Alabama storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Alabama between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
43,123
Storm events
3,158
Tornadoes
71
Hurricanes
1,002
Deaths
Significant recent events in Alabama
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
A 53 year old male from New York died in a rip current near the Lighthouse Condominiums.
Heavy rain fell over Cleburne County for several hours during the early morning of August 3. Rainfall totals across the southern part of the county between Ranburne and Heflin were generally up to 5-8, with as high as 8-10 estimated by radar in the area of Turkey Heaven Mountain …
A 66 year old male was found dead at his home in the Trimble area. The male died of Hyperthermia coincident with another medical condition.
A child was left in a hot car along Pine Tree Dr in the northeastern part of Birmingham during the afternoon hours and passed away due to heat-related impacts. Heat indices at nearby Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport reached 100-105F for several hours during the afte…
A 27-year-old male died after collapsing at McLarty Motocross Park in Blount County due to a combination of heat stress and underlying health conditions. Heat index values from nearby ASOS stations were in the mid 90s, with temperatures around 88-90F.
A 36 year old male collapsed on a job site on Smith Lake at the Lions Club Landing area. They were transported to the hospital and died of Hyperthermia coincident with another medical condition.
Lightning struck the Albertville Public Library building sparking a fire causing significant roof damage resulting in severe water damage to the structure and inventory of books and furniture. As a result, the building is scheduled to be demolished.
Tree damage occurred along Red Mountain. A fatality and an injury occurred on 21st Avenue South the next morning after a tree fell on power workers during storm cleanup.
A tree fell onto a home injuring one person near the intersection of Alabama Avenue and East 6th Street.
Trees were snapped and uprooted at 12 Frost Road and neighboring areas.
A motorist drove into a downed tree along County Road 42 approximately one mile northeast of Akron around 10 PM CDT, resulting in a fatality. The Tuscaloosa ASOS several miles to the north gusted to 20-30 mph around and just before this time. A combination of non-thunderstorm win…
A tornado crossed Wilson Lake from Colbert County and moved into the Aqua Vista community with several trees uprooted and large limbs snapped. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast. Drone imagery courtesy of Lauderdale County EMA supplemented the ground survey for areas inacc…
Aerial UAV-drone data provided by Lauderdale County Emergency Management confirmed that an EF-1 tornado tracked from the Center Star area to near Pine Haven Shores. The damage path began near County Road 107 and tracked east-southeast through the Bluewater Creek area. Numerous ha…
National Weather Service Meteorologists surveyed damage in the town of Winterboro and just to the northeast and determined that the damage was consistent with a tornado. The tornado touched down just to the southwest of Winterboro High School, damaging the football press box and …
The tornado formed and intensified quickly about two miles south of Plantersville along County Road 63, uprooting swaths of trees right from the start. The tornado travelled northward into Plantersville and intensified to its maximum intensity of a 140 MPH EF3 tornado in the sout…
Counties and zones
Click a county for its full storm history. Some entries are NWS forecast zones rather than civil counties.
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Autauga (458)
Baldwin (885)
Baldwin Central (19)
Baldwin Coastal (38)
Baldwin Inland (7)
Barbour (333)
Bibb (355)
Blount (656)
Bullock (229)
Butler (230)
Calhoun (580)
Chambers (360)
Cherokee (483)
Chilton (421)
Choctaw (347)
Clarke (604)
Clarke and Washington (1)
Clay (342)
Cleburne (271)
Coffee (651)
Colbert (1,683)
Conecuh (225)
Coosa (259)
Coosa Se (1)
Covington (446)
Crenshaw (262)
Cullman (1,288)
Cullman and Marshall (1)
Dale (634)
Dallas (447)
Dekalb (1,201)
Elmore (652)
Escambia (360)
Etowah (642)
Fayette (396)
Franklin (704)
Geneva (495)
Greene (237)
Hale (323)
Henry (390)
Houston (795)
Jackson (1,174)
Jefferson (1,769)
Lamar (588)
Lauderdale (2,165)
Lawrence (905)
Lee (533)
Limestone (1,149)
Lower Baldwin (68)
Lower Mobile (70)
Lowndes (277)
Macon (287)
Madison (2,423)
Marengo (322)
Marion (595)
Marion and Winston (1)
Marshall (1,117)
Mobile (1,105)
Mobile Central (23)
Mobile Coastal (31)
Mobile Inland (7)
Monroe (314)
Montgomery (707)
Morgan (1,338)
Perry (233)
Pickens (394)
Pike (321)
Randolph (413)
Russell (354)
Shelby (845)
St. Clair (545)
St. Clair, Calhoun and Cherokee (1)
Sumter (405)
Talladega (616)
Tallapoosa (526)
Tuscaloosa (978)
Upper Baldwin (33)
Upper Mobile (36)
Walker (713)
Washington (333)
Wilcox (165)
Winston (505)