Mobile County, Alabama Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record

Name: Newest storm events on record for Mobile County, Alabama
Creator: County Hazards
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This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 1,110 storm events on record for Mobile County, Alabama, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

Mar 11 2026

The newest event on record is a tornado event on 11 Mar 2026.

FEMA has 40 disaster declarations on record for the county from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is EM-3618 of 26 Sep 2024.

OpenFEMA has 15,117 NFIP claims on record for the county from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026. The NFIP paid $369 million on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Since the last update: no change is on record for Mobile County. The site compares the agency data at each update. Updates of the data

The five hazards

Storm events on record for Mobile County by hazard and period (NCEI, through 30 Jun 2026)
Hazard	1950 to 2026	2000 to 2009	2010 to 2019	2020 to 2026	Newest event
Hail	242	75	31	18	5 Jul 2025
Tornado	129	17	16	39	11 Mar 2026
Flood	185	49	73	50	10 May 2025
Wind	473	83	121	63	5 Jul 2025
Winter	0	0	0	0	None on record
Other event types	81	Heat, cold, drought, wildfire, lightning, fog, tropical and other types
All storm events	1,110	274	256	175	11 Mar 2026

A hazard name opens the page of that hazard for the county. A hazard has a page from 10 events. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

A county count has the events that NCEI gives to the county. It also has the events of a forecast zone that has the name of the county. A zone with another name counts for the state only.

Rates of Mobile County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	Mobile	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Storm events for each 100 square miles, 1950 to 2026	90.3	86.7	49.3
Storm events for each 10,000 residents, 1950 to 2026	26.9	87.2	52.5
NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force, 2016 to 2025	135.6	216.5	185.3

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. The site gives a rate for each 10,000 residents only from 10,000 residents. Residents and area: Census Bureau, 2021.

Newest storm events on record

Mar 11 2026

TornadoEF0

At IRVINGTON

TornadoEF0

3 miles N of GRAND BAY

TornadoEF0

4 miles W of THEODORE IDLE HOUR A

TornadoEF0

3 miles NW of HATTERS

TornadoEF1

3 miles NNW of GEORGETOWN

TornadoEF0

5 miles NW of GEORGETOWN

Jul 5 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of GRAND BAY

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile N of GRAND BAY

Jun 9 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of SIDNEY

May 29 2025

TornadoEF0

1 mile W of ORCHARD

May 10 2025

Flash Flood

2 miles NE of COTTAGE HILL

Thunderstorm Wind90 mph (78 knots, estimated gust)

At DAUPHIN IS

Apr 6 2025

Flash Flood

1 mile N of FOWL RIVER

Flash Flood

15 miles E of CREOLA

Flash Flood

1 mile SE of MOBILE

Flash Flood

1 mile N of DAWES

Mar 15 2025

TornadoEF1

4 miles NE of CITRONELLE

Mar 8 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ALABAMA PORT

Dec 28 2024

TornadoEF0

At MON LOUIS

Dec 27 2024

TornadoEF0

2 miles W of SPRING HILL

TornadoEF0

2 miles W of (MOB)MOBILE BATES FL

TornadoEF1

4 miles N of GRAND BAY

Aug 14 2024

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles NNW of COTTAGE HILL

Jul 25 2024

Flash Flood

2 miles NE of COTTAGE HILL

Flash Flood

2 miles NE of COTTAGE HILL

The 25 events above are the newest in the NCEI record. A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Download these events (CSV)

Storm events on record for Mobile County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	12
1960s	4	4	3	3	6	5	0	5	3	4	37
1970s	3	5	6	10	4	5	1	8	9	6	57
1980s	15	9	12	20	6	14	12	8	8	17	121
1990s	12	7	15	3	6	25	21	38	24	27	178
2000s	41	28	30	26	19	30	30	22	26	22	274
2010s	16	34	17	11	17	37	40	36	13	35	256
2020s	23	30	35	42	27	12	6 (part of the year)				175

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996. A count before 1996 has fewer event types.

