Storm History: Limestone County, Alabama
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 292 | 24 | 299 | $1.0 billion |
| Hail | 227 | 0 | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 217 | 0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 157 | 0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 38 | 1 | 3 | |
| Excessive Heat | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $63,000 |
| Lightning | 12 | 0 | 2 | $566,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 1 | $55,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, March 11, 1963
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, August 16, 1985
- Tornado, May 2, 1997
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2011
- Tornado, May 17, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Tornado, April 5, 1958
- Tornado, April 17, 1982
- Lightning, January 13, 2006
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Hail, March 29, 2011
- Hail, October 8, 2014
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2005
- Hail, July 31, 1986
- Hail, March 27, 1984
- Hail, June 20, 1970
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Hail, June 24, 1973
- Flood, February 26, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 11, 1963
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, February 4, 1971
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, August 16, 1985
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, March 10, 1992
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 14, 2026
- Flood, February 26, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2025
- Hail, September 11, 2025
- Heat, August 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2025
- Heat, July 16, 2025
- Funnel Cloud, July 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Funnel Cloud, May 13, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Drought, November 19, 2024
- Drought, November 5, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2024
- Strong Wind, September 12, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2024
- Heat, August 2, 2024
- Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 31, 2024
- Heat, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Heat, July 17, 2024
- Drought, July 16, 2024
- Drought, July 16, 2024
- Heat, July 16, 2024
- Drought, July 9, 2024
- Heat, July 9, 2024
- Heat, July 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, March 19, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, March 11, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, November 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Tornado, August 10, 2023
- Flood, August 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2023
- Heat, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2023
- Tornado, July 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 18, 2023
- Heat, July 2, 2023
- Heat, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 20, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 19, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 18, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 18, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 14, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 13, 2023
- Tornado, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, March 1, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2022
- Hail, August 6, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2022
- Heat, June 17, 2022
- Heat, June 16, 2022
- Heat, June 15, 2022
- Heat, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, May 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2022
- Hail, May 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2022
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Tornado, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Tornado, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, November 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2021
- Heat, July 31, 2021
- Heat, July 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 22, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 2, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2021
- Hail, August 19, 2020
- Tornado, July 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, March 24, 2020
- Tornado, February 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 10, 2020
- Tornado, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, December 29, 2019
- Tornado, December 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2019
- Hail, November 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 8, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 1, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 1, 2019
- Heat, August 19, 2019
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2019
- Heat, June 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 13, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 1, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, March 20, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, March 3, 2019
- Hail, February 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2019
- Flood, January 23, 2019
- Freezing Fog, December 11, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Heat, July 13, 2018
- Heat, July 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Tropical Depression, May 29, 2018
- Strong Wind, April 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, March 21, 2018
- Tornado, March 19, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, March 13, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, March 13, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, March 8, 2018
- Flood, March 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, November 20, 2017
- Tornado, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2017
- Tornado, April 30, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2017
- Hail, March 10, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Hail, February 24, 2017
- Drought, December 6, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, November 20, 2016
- Drought, November 15, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 25, 2016
- Drought, September 6, 2016
- Tornado, August 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Drought, June 1, 2016
- Drought, May 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 18, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, November 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Tornado, April 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2014
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Hail, October 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.