NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Evergreen, 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
51 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Evergreen, Alabama since 1851, 8 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sally in 2020. Since 1950, 81 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 8
- Tropical storms
- 43
- Tornadoes
- 81
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Evergreen
The strongest storm to pass near Evergreen was Eloise in 1975, a Category 2 hurricane with 106 mph winds when its centre passed 52 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1916, whose centre came within 15 miles. The record near Evergreen begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Sally in 2020, a tropical storm 6 miles away. The 1880s and the 1930s were the busiest decades, with 6 systems each. Of the 51 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Evergreen has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 80% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The strongest of the 81 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 23, 1971; its path came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on March 12, 2001, killed 2 people. Of the 81, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 49 have come since 2000. November and December have had the most tornadoes, 11 each. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Evergreen. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 17 times since 1981, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 95% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Evergreen.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Evergreen
Of the 51 tracks on the map, 19 were moving northeast as they passed Evergreen, 14 north and 12 northwest. Eloise (1975), the strongest pass, was heading north; its centre passed 52 miles east of Evergreen. Within 75 miles of Evergreen, 6 of the 51 came ashore, 2 of them as hurricanes. In the last 30 seasons (1996–2025), 8 came near Evergreen: 2.7 a decade, against 3.0 a decade from 1851 to 1995.
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | SallySep 16 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2009 | ClaudetteAug 17 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | DennisJul 10 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2004 | IvanSep 16 | 41 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2001 | BarryAug 6 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2000 | HeleneSep 22 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1997 | DannyJul 20 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1995 | OpalOct 5 | 17 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 3 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1994 | AlbertoJul 3 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanOct 31 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 52 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1969 | Unnamed 1969 stormOct 1 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | HildaOct 5 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | IreneOct 8 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1953 | FlorenceSep 26 | 73 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormJul 9 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 13 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormJun 16 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 31 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 31 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormOct 6 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormJun 26 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormJul 4 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1917 | Unnamed 1917 stormSep 29 | 67 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 15 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 17 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 16 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 7 | 68 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 27 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 28 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 55 mi | Category 2 (100 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 31 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 16 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Evergreen: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Evergreen
By decade
- 2020s13
- 2010s11
- 2000s25
- 1990s5
- 1980s6
- 1970s8(2 EF3+)
- 1960s6(2 EF3+)
- 1950s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1971 | F4 | 16 mi | 25.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 18, 1978 | F3 | 20 mi | 10.5 mi | 0 / 30 |
| Nov 3, 1968 | F3 | 24 mi | 70.4 mi | 0 / 18 |
| Dec 10, 1961 | F3 | 24 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 10, 2024 | EF2 | 16 mi | 24.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | EF2 | 8 mi | 22.03 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Feb 15, 2016 | EF2 | 14 mi | 2.19 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 19 mi | 22.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 20 mi | 3.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 20 mi | 22.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 21 mi | 0.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF2 | 23 mi | 14.42 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 81, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Evergreen
The Storm Prediction Center has 17 hail reports within 10 miles of Evergreen since 1981, made on 14 separate days. Of these, 9 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on May 3, 1998. The most recent report is from June 15, 2023. April and May have the most reports, 4 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Evergreen
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Evergreen, AL, 1 mile southeast of Evergreen at 290 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 37°F. July is the wettest at 6.1 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 61.4 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (30.3 of 61.4 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 51 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 5.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 66 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 40 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.5 inches a year, most of it in February. That 61.4 inches is more than at 89 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (83%). Georgiana, 18 miles northeast, has its own station (Greenville, AL): 60.0 inches a year, 1.4 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 37 | 5.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 63 | 40 | 5.0 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 71 | 46 | 5.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 77 | 52 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| May | 84 | 60 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 89 | 68 | 5.8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 71 | 6.1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 70 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 66 | 5.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 55 | 3.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 69 | 44 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 61 | 39 | 5.7 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Year | 77 | 54 | 61.4 | 80 | 0.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Evergreen, AL (290 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 Evergreen
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 56 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Evergreen: 49 thunderstorm wind reports and 7 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on March 12, 2001. May has had the most flash floods, 2 of 7. Of the 321 Alabama cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 83 have had fewer than Evergreen.
March 12, 2001: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Evergreen — 1 injured, $1.3 million damage.
NWS: “A very intense downburst along a line of severe thunderstorms produced extensive and widespread wind damage to trees, structures and some vehicles throughout the Evergreen area.”
April 14, 2007: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Evergreen — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “A large bow shaped thunderstorm complex began near Interstate 65 just west of Castelberry. The complex moved east northeast blowing down several trees.”
May 14, 2014: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Evergreen — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain caused a bridge to be washed out on Calloway Road. At least 4 other county roads in eastern Conecuh county were closed due to flooding.”
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
Conecuh County, which includes Evergreen, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1975, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 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 Conecuh County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.2 million a year, the 59th highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.3 million (37%), is from hurricanes.
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.
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