List of Alabama hurricanes

Monthly distribution of Alabama hurricanes and tropical storms from 1851 to 2020
Infrared imagery of Hurricane Ivan making landfall in Alabama in 2004

An Alabama hurricane is a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that affected the U.S. state of Alabama. So far (as of July 2022) 83 tropical and subtropical cyclones have directly or indirectly affected Alabama since HURDAT began in 1851. Only three major hurricanes, the 1926 Miami hurricane, Hurricane Frederic (1979), Hurricane Ivan (2004) and only one off-season storm, Tropical Storm Alberto (2018) have made landfall in Alabama.[1]

Storms

Pre-1900

1900s

  • September 18, 1901: The 1901 San Vicente hurricane moved over Alabama briefly.[2]
  • October 11, 1902: After making landfall in Pensacola, Florida, 1902's Hurricane Four moved over Alabama as a tropical storm.[2]
  • November 3, 1904: This was the first storm since HURDAT records began to affect Alabama in the month of November. Tropical Storm Six (1904), after making landfall in Florida, moved east-northeastward, moving over Alabama briefly.[2]
  • September 27, 1906: A category 2 hurricane made landfall in Pascagoula, Mississippi, causing devastating damage to ships, rail lines and structures in Mobile.
  • June 29, 1907: A tropical storm made landfall in Florida and affected Alabama.[2]
  • August 12, 1911: Hurricane Two (1911) was the first storm since 1859 to make landfall in Alabama as a hurricane. After making landfall, the storm weakened into a tropical storm and crossed the Alabama-Mississippi border.[2]
  • July 16–17, 1912: After Tropical Storm Two (1912) made landfall in Georgia, it weakened into a depression and moved over Alabama, hitting Enterprise. Later on July 17, it dissipated.[2]
  • September 18, 1914: The first and only tropical storm of that year's Atlantic hurricane season, after making landfall in Georgia, moved over Alabama, Florida, Alabama again, and then dissipated the next day over the Gulf of Mexico.[2]
  • October 18, 1916: Hurricane Fourteen (1916), a Category 2 hurricane, was, at the time, the strongest landfalling hurricane in Alabama since HURDAT began in 1851. After making landfall in Alabama, the storm moved over Florida, then back into Alabama. The storm brought 11.6 feet of storm surge to Mobile and caused 4 deaths.[6] It weakened as it moved further inland.[2]
  • September 29, 1917: The 1917 Nueva Gerona hurricane, at Category 3 intensity, made landfall in Florida, though by the time it reached Alabama, it had weakened into a tropical storm.[2]
  • July 5, 1919: Tropical Storm One (1919), after making landfall just east of Pensacola, Florida, moves over Alabama and dissipates the same day.[2]
  • October 17, 1922: The remnants of Tropical Storm Five (1922), which by then had weakened into a tropical depression, turned extratropical near Mobile. They continued slightly further north before dissipating in central Alabama.[2]
  • June 26, 1923: Tropical Storm One (1923), after making landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, moved over Alabama. While inland, it weakened into a tropical depression.[2]
  • September 21, 1926: The 1926 Miami hurricane was the first major hurricane[nb 1] landfall recorded in Alabama. Originally a Category 4, it made landfall in Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The storm produced 18.5 inches of rain in the Bay Minette area and caused extensive damage along the Alabama coast.[1]
  • October 6, 1934: After making landfall just west of Pensacola, Florida, Tropical Storm Eleven (1934) transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and traveled just east of Andalusia before dissipating entirely.[2]
  • August 1, 1936: After making landfall on the Florida Panhandle, Hurricane Five (1936) reached Alabama as a minimal Category 1 hurricane. It weakened as it moved further inland and dissipated that night.[2]
  • August 23, 1936: Moving westward across the Gulf Coast, the weak depression that was once Tropical Storm Nine (1936) briefly moved over Alabama.[2]
  • August 31 – September 1, 1937: After making landfall in Florida, Tropical Storm Three (1936) moved over Alabama, weakening into a tropical depression just west of Andalusia.[2]
  • June 16, 1939: Tropical Storm One (1939) made landfall east of Mobile.[2]
  • August 13–17, 1939: Hurricane Two (1939), after making landfall in Florida, weakened into a tropical storm and began to move over Alabama. Later on August 13, it weakened into a tropical depression and began to move very slowly. Finally, on August 18, it reached Tennessee.[2]
  • September 11, 1944: Tropical Storm Six (1944) made landfall in Mobile. While moving northeast, it weakened into a tropical depression.[2]
  • July 9–11, 1948: An unlabeled tropical storm (later numbered "Two") made landfall in Pensacola, Florida. After doing so it weakened into a depression and moved over Alabama until it dissipated.[2]
  • August 31, 1950: Hurricane Baker, as a Category 1, made landfall just to the east of Mobile. As it moved further north, a death and two injuries occurred from downed power lines in Birmingham. Additionally, 10.89 inches of rain was recorded.[7][2]
  • September 27, 1953: Hurricane Florence (1953), after making landfall west of Lynn Haven, Florida, weakened into a tropical storm and moved over Alabama briefly. As it passed just south of Dothan, as well as causing 14.71 inches of rain,[7] Florence transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and dissipated over Georgia.[2]
  • September 25, 1956: Hurricane Flossy, after making landfall on the Florida Panhandle, moved close to Alabama as a Category 1 hurricane. While doing so, it dropped 10–15 inches of rain in Mobile and Baldwin County.[1][2]
  • September 8, 1957: Tropical Storm Debbie, after making landfall west of Lynn Haven, Florida, moved over Alabama, hitting Dothan. 6.81 inches of rain was recorded in Alabama.[7][2]
  • October 8–9, 1959: Tropical Storm Irene made landfall just to the east of Mobile. Moving east-northeast, it weakened into a tropical depression while traveling west of Montgomery. On October 9, Irene dissipated over northern Alabama. Irene brought 3.81 inches of rain to Athens.[7][2]
  • September 26, 1960: The tropical depression remnants of Tropical Storm Florence (1960) made landfall near Mobile, then dissipated. 5.58 inches of rain was recorded in Dothan Municipal Airport.[7][2]
  • October 5, 1964: The extratropical remnants of Hurricane Hilda moved over Alabama for about three hours. They caused 8.91 inches of rain in Alabama.[7][2]
  • June 15, 1965: Tropical Storm One (1965), after making landfall on the Florida Panhandle, very briefly moved over Alabama, before becoming extratropical over Georgia. One caused 6.3 inches of rain in downtown Mobile.[7][2]
  • October 1, 1969: An unnamed subtropical storm (numbered "Subtropical Storm One"), after weakening into a subtropical depression and making landfall in Florida, reached the Florida-Alabama border, and dissipated. One caused 3.38 inches of rainfall in Camden.[2]
A home destroyed by Hurricane Georges' storm surge

2000s

Debris and housing damage from Hurricane Ivan

Listed by month

Alabama hurricanes by month
Month Number of storms
May
1
June
9
July
12
August
17
September
28
October
13
November
3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A major hurricane is a tropical cyclone that ranks as a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale.

References

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  3. ^ a b Hurricane Research Division (2023). "Continental United States Hurricane Impacts/Landfalls 1851-2022". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Ludlum, David McWilliams (1963). Early American hurricanes, 1492–1870. American Meteorological Society.
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