Alabama

Storm History: Marshall County, Alabama

638 episodes, 1,137 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marshall 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
1,137
Deaths
18
Injuries
181
Damage
$50 million
Episodes
638

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
Tornado2877166$43 million
Hail24600$773,000
Thunderstorm Wind22437$2.0 million
Flash Flood13124$1.2 million
Frost/Freeze4700
Drought4000
Winter Weather2110
Heavy Snow1800
Winter Storm1500$70,000
Excessive Heat1500
Cold/Wind Chill1400$1.0 million
Flood1300$5,000
High Wind1200$682,000
Heat1220
Lightning1002$126,000
Strong Wind1021$1.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Ice Storm300$100,000
Funnel Cloud300
Tropical Storm300$2,000
Heavy Rain211$50,000
Freezing Fog200
Debris Flow100

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 Marshall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marshall CountyEvery warning in Marshall 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.