Storm History: Lamar County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lamar 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
- 598
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 23
- Damage
- $12 million
- Episodes
- 420
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 | 154 | 2 | 11 | $5.9 million |
| Hail | 142 | 0 | 5 | $796,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 112 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 93 | 0 | 0 | $589,000 |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 1 | 7 | $122,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $43,000 |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $355,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, February 20, 1989
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2001
- Tornado, November 23, 2004
- Tornado, April 26, 1982
- Tornado, May 1, 1985
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2022
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2001
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 1994
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, March 29, 2020
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Hail, March 27, 1984
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, February 24, 1979
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, November 17, 1957
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Tornado, January 28, 1974
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, April 26, 1982
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, March 10, 1992
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, April 28, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Hail, June 6, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 7, 2025
- Tornado, May 1, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Tornado, April 6, 2025
- Hail, March 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Drought, November 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Drought, July 9, 2024
- Tornado, May 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Hail, March 15, 2024
- Flood, March 1, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2022
- Tornado, December 29, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Tornado, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2021
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, March 29, 2020
- Tornado, February 12, 2020
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 6, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, February 22, 2019
- Tornado, November 6, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, August 31, 2017
- Tornado, June 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 21, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 29, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, February 2, 2016
- Tornado, December 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2015
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Tornado, January 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2014
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2014
- Hail, June 7, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, April 27, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Flood, January 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 8, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Hail, February 29, 2012
- Tornado, September 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2011
- Hail, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 29, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Tornado, October 24, 2010
- Hail, October 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2010
- Hail, July 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2009
- Hail, October 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Tornado, September 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Hail, July 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2009
- Tornado, May 6, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 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
- Strong Wind, February 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Tornado, March 14, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Strong Wind, January 29, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Hail, January 8, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Strong Wind, December 20, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 13, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Drought, April 1, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Hail, July 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Drought, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
- Hail, June 2, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Hail, April 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Strong Wind, March 9, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, November 15, 2005
- Funnel Cloud, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, September 25, 2005
- Tornado, September 25, 2005
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2005
- Lightning, July 20, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Hail, April 21, 2005
- Hail, April 21, 2005
- Hail, April 21, 2005
- Hail, April 21, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Lamar CountyEvery warning in Lamar 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.