Alabama

Storm History: Madison County, Alabama

1,132 episodes, 2,450 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
2,450
Deaths
73
Injuries
928
Damage
$561 million
Episodes
1,132

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
Thunderstorm Wind5381826$12 million
Hail53202$4.6 million
Tornado44849804$529 million
Flash Flood41732$3.7 million
Heat134071
Drought5300$100,000
Frost/Freeze5000
Excessive Heat42020
Winter Weather3700
Cold/Wind Chill3410$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Lightning2712$1.0 million
Flood2200$300
Winter Storm1700$67,000
Strong Wind1700$7.2 million
Heavy Snow1300
High Wind1100$127,000
Ice Storm810$1.5 million
Funnel Cloud700
Freezing Fog400
Heavy Rain300$50,000
Tropical Storm200
Dust Devil200$2,000
Dense Fog101

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.