Severe Weather History


Alabama Heavy Rain History: 246 Recorded Events

245

Recorded events

53

Counties affected

4

Direct deaths

$221K

Property damage

Alabama heavy rain history: 245 recorded events across 53 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Alabama heavy rain history by decade

Alabama heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Alabama heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 122 reported heavy rain events across Alabama. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Alabama

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Madison County260$30K1997–2025
#2Jefferson County261$23K1999–2019
#3Baldwin County190$02014–2025
#4DeKalb County170$15K2007–2024
#5Mobile County120$02005–2023
#6Jackson County100$01997–2024
#7Colbert County100$01997–2020
#8Lauderdale County90$01997–2012
#9Limestone County80$01997–2013
#10Marshall County81$01997–2022
#11Tuscaloosa County61$01996–2014
#12Lawrence County60$01997–2024
#13Geneva County60$02007–2013
#14Cullman County50$02009–2015
#15Talladega County50$02007–2009
#16Dale County50$30K2007–2013
#17Houston County40$1K2007–2018
#18Montgomery County40$01998–2004
#19Shelby County30$15K2001–2010
#20Chilton County30$30K2001–2012
#21Elmore County30$02001–2011
#22Marion County30$02011–2015
#23Clarke County30$02013–2018
#24Tallapoosa County20$02009–2012
#25Cleburne County20$02013–2013
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

Significant events

Deadliest heavy rain events in Alabama

DateCountyScaleDeathsInjuries
Sep 3, 2001Jefferson County—11
Jun 28, 1999Marshall County—11
Mar 6, 2004Sumter County—10
Apr 29, 2014Tuscaloosa County—11
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

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