Lauderdale County, Alabama
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1951 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
48
Tornado reports
212
Hail reports
211
Floods since 1996
2,199
All events
13
Deaths
$36.8M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Lauderdale County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 46 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F3 Tornado
At approximately 13:09 LST, lightning fatally injured a 28 year old male in the parking lot of a business at 3155 Kendall Drive in Florence.
Very windy conditions developed ahead of and immediately behind a line of severe thunderstorms. Sustained wind speeds of 30-40 mph gusted frequently from 45-60 mph at times, peaking at 63 mph at the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in nearby Muscle Shoals. One individual was ki…
Three vehicles were swept by flash flooding on Anderson Creek along CR 50 and CR 52. A 20 year old woman was killed in the vehicle. Two others including the victim's mother in the other vehicles were rescued. Time of occurrence from Times Daily news article.
A few trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. A fatality occurred along Highway 157 after a vehicle struck a fallen tree.
A local Lauderdale county man drowned after he was stuck in his truck while attempting to cross high waters along Panther Creek near County Road 105 in Waterloo, Alabama.
A female died after suffering from heat exposure/hypertension.
A mix of rain, sleet, and snow on Friday morning changed to primarily freezing rain, sleet and rain during the day on Friday. Up to 0.25 inches of ice accumulated on area trees and elevated surfaces, paritcularly in western portions of the county by the early afternoon hours. In …
Rounds of thunderstorms producing very heavy rainfall caused several inches of water to cover the roadway on the Natchez Parkway, about a half mile from the Alabama Highway 20 intersection near Central Heights. This caused a 72 year old man to hydroplane off the road at this loca…
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. One tree on a tent at a camp site resulting in one fatality.
Daytime high temperatures reached the middle to upper 90s during this period. In combination with humid air, heat index values climbed into the 100 to 105 degree range across northwest Alabama, including the Shoals. A newspaper reported that at least 12 people were treated for he…
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…
The tornado touched down near the intersection of Sweetwater Avenue and Huntsville Road in southeast Florence. The tornado nearly paralleled Sweetwater Creek as it tracked northward. Along Sweetwater Creek and Sweetwater Avenue, numerous trees were uprooted and snapped and struct…
A bow echo from an embedded supercell within a line of thunderstorms intensified and produced destructive winds in a narrow swath of north and northeast Florence. Wind speeds of 60-65 mph occurred in much of this area, with a few gusts of 80-90 mph in a few locations. Trees, powe…
A bow echo from an embedded supercell within a line of thunderstorms intensified and produced a long-lived and at times wide swath of wind damage as it entered the Shoals, including Florence and Killen, to the east central part of Lauderdale County north of Elgin. Widespread wind…
Sustained gradient winds of 20 to 30 mph gusting to between 45 and 50 mph occurred across the county. A gust to 48 mph was measured at the Muscle Shoals ASOS. These winds led to downed trees, some fell on powerlines and produced power outages.
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A 63 mph gust was reported at the tower at the Renaissance Shoals Resort.
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Multiple trees own along CR 24 near St. Florian near the railroad tracks.
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Trees/phone lines and a power pole were knocked down at intersection of CR 47 and CR 61. Time was estimated from radar.
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Two trees were down where Felker Drive intersects highway 72. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree and a powerline were reported down at the intersection of Rose Street and CR 26. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree was reported down on CR 165 near 18275 highway 72. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree was reported down at 200 CR 37. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree was reported down blocking both lanes at the intersection of CR 91 and CR 631. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree was reported down over the road near 2460 CR 261. Time was estimated from radar.
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A tree was reported down near the intersection of Aubrey Drive and Wayne Street.
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A tree was reported down near the intersection of CR 200 and CR 234.
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A tree was reported down near highway 157 and CR 10.
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A tree was reported down nea rthe intersection of CR 87 and CR 166.
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A tree was knocked down on CR 73 blocking both lanes.
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A tree was reported down at the intersection of CR 27 and Spring Cove Road.
An elderly female was treated for heat exposure and dehydration.
Drought Drought
Severe Drought (D2) Conditions finally end with the 5/26/2026 Drought Monitor issuance thanks to abundant rainfall that occurred across the area.
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A tree was knocked down blocking the eastbound lane of CR 14.
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A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes along CR 2 at CR 14.
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A tree was knocked down blocking one lane at CR 69.
Drought Drought
Severe Drought (D2) Conditions introduced and expanded through the end of the month.
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A tree was knocked down and blocking both lanes fo the roadway at 11884 CR 14.
Hail Hail
Quarter sized hail was estimated from a video at 5841 CR 25 in the Green Hill area. Time estimated by radar.
Hail Hail
Dime sized hail was reported via mPING.
Hail Hail
Quarter sized hail was reported.
Hail Hail
Half dollar sized hail was reported.
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 4 degree above zero.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 0 |
| 2025 | 302 | 7 |
| 2024 | 41 | 0 |
| 2023 | 159 | 2 |
| 2022 | 55 | 1 |
| 2021 | 144 | 0 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1 |
| 2018 | 108 | 1 |
| 2017 | 70 | 0 |
| 2016 | 41 | 0 |
| 2015 | 41 | 1 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2 |
| 2013 | 46 | 0 |
| 2012 | 73 | 0 |
| 2011 | 104 | 3 |
| 2010 | 61 | 0 |
| 2009 | 88 | 0 |
| 2008 | 65 | 4 |
| 2007 | 52 | 0 |
| 2006 | 35 | 1 |
| 2005 | 31 | 0 |
| 2004 | 38 | 6 |
| 2003 | 42 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 1 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 1 |
| 1994 | 9 | 1 |
| 1993 | 8 | 1 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 1 |
| 1985 | 8 | 1 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 5 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | 4 | 1 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
| 1951 | 1 | 1 |
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