California

Storm History: Alpine County, California

716 episodes, 1,107 events since 1996

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Alpine County, California: 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
1,107
Deaths
26
Injuries
19
Damage
$505 million
Episodes
716

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
Heavy Snow70904$550,000
High Wind15310$1.8 million
Winter Storm4932$475,000
Winter Weather4730$110,000
Avalanche41154$50,000
Debris Flow2810$793,000
Blizzard2125$30,000
Flood1101$1.0 million
Strong Wind1110$301,000
Heavy Rain700
Flash Flood600
Hail500$5,000
Dense Fog500
Wildfire503$500 million
Thunderstorm Wind300
Dense Smoke300
Cold/Wind Chill100
Tornado100
Lake-Effect Snow100

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Alpine CountyEvery warning in Alpine County since 1986Every county in California

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.