · 2 eventsAn area of low pressure caused rainfall to develop across portions of southwest Alabama. As the rain fell on objects that were at freezing or below the rain froze on contact. This caused a light glaze to form on cars, trees and elevated roadways.
• Ice Storm in Alabama, January 10, 2011$2,000 · 2 eventsOn the Monday morning of January 10, 2011, freezing rain fell across portions of southern Georgia and southeast Alabama. Amounts generally ranged from a trace to a quarter of an inch, but a few areas had half an inch of total ice accumulation.

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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.