Thunderstorm Wind in Alabama
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Alabama, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Alabama.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 20,476
- Deaths
- 60
- Injuries
- 561
- Damage
- $198 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 27, 2011A powerful storm system crossed the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, resulting in a large and deadly tornado outbreak.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 27, 2011A powerful storm system roared across the Southeast United States on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. In the wake of this system, hundreds of people were left injured and/or homeless, along with approximately 100 people who lost their lives in the northern Alabama area alone.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 15, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 27, 1994A tornado began about one mile south-southwest of Ragland in St. Clair County at 1055 CST and traveled northeast at between 45 and 55 miles an hour crossing the Alabama/Georgia border about five miles northeast of Rock Run in Cherokee County.
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 15, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 1977
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 3, 2019On the morning of Sunday March 3rd, 2019, an upper-level disturbance moved eastward from the Southern Plains into the southern Gulf Coast States.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 1, 2007Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a warm front over the Florida Panhandle and moved northeast across southeast Alabama and into extreme southwest Georgia during the afternoon hours of March 1.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 16, 1995A small tornado touched down about six miles east of Hamilton along U.S. Highway 278. The tornado travelled on a track just slightly north of east for about six miles running along and crossing U.S. Highway 278 twice.
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, January 12, 2023Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms impacted Central Alabama during the morning and afternoon hours of Thursday, January 12th, 2023. Several supercell thunderstorms spawned multiple tornadoes which caused significant damage in many areas.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, February 6, 2008The WFO Huntsville County Warning Area experienced the worst tornado outbreak in 19 years on February 6, 2008.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 25, 2021A potent storm system affected Central Alabama on Thursday, March 25th. A highly-sheared environment combined with increasing instability produced numerous tornadic thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 23, 2012An upper level low pressure system developed over the Great Plains and moved east across the Ohio River Valley, dragging a cold front through the lower Mississippi River Valley.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 15, 2011A potent storm system, which wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the United States on April 14-16, produced a significant and historic tornado outbreak across Central Alabama on April 15. Forty tornadoes, 30 of which touched down in Central Alabama, occurred in the state.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 18, 1995A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Mississippi into Colbert County producing numerous reports of large hail. A small tornado touched down about two miles east of the Muscle Shoals airport (MSL) and moved on a path about six and one-half miles in length.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 11, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 3, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 6, 1967
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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.