Alabama

Storm History: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

690 episodes, 994 events since 1952

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.

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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
Tornado302711,097$1.6 billion
Hail24405$1.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind17017$2.7 million
Flash Flood12132$4.4 million
Drought4400
Lightning2508$655,000
Heat23150$125,000
Cold/Wind Chill1010$1.0 million
Flood800$2,000
Winter Storm600$46,000
High Wind613$1.7 million
Strong Wind600$26,000
Funnel Cloud500
Heavy Snow500
Ice Storm410$25,000
Excessive Heat400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Tropical Storm202$5.7 million
Frost/Freeze200
Winter Weather200
Heavy Rain100
Debris Flow100$9,000
Sleet100

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 Tuscaloosa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.