Alabama

Storm History: Monroe County, Alabama

248 episodes, 322 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monroe 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
322
Deaths
1
Injuries
43
Damage
$9.3 million
Episodes
248

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
Tornado88042$6.9 million
Hail8300$445,000
Thunderstorm Wind8301$758,000
Flash Flood3800$186,000
Winter Storm700
Hurricane (Typhoon)500$200,000
Heat300
Tropical Storm300
Lightning210$500,000
Flood200$275,000
Drought200
Heavy Snow200
Sleet100
Wildfire100
Strong Wind100$10,000
Ice Storm100

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 Monroe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Monroe CountyEvery warning in Monroe 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.