NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eufaula, AL
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
39 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Eufaula, Alabama since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Fred in 2021. Since 1950, 79 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 4
- Tropical storms
- 35
- Tornadoes
- 79
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Eufaula
The strongest storm to pass near Eufaula was Michael in 2018, a Category 1 hurricane with 92 mph winds when its centre passed 47 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Eloise in 1975, whose centre came within 45 miles. The record near Eufaula begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Fred in 2021, a tropical storm 18 miles away. The 1880s and the 1900s were the busiest decades, with 5 systems each. Of the 39 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Eufaula has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 75% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The highest rating among the 79 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 25, 1986, came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on November 5, 2002, killed 1 person. Of the 79, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 58 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on December 10, 2023. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 93% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Eufaula. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 32 times since 1970, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 80% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Eufaula.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Eufaula
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | FredAug 17 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | NestorOct 19 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | MichaelOct 11 | 47 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2017 | IrmaSep 12 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2004 | FrancesSep 7 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1998 | EarlSep 3 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 45 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | DoraSep 12 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1956 | FlossySep 25 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1953 | FlorenceSep 27 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1950 | KingOct 19 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 7 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 15 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 10 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormJul 29 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1917 | Unnamed 1917 stormSep 29 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 4 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 17 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJul 16 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormJun 13 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 28 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 18 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 1 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 8 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 20 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 28 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 28 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 13 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 31 | 55 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormAug 24 | 59 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Eufaula: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Eufaula
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s28
- 2000s17
- 1990s3
- 1980s8(1 EF3+)
- 1970s2(1 EF3+)
- 1960s6
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 1986 | F3 | 16 mi | 44 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jan 13, 1972 | F3 | 10 mi | 16.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Nov 5, 2002 | F2 | 19 mi | 6 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Dec 5, 1954 | F2 | 8 mi | 71.5 mi | 1 / 35 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | EF2 | 4 mi | 29.97 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 3, 2019 | EF2 | 5 mi | 30.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 3, 2019 | EF2 | 6 mi | 6.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | EF2 | 20 mi | 16.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | EF2 | 7 mi | 10.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 7, 2016 | EF2 | 24 mi | 15.8 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | EF2 | 23 mi | 7.74 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF2 | 15 mi | 17.08 mi | 0 / 4 |
The strongest 12 of 79, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Eufaula
The Storm Prediction Center has 32 hail reports within 10 miles of Eufaula since 1970, made on 28 separate days. Of these, 19 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on April 5, 2017. The most recent report is from June 15, 2022. May has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Eufaula
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Eufaula Wildlife Ref, AL, 11 miles northeast of Eufaula at 300 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 35°F. December is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 54.0 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (26.2 of 54.0 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 39 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (17); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 85 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. That 54.0 inches is more than at 12 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (11%). Clayton, 15 miles west, has its own station (Clayton, AL): 55.5 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 35 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 67 | 38 | 4.7 |
| Mar | 75 | 44 | 5.1 |
| Apr | 80 | 50 | 4.4 |
| May | 88 | 59 | 3.3 |
| Jun | 93 | 68 | 4.9 |
| Jul | 95 | 71 | 5.4 |
| Aug | 94 | 70 | 4.8 |
| Sep | 90 | 65 | 3.8 |
| Oct | 82 | 53 | 3.1 |
| Nov | 73 | 43 | 4.2 |
| Dec | 65 | 37 | 5.5 |
| Year | 80 | 53 | 54.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Eufaula Wildlife Ref, AL (300 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Eufaula
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 79 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Eufaula: 72 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 2 floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $775,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on May 4, 2021.
June 14, 2009: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Eufaula — 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
December 24, 2015: flood 9 miles from the centre of Eufaula — $301,000 damage.
NWS: “Significant river flooding along the Chattahoochee River and heavy rainfall in the county resulted in flood damages estimated at $301,028 in Henry county, mainly due to road damage.”
July 7, 2008: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Eufaula — $100,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Eufaula's ZIP code 36027 have filed 29 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1990, and were paid $453,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1990: 17 claims (59% of all) and $9,165. 83% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 118 Alabama cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 44 have fewer than Eufaula.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1990 | 17 | $9,165 |
Barbour County, which includes Eufaula, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1975, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 severe storms, 11 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, on January 15, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Barbour County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and lightning; Relatively Low for hurricanes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.9 million a year, the 51st highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 million (44%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Eufaula
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- Clayton, AL15 mi
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- Clio, AL26 mi
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- Seale, AL31 mi
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- Headland, AL35 mi
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