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Autauga County, Alabama

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 01001 · 59,095 residents (2021) · 594 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 89Tornado · 44Flood · 30Wind · 217Winter · 11

Autauga County within Alabama. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

The NCEI record lists 466 events for Autauga County, Alabama, between 1950 and 2026; damaging wind account for the largest share.

That is 78.4 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Alabama figure of 87.3, and 78.9 per 10,000 residents against 87.8 statewide.

10 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 12 deaths and 109 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $27M and crop damage at $1.2M.

FEMA has designated the county in 24 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Hurricane Helene (emergency, 26 Sep 2024).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 77 claims since 1978, of which 58 were paid, totalling $1.4M (about $24K per paid claim). FEMA counts 185 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($20M a year across 18 hazards).

37 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

10events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

466events since 195012 deaths, 109 injuries recorded

24disaster declarationslast 26 Sep 2024

77NFIP flood claims$1.4M paid

Compared with Alabama and the United States

Measure	Autauga County	Alabama	US
Recorded events since 1950	466	44,232	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	78.4	87.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	78.9	87.8	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	10	1,348	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	12	941	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$27M	$12B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	1.3	8.9	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$24K	$34K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	5.9	21.5	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Hail: 1

Tornado: 1Wind: 1

Hail: 4Tornado: 3Wind: 4

Hail: 5Tornado: 4Wind: 23

Hail: 16Tornado: 1Flood: 5Wind: 35Winter: 1Heat: 1Cold: 2Lightning: 1

Hail: 43Tornado: 11Flood: 14Wind: 69Winter: 3Tropical: 4Heat: 2Cold: 3Drought: 18Lightning: 2Other: 4

Hail: 11Tornado: 17Flood: 9Wind: 58Winter: 7Tropical: 1Heat: 2Cold: 1Drought: 18Lightning: 3

Hail: 9Tornado: 7Flood: 2Wind: 27Tropical: 1Heat: 3Drought: 9

11950s21960s111970s321980s621990s1732000s1272010s582020s

Recorded events in Autauga County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 263 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 161 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind217

Hail89

Drought45

Tornado44

Flood30

Winter11

Heat8

Tropical6

Cold6

Lightning6

Other4

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	217	—	1.0%	detail
■ Hail	89	—	1.1%	detail
■ Drought	45	—	1.7%
■ Tornado	44	10	1.4%	detail
■ Flood	30	—	0.9%	detail
■ Winter	11	—	0.7%	detail
■ Heat	8	2	0.6%
■ Tropical	6	—	1.2%
■ Cold	6	—	0.5%
■ Lightning	6	—	0.8%
■ Other	4	—	0.8%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
12 Jan 2023	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	—	—	7	16	County
15 Apr 2011	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	$1.2M	—	3	4	County
8 Aug 2007	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	17	Forecast zone
24 Jul 2005	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
17 Feb 2008	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	$10M	—	—	50	County
3 Jan 1982	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	6	County
12 Mar 1976	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	4	County
25 Apr 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	81 mph	$1.0M	—	—	3	County
3 Mar 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	86 mph	$150K	—	—	2	County
6 Dec 1983	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	—	2	County
19 Jan 2019	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	—	—	—	2	County
24 Nov 2004	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$900K	—	—	1	County
2 Apr 2000	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County
1 Sep 2000	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County
16 Sep 2004	High Wind	Wind	82 mph	$2.6M	$100K	—	—	Forecast zone
25 Apr 2003	Hail	Hail	4.50 in	$2.5M	—	—	—	County
7 Mar 1996	Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	—	$1.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
19 Sep 2009	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$1.0M	—	—	—	County
7 May 2009	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$530K	—	—	—	County
15 Apr 2011	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	$458K	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
26 Sep 2024	EM-3618	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Helene	Public assistance
15 Jan 2023	DR-4684	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Dec 2020	DR-4573	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Zeta	Public assistance
14 Sep 2020	EM-3545	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Sally	Public assistance
29 Mar 2020	DR-4503	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3472	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
16 Nov 2017	DR-4349	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Nate	Public assistance
8 Oct 2017	EM-3394	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Nate	Public assistance
11 Sep 2017	EM-3389	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma	Public assistance
21 Jan 2016	DR-4251	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Public assistance
28 Apr 2011	DR-1971	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
27 Apr 2011	EM-3319	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds	Public assistance
3 Jun 2009	DR-1842	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, And Straight-Line Winds	Individual assistance, Public assistance
30 Aug 2008	EM-3292	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
10 Sep 2005	EM-3237	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
10 Jul 2005	DR-1593	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Dennis	Public assistance
15 Sep 2004	DR-1549	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Dec 2001	DR-1399	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	Individual assistance
4 Oct 1995	DR-1070	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Opal	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 Mar 1993	EM-3096	Emergency	Snowstorm	Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm	Public assistance
21 Mar 1990	DR-861	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 Apr 1979	DR-578	Major disaster	Flood	Storms, Wind, Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
17 Mar 1979	EM-3074	Emergency	Flood	Flooding	Public assistance
20 Jul 1977	EM-3045	Emergency	Drought	Drought	Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Autauga County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 197877

