Tropical Storm Alberto

Losses, 2024 dollars

$2.1 billion

Losses at the time

$999 million

Deaths

32

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 6, 1994$5.5 million · F1 · 30 eventsA severe thunderstorm moved southeast across Tuscola County on the 6th, dropping large hail over the communities of Fairgrove and Caro. In Caro, a car dealership suffered damages in excess of $100,000 to their stock of both used and new cars.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 6, 1994$771,000 · F1 · 9 eventsA stationary frontal system remained just to the northwest of Iowa. The airmass was extremely unstable with convective available potential energy between 5000 and 6000 J-Kg-1 over the northwest part of Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 6, 1994$1.1 million · F1 · 9 eventsLightning started a fire which extensively damaged a restaurant in Nekoosa (Wood County). A severe thunderstorm with winds to 60 mph caused $150,000 damage around Algoma (Kewaunee County). Damage occurred to roofs, porches and windows as well as trees and power lines.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 19941 injured · $5.1 million · F2 · 16 eventsA tornado destroyed three homes and damaged two others as it moved northeast. One person was injured. The tornado also killed three horses, damaged an airplane, downed power lines and damaged crops in the area. Storm damage totals were around $570 thousands.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 1994$10 million · F0 · 6 eventsA brief tornado destroyed a 14 x 80 foot mobile home, damaged a propane tank, and broke windows in several houses.
• Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 7, 1994$566,000 · F0 · 11 events
• Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 1994$500 · F0 · 8 eventsA small tornado touched down breifly near Greenleaf uprooting several trees.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 1994$1.8 million · F2 · 11 eventsStrong upper air dynamics combined with a cold front moved into Iowa. The airmass remained very unstable with surface dew point temperatures in the lower to middle 70s. The moisture layer was deep with 850 mb dew point temperatures around 15° C.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 7, 1994$36,000 · F0 · 96 events
• Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 8, 1994$1.1 million · F0 · 6 eventsThunderstorm downburst took down many trees and power lines damaging four or five homes and one vehicle southeast of Spring Hill
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 8, 1994$76,000 · F1 · 4 eventsWidely scattered severe thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud and damaging winds over central Wisconsin. A small tornado moved a garage off its foundation and wrecked a house roof and shed three miles northwest of Elderon (Marathon County).
• Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, July 9, 1994F0 · 2 eventsA Deputy observed a brief tornado or gustnado touchdown over open rangeland from Highway 380. Other intermittent funnel clouds were also reported.
• Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 19940.75 in hail · 2 eventsA small tornado tounched down briefly on Lime Lake and came ashore tearing shingles from several homes.
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 1994F0 · 2 eventsBrief touchdown scattered timber.
• Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 11, 1994$50 · F0 · 5 eventsTrees blown down across a road in Ruskin area.

Every billion-dollar disasterEvery storm of 1994The 1994 hurricane seasonTornadoes in 1994

NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.