Alabama

Storm History: Winston County, Alabama

390 episodes, 527 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Winston 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
527
Deaths
7
Injuries
120
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
390

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
Hail15101$612,000
Tornado1457113$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind7401$1.0 million
Flash Flood4900$297,000
Drought3800
Lightning1902$259,000
Winter Storm1100$52,000
High Wind700$234,000
Heat503
Ice Storm500$700,000
Winter Weather400
Heavy Snow400
Cold/Wind Chill300$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind200$5,000
Tropical Storm200$1.1 million
Frost/Freeze200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Devil100$20,000
Flood100
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 Winston County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Winston CountyEvery warning in Winston 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.