NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Luverne, 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
37 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Luverne, Alabama since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Fred in 2021. Since 1950, 104 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 6
- Tropical storms
- 31
- Tornadoes
- 104
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Luverne
The strongest storm to pass near Luverne was Eloise in 1975, a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds when its centre passed 16 miles away. The record near Luverne begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Fred in 2021, a tropical storm 51 miles away. Of the 37 systems, 2 have come since 2000. Luverne has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 77% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The strongest of the 104 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 18, 1969; its path came within 17 miles, and it killed 2 people. Of the 104, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on March 15, 2025. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Luverne. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 19 times since 1992, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Luverne.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Luverne
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | FredAug 17 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | SallySep 17 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1995 | OpalOct 5 | 19 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1994 | AlbertoJul 3 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanNov 1 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 16 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1969 | Unnamed 1969 stormOct 1 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 15 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1953 | FlorenceSep 26 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormJul 9 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 13 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 31 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 31 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 15 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormJul 4 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1917 | Unnamed 1917 stormSep 29 | 54 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 55 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 4 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormJun 13 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 14 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 17 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormAug 2 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 3 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 7 | 50 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJul 27 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 39 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 28 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 16 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Luverne: 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 Luverne
By decade
- 2020s15
- 2010s21
- 2000s19
- 1990s10
- 1980s4
- 1970s14(4 EF3+)
- 1960s12(1 EF3+)
- 1950s9(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1969 | F4 | 17 mi | 52.4 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Dec 19, 1974 | F3 | 23 mi | 11.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 19, 1974 | F3 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 17, 1971 | F3 | 23 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 2, 1971 | F3 | 18 mi | 23.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 1956 | F3 | 16 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | EF2 | 17 mi | 21.31 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 10, 2024 | EF2 | 25 mi | 24.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | EF2 | 14 mi | 12.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | EF2 | 10 mi | 1.34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 4, 2015 | EF2 | 4 mi | 14.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF2 | 7 mi | 15.7 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 104, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Luverne
The Storm Prediction Center has 19 hail reports within 10 miles of Luverne since 1992, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 10 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 25, 2023. March has the most reports, 7.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Luverne
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Highland Home 2 S, AL, 13 miles north of Luverne at 614 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 58°F and 39°F. March is the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (24.8 of 54.5 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 37 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (12); a normal September there has highs of 85°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 52 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 26 nights a year. That 54.5 inches is more than at 15 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (14%). Brantley, 11 miles south, has its own station (Andalusia 3 W, AL): 60.3 inches a year, 5.8 more than here, and an August average high of 90°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 39 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Feb | 62 | 42 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 69 | 48 | 5.9 | 7 |
| Apr | 75 | 54 | 4.8 | 6 |
| May | 82 | 62 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Jun | 87 | 68 | 5.5 | 8 |
| Jul | 89 | 71 | 4.6 | 9 |
| Aug | 89 | 70 | 4.4 | 8 |
| Sep | 85 | 66 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Oct | 77 | 56 | 3.1 | 4 |
| Nov | 67 | 46 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Dec | 60 | 41 | 5.1 | 8 |
| Year | 75 | 55 | 54.5 | 78 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Highland Home 2 S, AL (614 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 Luverne
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 82 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Luverne: 74 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on April 3, 2017. July has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 321 Alabama cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 45 have had fewer than Luverne.
April 3, 2017: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Luverne — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Most of the damage in and around the city of Luverne was produced by a corridor of enhanced straight line winds with top winds estimated as high as 90 mph. Significant tree and power line damage was observed in the city with a few homes suffering significant shingle 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
Crenshaw County, which includes Luverne, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1975, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 hurricanes, 11 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Sally, on September 20, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Crenshaw 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 $7.2 million a year, the 57th highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.5 million (35%), 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 Luverne
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- Troy, AL20 mi
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- Georgiana, AL30 mi
- Red Level, AL30 mi
- New Brockton, AL31 mi
- Andalusia, AL31 mi
- Opp, AL32 mi
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