NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Moundville, 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
21 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Moundville, Alabama since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Zeta in 2020. Since 1950, 117 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 15 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 21
- Tornadoes
- 117
- EF3 or stronger
- 15
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
152 deaths in all
What the records show for Moundville
None of the 21 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Moundville; the strongest was Zeta in 2020, a tropical storm with 69 mph winds when its centre passed 13 miles away. The record near Moundville begins with an unnamed storm in 1855; the most recent system was Zeta in 2020. The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 5 systems. Of the 21 systems, 3 have come since 2000. Moundville has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 57% of the 323 Alabama cities on this site. The strongest of the 117 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on March 3, 1966; its path came within 21 miles, and it killed 58 people. The deadliest, an EF4 on April 27, 2011, killed 64 people. Of the 117, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 85 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on March 15, 2025. Of the 323 Alabama cities, 60% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Moundville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 33 times since 1988, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Of the 323 Alabama cities, 78% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Moundville.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Moundville
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | IvanSep 16 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | JuanNov 1 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 8 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 16 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 13 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 29 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 1 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 16 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 17 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Moundville: 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 Moundville
By decade
- 2020s28(2 EF3+)
- 2010s25(5 EF3+)
- 2000s32(1 EF3+)
- 1990s8(2 EF3+)
- 1980s7(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12(3 EF3+)
- 1960s4(1 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1966 | F5 | 21 mi | 202.5 mi | 58 / 518 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF4 | 13 mi | 80.68 mi | 64 / 1500 |
| Dec 16, 2000 | F4 | 8 mi | 18 mi | 11 / 144 |
| May 27, 1973 | F4 | 21 mi | 139.1 mi | 7 / 199 |
| Feb 23, 1975 | F4 | 8 mi | 14.4 mi | 1 / 49 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 8 mi | 72.13 mi | 7 / 50 |
| Mar 10, 1992 | F3 | 20 mi | 18 mi | 2 / 7 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | EF3 | 14 mi | 79.66 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | EF3 | 3 mi | 11.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 20 mi | 20.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 25 mi | 22.46 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF3 | 7 mi | 18.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 117, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Moundville
The Storm Prediction Center has 33 hail reports within 10 miles of Moundville since 1988, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 20 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on April 15, 2022. The most recent report is from August 18, 2024. April has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Moundville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Greensboro 2 WNW, AL, 17 miles south of Moundville at 280 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 35°F. June is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 55.0 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (25.1 of 55.0 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 21 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (11); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 68 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 44 nights a year. That 55.0 inches is more than at 22 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (21%). Duncanville, 13 miles northeast, has its own station (Northport 2 S, AL): 57.2 inches a year, 2.2 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 35 | 5.0 | 6 |
| Feb | 61 | 39 | 5.5 | 8 |
| Mar | 68 | 45 | 5.6 | 8 |
| Apr | 75 | 52 | 4.7 | 6 |
| May | 82 | 60 | 3.9 | 6 |
| Jun | 88 | 68 | 5.8 | 7 |
| Jul | 91 | 71 | 4.1 | 8 |
| Aug | 91 | 70 | 4.0 | 7 |
| Sep | 86 | 65 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Oct | 77 | 53 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Nov | 66 | 43 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Dec | 59 | 39 | 5.2 | 8 |
| Year | 75 | 53 | 55.0 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Greensboro 2 WNW, AL (280 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 Moundville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 51 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Moundville: 47 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $304,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on April 28, 2014.
July 26, 1998: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Moundville — 3 injured, $120,000 damage.
NWS: “6 miles west of Havana in northern Hale County. One business (a small grocery) was partially deroofed (essentially destroyed), four mobile homes were damaged including one that was completely flipped over, one that lost shingles, one that was pushed off it's blocks, and one that was sliced by a falling tree.”
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 Moundville's ZIP code 35474 have filed 31 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $152,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2009, with 14. 3% 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, 49 have fewer than Moundville.
Hale County, which includes Moundville, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, on January 15, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hale County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for hurricanes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.8 million a year, the 55th highest of 67 Alabama counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.3 million (43%), 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).
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Cities near Moundville
- Duncanville, AL13 mi
- Tuscaloosa, AL17 mi
- Greensboro, AL18 mi
- Eutaw, AL19 mi
- Cottondale, AL19 mi
- Coker, AL20 mi
- Brent, AL24 mi
- Northport, AL24 mi
- Marion, AL26 mi
- Vance, AL27 mi
- Centreville, AL28 mi
- Gordo, AL28 mi
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