Storm History: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tuscaloosa 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
- 994
- Deaths
- 79
- Injuries
- 1,174
- Damage
- $1.6 billion
- Episodes
- 690
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 302 | 71 | 1,097 | $1.6 billion |
| Hail | 244 | 0 | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 170 | 1 | 7 | $2.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 121 | 3 | 2 | $4.4 million |
| Drought | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 25 | 0 | 8 | $655,000 |
| Heat | 23 | 1 | 50 | $125,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 1 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| High Wind | 6 | 1 | 3 | $1.7 million |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 2 | $5.7 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2021
- Tornado, February 23, 1975
- Tornado, January 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 10, 2000
- Tornado, March 3, 1966
- Tornado, February 13, 1952
- High Wind, March 12, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 1996
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2021
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, February 23, 1975
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Tornado, January 24, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2021
- Tornado, February 3, 1990
- Tornado, November 20, 1988
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 10, 2000
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Hail, April 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2010
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, February 22, 1961
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, May 15, 1995
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2002
- Hail, November 24, 2001
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Hail, March 28, 1974
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, March 30, 2002
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 3, 1966
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, February 23, 1975
- Tornado, November 18, 1957
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, March 27, 1994
- Tornado, February 13, 1952
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, March 19, 1970
- Tornado, November 27, 1973
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Tornado, May 22, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 9, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 30, 2025
- Heat, July 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 7, 2025
- Tornado, April 6, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Hail, August 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Tornado, May 27, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2024
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 24, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2023
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Tornado, February 17, 2022
- Tornado, February 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tornado, March 15, 2021
- Tornado, August 27, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 10, 2020
- Tornado, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 13, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, February 22, 2019
- Hail, February 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Drought, May 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Tornado, January 19, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Tornado, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, December 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 2015
- Tornado, January 3, 2015
- Tornado, October 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Heat, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Flood, January 14, 2013
- High Wind, January 10, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2012
- Hail, August 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Heat, July 28, 2012
- Heat, July 23, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Heat, June 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Tornado, March 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, January 23, 2012
- Drought, November 8, 2011
- Tornado, September 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2011
- Drought, August 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 2, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Tornado, October 24, 2010
- Hail, October 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2010
- Heat, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 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
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Flood, November 9, 2009
- Hail, October 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Tornado, September 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Tornado, May 6, 2009
- Tornado, April 19, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Tornado, April 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 26, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Strong Wind, February 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Hail, July 29, 2008
- Drought, July 29, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, June 12, 2008
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Drought, May 1, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Tornado, March 14, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2008
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Strong Wind, January 29, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Tuscaloosa CountyEvery warning in Tuscaloosa 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.