Storm History: Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tallapoosa 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
- 546
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 57
- Damage
- $123 million
- Episodes
- 400
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 155 | 0 | 0 | $377,000 |
| Tornado | 141 | 2 | 23 | $119 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 75 | 0 | 4 | $773,000 |
| Drought | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 54 | 0 | 2 | $665,000 |
| Winter Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $56,000 |
| Lightning | 7 | 0 | 2 | $295,000 |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 24 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 2 | $255,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $475,000 |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2007
- Tornado, November 25, 1979
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2018
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1999
- Tornado, April 25, 2003
- Tornado, January 7, 2007
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2010
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, December 1, 1996
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1998
- Lightning, March 7, 1996
- Lightning, August 30, 2002
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, March 27, 2005
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Hail, April 25, 1988
- Hail, July 31, 1986
- Hail, April 6, 1955
- Hail, August 8, 2023
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, February 22, 1980
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2024
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2020
- Hail, March 25, 2019
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, November 18, 1957
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, December 11, 1961
- Tornado, April 28, 1964
- Tornado, November 25, 1979
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, January 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2026
- Tornado, January 9, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Tornado, November 25, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 1, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2024
- Hail, August 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Hail, August 8, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2023
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, March 12, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, April 23, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, February 12, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, December 16, 2019
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Tornado, April 13, 2019
- Hail, March 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 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
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Lightning, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 22, 2014
- Hail, June 8, 2014
- Hail, June 7, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Hail, January 11, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flood, December 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Heat, June 13, 2013
- Hail, March 23, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Hail, March 5, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Hail, June 3, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Tornado, January 23, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Tornado, December 22, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 2, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 11, 2011
- Drought, April 5, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Drought, February 4, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 21, 2010
- Drought, September 14, 2010
- Hail, August 2, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flood, November 9, 2009
- Tornado, September 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Hail, July 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Tornado, May 1, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Strong Wind, January 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 22, 2007
- Tornado, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, January 7, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Drought, August 1, 2006
- Drought, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2006
- Lightning, April 18, 2006
- Hail, April 18, 2006
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 28, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2005
- Lightning, August 16, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2005
- Lightning, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, April 30, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Tallapoosa CountyEvery warning in Tallapoosa 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.