Severe Weather History


Alabama Funnel Cloud History: 245 Recorded Events

245

Recorded events

60

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$2K

Property damage

Alabama funnel cloud history: 245 recorded events across 60 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Alabama funnel cloud history by decade

Alabama funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
Alabama funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 148 reported funnel cloud 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 funnel cloud events in Alabama

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Madison County170$01996–2023
#2Jefferson County130$01996–2007
#3Baldwin County120$2K2000–2012
#4Limestone County100$01996–2025
#5Tuscaloosa County90$01996–2007
#6Lauderdale County90$01996–2010
#7Cullman County90$01996–2019
#8Marion County80$01999–2007
#9Coffee County80$01998–2015
#10Clarke County70$02008–2016
#11Marshall County70$02002–2020
#12Walker County60$02000–2007
#13Mobile County60$02003–2012
#14Lee County60$01996–2007
#15Calhoun County60$01999–2006
#16Montgomery County50$01996–2007
#17Talladega County50$02001–2007
#18Elmore County50$01996–2007
#19Franklin County50$01996–2017
#20Barbour County50$01998–2007
#21DeKalb County40$01999–2009
#22Lawrence County40$01999–2017
#23Morgan County40$02002–2022
#24Covington County40$01996–2012
#25Monroe County40$02007–2011
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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