Paid claims58

Total paid$1.4M

Average paid claim$24K

Repetitive-loss properties50 severe

Residential policies in force1850.9% of 20,789 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2025	1	0	$0	—
2024	1	1	$28,044	$28,044
2020	2	0	$0	—
2018	1	0	$0	—
2017	6	6	$164,282	$27,380
2016	2	0	$0	—
2015	5	3	$24,464	$8,155
2013	1	1	$43,792	$43,792
2012	1	0	$0	—
2011	1	0	$0	—
2009	12	9	$252,709	$28,079
2005	1	0	$0	—
2004	2	0	$0	—
2000	12	11	$294,801	$26,800
1999	3	3	$48,407	$16,136
1997	1	0	$0	—
1995	2	2	$3,462	$1,731
1991	2	1	$4,504	$4,504
1990	17	17	$464,945	$27,350
1979	4	4	$38,795	$9,699

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 57.6 of 100

Expected annual loss$20MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Low

Community resilienceRelatively Moderate

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$10,969,367
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$2,998,251
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$2,172,365
Lightning	Relatively Moderate	$790,523
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$725,579
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$706,226
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$582,605
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$380,167
Hail	Relatively Low	$212,257
Drought	Relatively Low	$106,182
Ice storm	Relatively Low	$61,834
Wildfire	Very Low	$36,262
Landslide	Relatively Low	$8,279
Winter weather	Very Low	$6,673

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles37

Tracks within 50 miles11

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Fred	2021	93 mi	40 mph
Sally	2020	64 mi	40 mph
Zeta	2020	53 mi	69 mph
Nate	2017	82 mi	40 mph
Dennis	2005	94 mi	52 mph
Ivan	2004	44 mi	81 mph
Opal	1995	53 mi	58 mph
Juan	1985	55 mi	46 mph
Eloise	1975	64 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1939	93 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1936	80 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1932	44 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1928	68 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1919	100 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1916	46 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1916	72 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1915	94 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1912	50 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1907	32 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1906	64 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1903	44 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1902	44 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1901	87 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1899	81 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1898	78 mi	40 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

36067 38
36003 26
36066 25

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Autauga County, AL?

NCEI records 89 hail events in Autauga County since 1950, in 31 different years; that is about 1.2 recorded events a year. 22 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Autauga County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 44 tornadoes in Autauga County since 1950, 11 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 10.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Autauga County?

26 Sep 2024: Hurricane Helene, a emergency declaration for hurricane. The county appears in 24 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Autauga County, and how much was paid?

77 NFIP claims since 1978, 58 of them paid, for $1.4M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Autauga County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively Low" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Moderate" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Autauga County compare with the rest of Alabama?

78.4 recorded events per 100 square miles against 87.3 statewide, and 1.3 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 8.9. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.