Storm History: Macon County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Macon 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
- 296
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $4.2 million
- Episodes
- 255
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 71 | 0 | 11 | $1.7 million |
| Hail | 70 | 0 | 0 | $196,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 1 | $469,000 |
| Flash Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $686,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $90,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2004
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Tornado, November 26, 1986
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2003
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2020
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Winter Storm, December 18, 1996
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, April 25, 2003
- Hail, May 15, 1995
- Hail, April 11, 1962
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2026
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Hail, February 11, 1993
- Hail, April 25, 1988
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Hail, March 25, 2019
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, December 23, 1956
- Tornado, November 26, 1986
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 19, 2009
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 28, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, February 3, 2022
- Tornado, August 30, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Hail, March 25, 2019
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Tornado, January 19, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, December 24, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Tornado, December 10, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Hail, January 21, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Tornado, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Hail, July 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Drought, April 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Drought, February 4, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 23, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 21, 2010
- Drought, September 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flood, November 9, 2009
- Hail, July 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Tornado, April 19, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Hail, June 12, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 22, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Hail, September 28, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, July 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2006
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Hail, August 16, 2005
- Hail, August 16, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Strong Wind, April 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2005
- Hail, March 30, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 24, 2004
- Tornado, September 16, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2004
- Hail, June 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2003
- Flood, May 7, 2003
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Tornado, April 25, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2003
- Hail, August 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 6, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2001
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2000
- Hail, March 10, 2000
- Hail, March 10, 2000
- Hail, August 20, 1999
- Hail, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 20, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Hail, April 14, 1998
- Hail, April 14, 1998
- Hail, March 20, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 18, 1996
- Hail, May 24, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Heat, February 23, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Hail, August 19, 1995
- Hail, May 15, 1995
- Hail, February 11, 1993
- Tornado, August 27, 1992
- Hail, July 3, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 1992
- Hail, May 5, 1991
- Hail, April 9, 1991
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, February 22, 1990
- Hail, February 16, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Hail, June 12, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1989
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Hail, March 21, 1989
- Hail, July 15, 1988
- Hail, May 10, 1988
- Hail, April 25, 1988
- Tornado, April 18, 1988
- Tornado, November 26, 1986
- Hail, July 30, 1986
- Hail, March 16, 1986
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Hail, March 21, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 1979
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Macon CountyEvery warning in Macon 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.