Alabama

Storm History: Marengo County, Alabama

272 episodes, 337 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marengo 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
337
Deaths
3
Injuries
23
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
272

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
Tornado111218$27 million
Hail7201$185,000
Thunderstorm Wind5102$274,000
Drought3800
Flash Flood2400$289,000
Heat810
Flood700$6,000
Winter Storm400
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300$1.0 million
Heavy Snow300
Tropical Storm301$3.3 million
High Wind200$10 million
Lightning201$150,000
Sleet100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Strong Wind100$7,000
Ice Storm100
Heavy Rain100

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 Marengo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marengo CountyEvery warning in Marengo 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.