NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Georgiana, 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
43 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Georgiana, Alabama since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sally in 2020. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 6
- Tropical storms
- 37
- Tornadoes
- 64
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Georgiana
The strongest storm to pass near Georgiana was Eloise in 1975, a Category 2 hurricane with 101 mph winds when its centre passed 44 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Opal in 1995, whose centre came within 8 miles. The record near Georgiana begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Sally in 2020, a tropical storm 6 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 7 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 43 systems, 4 have come since 2000. Georgiana has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 77% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The highest rating among the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 23, 1971, came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on March 12, 2001, killed 2 people. Of the 64, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 33 have come since 2000. November has had the most tornadoes, 10. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 98% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Georgiana. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 16 times since 1990, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 96% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Georgiana.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Georgiana
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | SallySep 17 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | DennisJul 10 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2004 | IvanSep 16 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1995 | OpalOct 5 | 8 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1994 | AlbertoJul 3 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanOct 31 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 44 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1969 | Unnamed 1969 stormOct 1 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormJul 9 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 13 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 31 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 31 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormOct 6 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 15 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormJul 4 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1917 | Unnamed 1917 stormSep 29 | 69 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 26 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormJun 13 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 17 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 7 | 68 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 27 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 28 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 55 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 29 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 31 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 16 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Georgiana: 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 Georgiana
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s11
- 2000s12
- 1990s6
- 1980s4
- 1970s6(1 EF3+)
- 1960s7(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1969 | F4 | 15 mi | 52.4 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Apr 23, 1971 | F4 | 16 mi | 25.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 1956 | F3 | 13 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 10, 2024 | EF2 | in town | 24.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 4, 2015 | EF2 | 24 mi | 14.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 16 mi | 3.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 21 mi | 3.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF2 | 14 mi | 22.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 23, 1985 | F2 | 14 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Dec 28, 1983 | F2 | 23 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 25, 1979 | F2 | 16 mi | 22.9 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jul 11, 1979 | F2 | 18 mi | 7.1 mi | 0 / 4 |
The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Georgiana
The Storm Prediction Center has 16 hail reports within 10 miles of Georgiana since 1990, made on 14 separate days. Of these, 8 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 January 21, 2012. April has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Georgiana
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Greenville, AL, 13 miles northeast of Georgiana 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. September has brought the most of the 43 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 4.0 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%). Evergreen, 18 miles southwest, has its own station (Evergreen, AL): 61.4 inches a year, 1.4 more than here, and a July average high of 91°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 Georgiana
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 44 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Georgiana: 39 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $837,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on April 29, 2014.
December 25, 2012: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Georgiana — 1 killed, $35,000 damage.
NWS: “seriously injured him. The man later died at the hospital the next day.”
March 30, 2012: lightning strike 2 miles from the centre of Georgiana — 2 injured.
NWS: “Two people struck by lightning one of which was critical.”
April 30, 2005: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Georgiana — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “A large microburst from a thunderstorm blew down numerous trees in and around Chapman. Several of the trees fell on homes.”
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
Butler County, which includes Georgiana, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 hurricanes, 10 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 Butler County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $9.4 million a year, the 48th highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.8 million (30%), 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.
Cities near Georgiana
- Greenville, AL14 mi
- Evergreen, AL18 mi
- Red Level, AL19 mi
- Fort Deposit, AL25 mi
- Brantley, AL27 mi
- Andalusia, AL29 mi
- Luverne, AL30 mi
- Monroeville, AL34 mi
- Hayneville, AL37 mi
- Camden, AL38 mi
- Opp, AL40 mi
- Frisco City, AL41 mi
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