Past Significant Weather Events (1950s til now)
Impacting the NWS Mobile CWA

NOTE: While this is not a comprehensive list, it provides summaries of some of the more interesting and important weather events to impact our local area in the past.

Jump to - early 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s
 

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• 2024

• Future events added throughout the year...

• Hurricane Francine
  September 11-12

• Fairhope AL Tornado
  June 1

• Mid-May Damaging Wind Event
  May 13

• May Tornadoes/Damaging Wind Event
  May 10

• Early April Tornadoes
  April 10

• Early January Tornadoes and Significant Damaging Wind Event
  January 9

• 2023

• Significant Drought
  Fall 2023

• All-Time Record High Temperatures
  Summer 2023

• Multi-Day Severe and Tornado Event
  June 2023

• Rain Gauges Swell to 15 to 20" in Some Areas
  June 2023

• Late March Tornadoes
  March 26th

• Mid-January Tornado Event
  January 12th

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  2022

• 2022 Record Tornado Year

• Mid-December Deep South Tornado Outbreak
  December 14th

• Late November Tornado Outbreak
  November 29th-30th

• Late October Tornado Outbreak
  October 29th-30th

• Late Summer Heavy Rain
  August 2022

• Late May Tornado
  May 25, 2022

• Early May Tornado Event
  May 6, 2022

• Easter Tornado Event
  April 17, 2022

• Early April Tornado Event
  April 5, 2022

• Late March Tornado Outbreak
  March 30-31, 2022

• Late March Alabama Tornadoes
  March 22, 2022

• Mid-March Severe Event
  March 18, 2022

• Early Morning March Tornado Event
  March 9, 2022

• Early January Severe Event
  January 9, 2022

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  2021

• Hurricane Ida
  August 2021

• Hurricane Ida Tornadoes
  August 2021

• Tropical Storm Claudette
  June 2021

• Tropical Storm Claudette Tornadoes
  June 2021

• April 10 Severe Event (Historic Gulf Coast Hail)
  April 10, 2021

• March 25 Deep South Tornado Outbreak
  March 25, 2021

• St. Patrick's Day Tornado Outbreak
  March 17-18, 2021

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  2020

• Hurricane Zeta
  October 28-29, 2020

• Hurricane Delta
  October 9-10, 2020

• Hurricane Sally
  September 15-16, 2020

• June Tornado Event
  June 24, 2020

• Tropical Storm Cristobal
  June 7-8, 2020

• April 23 Tornado Outbreak
  April 23, 2020

• April 19 Tornado Outbreak
  April 19, 2020

• Easter Sunday Tornadoes
  April 12, 2020

• George County, MS EF1 Tornado
  March 31, 2020

• Piave, MS EF1 Tornado
  February 10, 2020

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  2019

• Choctaw County EF1 Tornado
  December 16, 2019

• Late October Tornado Event
  October 25, 2019

• Tropical Storm Nestor
  October 18, 2019

• Metro Mobile Flash Flood
  September 19, 2019

• Hurricane Barry
  July 13, 2019

• Early March Tornado Event
  March 3, 2019

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  2018

• Significant December Flash Floods
  2018

• Early December Heavy Rainfall Event
  November 30 - December 1, 2018

• Gulf Breeze EF0 Tornado
  November 12, 2018

• Early November Severe Weather Event
  November 1, 2018

• Hurricane Michael
  October 10, 2018

• Tropical Storm Gordon
  September 4-5, 2018

• Significant Hail Event
  July 22, 2018

• Deep South Derecho
  June 28, 2018

• Tropical Storm Alberto
  May 2018

• Late April Tornado Event
  April 22, 2018

• Deep South Heavy Rain Event
  April 14, 2018

• Washington County EF0 Tornado
  February 10, 2018

• Abnormally Warm February
  February 2018

• Second Wintry Weather Event of the 2017/2018 Winter!
  January 16-17, 2018
  
  
  2017

• North Central Gulf Coast Snow
  December 8-9, 2017

• Hurricane Nate
  October 2017

• Hurricane Irma
  September 2017

• Hurricane Harvey
  August 2017

• Tropical Storm Cindy
  June 2017

• Luverne, AL Macroburst & EF-0 Tornado
  April 3, 2017

• Straight Line Wind and Tornado Event
  February 7, 2017

• Perry County, MS & Choctaw County, AL Tornado Event
  January 21, 2017

• Straight Line Wind Event
