Alabama

Storm History: Limestone County, Alabama

683 episodes, 1,174 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Limestone 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
1,174
Deaths
26
Injuries
315
Damage
$1.0 billion
Episodes
683

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
Tornado29224299$1.0 billion
Hail22702$2.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind21703$1.1 million
Flash Flood15701$1.2 million
Frost/Freeze4700
Drought4600
Heat3813
Excessive Heat3100
Winter Weather2112
Cold/Wind Chill1800$1.0 million
Winter Storm1500$63,000
Lightning1202$566,000
Heavy Snow1100
Flood900$2,000
High Wind600$36,000
Funnel Cloud600
Ice Storm600$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Strong Wind301$55,000
Tropical Storm200
Heavy Rain100$50,000
Dense Fog102
Tropical Depression100
Freezing Fog100

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 Limestone County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Limestone CountyEvery warning in Limestone 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.