NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Fort Deposit, 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
34 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Fort Deposit, Alabama since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Fred in 2021. Since 1950, 72 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 4
- Tropical storms
- 30
- Tornadoes
- 72
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Fort Deposit
The strongest storm to pass near Fort Deposit was Eloise in 1975, a Category 1 hurricane with 93 mph winds when its centre passed 37 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Opal in 1995, whose centre came within 2 miles. The record near Fort Deposit begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Fred in 2021, a tropical storm 71 miles away. The 1880s and the 1900s were the busiest decades, with 5 systems each. Of the 34 systems, 4 have come since 2000. Fort Deposit has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 75% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The strongest of the 72 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 18, 1969; its path came within 7 miles, and it killed 2 people. Of the 72, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 41 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on December 29, 2024. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Fort Deposit. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 16 times since 1986, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 96% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Fort Deposit.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Fort Deposit
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | FredAug 17 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | SallySep 17 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2005 | DennisJul 11 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2004 | IvanSep 16 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1995 | OpalOct 5 | 2 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | JuanNov 1 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 37 mi | Category 1 (93 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 13 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 31 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormAug 1 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 15 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormJul 4 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormJun 13 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 17 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 7 | 74 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 27 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 63 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 29 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 16 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Fort Deposit: 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 Fort Deposit
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s18
- 2000s13
- 1990s10
- 1970s6
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
- 1950s6
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1969 | F4 | 7 mi | 52.4 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | EF2 | 23 mi | 1.34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF2 | 15 mi | 9.55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 8 mi | 3.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 14 mi | 22.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF2 | 20 mi | 11 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Mar 1, 2007 | EF2 | 8 mi | 24.55 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Mar 18, 1996 | F2 | 15 mi | 19 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Nov 25, 1979 | F2 | 2 mi | 22.9 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jan 10, 1975 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 10, 1966 | F2 | 22 mi | 9.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 24, 1964 | F2 | 18 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 72, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Fort Deposit
The Storm Prediction Center has 16 hail reports within 10 miles of Fort Deposit since 1986, made on 13 separate days. Of these, 7 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently April 22, 2005. The most recent report is from May 27, 2024. March has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Fort Deposit
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Greenville, AL, 14 miles south of Fort Deposit at 342 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 34°F. July is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and September and October the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 60.0 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (29.4 of 60.0 inches); the other six months are wetter. August has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (10); a normal August there has highs of 92°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 71 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.5 inches a year, most of it in March and December. That 60.0 inches is more than at 76 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (71%). Hayneville, 15 miles northwest, has its own station (Montgomery Airport, AL): 51.3 inches a year, 8.7 less than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 34 | 5.7 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 64 | 37 | 4.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 71 | 43 | 5.5 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 78 | 49 | 5.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| May | 85 | 58 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 90 | 66 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 69 | 5.8 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 92 | 68 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 64 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 79 | 52 | 4.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 69 | 41 | 5.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 62 | 36 | 5.5 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Year | 77 | 51 | 60.0 | 76 | 0.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Greenville, AL (342 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 Fort Deposit
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 26 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Fort Deposit: 20 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $668,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on April 29, 2014.
December 24, 2015: flood 7 miles from the centre of Fort Deposit — $600,000 damage.
NWS: “Numerous roads were closed across Butler County for much of December 24th into early Christmas Day. Numerous dirt roads were damaged in the county, along with some minor damage to a few paved roads.”
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
Lowndes County, which includes Fort Deposit, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1975, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 hurricanes, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Zeta, on December 10, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lowndes County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $5.5 million a year, the 63rd highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.1 million (39%), 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 Fort Deposit
- Greenville, AL13 mi
- Hayneville, AL15 mi
- Hope Hull, AL19 mi
- Luverne, AL25 mi
- Georgiana, AL25 mi
- Ramer, AL26 mi
- Brantley, AL32 mi
- Montgomery, AL32 mi
- Autaugaville, AL32 mi
- Prattville, AL34 mi
- Pike Road, AL36 mi
- Millbrook, AL37 mi
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