  January 3, 2017
  
  
  2016

• Mary Esther, FL Tornado Event
  November 30, 2016

• Heavy Rain Event
  August 8-12, 2016

• Pensacola EF-3 Tornado Event
  February 23, 2016

• President's Day Tornado Event
  February 15, 2016
  
  
  2015

• Heavy Rain & Coastal Flooding
  October 25-27, 2015

• Gulf Coast Flash Flooding
  September 27-28, 2015

• Crenshaw County EF-2 Tornado
  January 4, 2015
  
  
  2014

• North Central Gulf Coast Historic Flash Flood Event
  April 29-30, 2014

• Heavy Rain Event
  April 14, 2014

• Deep South Ice & Sleet Storm
  January 27-29, 2014
  
  
  2013

• Tornado Event
  February 10, 2013

• Southeast Wayne County EF-1 Tornado
  January 13, 2013
  
  
  2012

• Mobile Metro Area Christmas Day Tornado
  December 25, 2012

• Christmas Day Tornado Outbreak
  December 25, 2012

• Mobile Metro Area EF-1 Tornado
  December 20, 2012

• McHenry EF-1 Tornado
  September 30, 2012

• Hurricane Isaac
  August 28, 2012

• Pensacola Microburst
  August 2, 2012

• Gulf Coast Flood Event
  June 8-11, 2012

• Storm Event near Jackson, AL
  February 24, 2012
  
  
  2011

• Tropical Storm Lee
  September 4, 2011

• Northern Choctaw County, AL EF-3 Tornado
  April 27, 2011

• Tornado Outbreak
  April 15, 2011

• Greene County, MS EF1 Tornado
  April 4, 2011

• Tornado Outbreak and Flash Flood Event
  March 9, 2011

      2010

• Heavy Snow Event
  February 12, 2010
   

Early 2000s

• 2009

• Tropical Storm Ida
  November 10, 2009

• Central Baldwin County Storms
  March 27, 2009

• McIntosh Tornado
  January 10, 2009
  
  
  2008

• Red Oak Tornado
  October 8, 2008

• Hurricane Ike
  September 13, 2008

• Hurricane Gustav
  September 1, 2008

• Tropical Storm Fay
  August 23, 2008

• Heavy Rainfall Event
  April 4-5, 2008

• Northwest Florida, South Alabama Tornado Event 
  February 17, 2008

• Damaging Winds
  February 12, 2008

• Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak
  February 6, 2008

• Rare Snow Storm
  January 19, 2008
  
  
  2007

• South Mobile County Tornado
  October 22, 2007

• Pensacola Tornado
  October 18, 2007

• Millers Ferry Tornado
  March 1, 2007
  
  
  2006

• Gulf Coast Hard Freeze
  December 5, 2006

• Tornado Outbreak
  November 15, 2006
  
  
  2005

• Hurricane Katrina
  August 29, 2005

• Hurricane Dennis
  July 10, 2005

• Hurricane Cindy
  July 7, 2005

• Tropical Storm Arlene
  June 11, 2005
  
  
  2004

• Baldwin County, AL Tornado
  November 27, 2004

• Hurricane Ivan
  September 16, 2004
  
  
  2003

• Hole Punch Clouds
  December 11, 2003
  
  
  2002

• New Year Snow 2002
  The year began with a rare event - snow over Southeast Mississippi and Southwest Alabama!
  
  
  2001

• Central Gulf Coast Tornado Outbreak
  October 2001

• Tropical Storm Barry
  August 6, 2001

• Remnants of Tropical Storm Allison
  June 11, 2001

• Southwest Alabama Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak
  March 12, 2001
  
  
  2000

• Tropical Storm Helene
  September 22, 2000

• Dauphin Island Tornado
  March 29, 2000
   

1990s
 

     1998

• Tropical Storm Hermine
  September 20-21, 1998

• Hurricane Georges
  September 28, 1998

• Hurricane Earl
  September 3, 1998

• Leakesville, MS Hailstorm Event
  March 5, 1998
  
  
  1997

• Hurricane Danny
  July 19, 1997
  
  
  1996

• Central Gulf Coast Heavy Snow
  December 18, 1996
  
  
  1995

• Hurricane Opal
  October 4, 1995

• Hurricane Erin
  August 3, 1995
   

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  1980s
   

  1985

• Hurricane Juan
  October 31, 1985

• Hurricane Elena
  September 2, 1985
   

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  1970s

  
  1979

• Hurricane Frederic
  September 12, 1979
  
  
  1975

• Hurricane Eloise
  September 23, 1975
   

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  1960s

  
  1969

• Hurricane Camille
  August 17, 1969
   

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  1950s

  
  1956

• Hurricane Flossy
  September 24, 1956
  
  
  1953

• Hurricane Florence
  September 26, 1953
  
  
  1950

• Hurricane Baker
  August 30, 1950