FEMA disaster declarations

Sep 26 2024

FEMA has 40 disaster declarations on record for Mobile County from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is EM-3618: HURRICANE HELENE.

Disaster declarations that name Mobile County (OpenFEMA, through 1 Oct 2026)
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Assistance
26 Sep 2024	EM-3618	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE HELENE	Public
15 Jan 2023	DR-4684	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES	Individual
10 Dec 2020	DR-4573	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE ZETA	Individual, Public
20 Sep 2020	DR-4563	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE SALLY	Individual, Public
14 Sep 2020	EM-3545	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE SALLY	Public
29 Mar 2020	DR-4503	Major disaster	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Individual, Public
13 Mar 2020	EM-3472	Emergency	Biological	COVID-19	Public
5 Nov 2018	DR-4406	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MICHAEL	Public
12 Oct 2018	EM-3407	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MICHAEL	Public
16 Nov 2017	DR-4349	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE NATE	Public
8 Oct 2017	EM-3394	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE NATE	Public
11 Sep 2017	EM-3389	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Public
2 May 2014	DR-4176	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING	Individual, Public
21 Sep 2012	DR-4082	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE ISAAC	Public
28 Apr 2011	DR-1971	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING	Public
27 Apr 2011	EM-3319	Emergency	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS	Public
22 Dec 2009	DR-1866	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IDA	Public
26 Sep 2008	DR-1797	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE	Public
10 Sep 2008	DR-1789	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE GUSTAV	Public
30 Aug 2008	EM-3292	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE GUSTAV	Public
10 Sep 2005	EM-3237	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Public
29 Aug 2005	DR-1605	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA	Individual, Public
28 Aug 2005	EM-3214	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA	Public
10 Jul 2005	DR-1593	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE DENNIS	Individual, Public
15 Sep 2004	DR-1549	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IVAN	Individual, Public
12 May 2003	DR-1466	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING	Individual
9 Oct 2002	DR-1438	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE	Public
30 Sep 1998	DR-1250	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE GEORGES - 18 SEP 98	Individual, Public
28 Sep 1998	EM-3133	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE GEORGES	Public
25 Jul 1997	DR-1185	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING,HIGH WINDS, ASSOC WITH HURR DANNY	Individual, Public
4 Oct 1995	DR-1070	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE OPAL	Individual, Public
15 Mar 1993	EM-3096	Emergency	Snowstorm	SEVERE SNOWFALL, WINTER STORM	Public
21 Mar 1990	DR-861	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual, Public
7 Sep 1985	DR-742	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE ELENA	Individual, Public
14 May 1981	DR-639	Major disaster	Flood	SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING	Individual, Public
20 Apr 1980	DR-619	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual, Public
13 Sep 1979	DR-598	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FREDERIC	Individual, Public
20 Jul 1977	EM-3045	Emergency	Drought	DROUGHT	Public
27 Mar 1973	DR-369	Major disaster	Tornado	TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual, Public
7 Nov 1969	DR-280	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE CAMILLE	Individual, Public

DR is a major disaster declaration. EM is an emergency declaration. FM is a fire management assistance declaration. A declaration for the whole state is on the Alabama page. What a disaster declaration is

The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

Flood insurance claims (NFIP)

OpenFEMA has 15,117 NFIP claims on record for Mobile County from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026.

The NFIP paid $368,561,805 on 12,012 claims.

The county has 135.6 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 735 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 5,422 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.

NFIP claims in Mobile County by year of loss, 1978 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1970s									51	1,623	1,674
1980s	726	1,147	29	298	34	478	4	23	20	23	2,782
1990s	79	25	11	18	6	264	24	594	2,515	14	3,550
2000s	8	14	428	57	1,451	3,628	17	10	203	166	5,982
2010s	31	11	150	14	108	66	3	202	33	21	639
2020s	401	31	11	7	12	14	14 (part of the year)				490

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NFIP claims by year of loss with the amount paid: 49 years

NFIP claims in Mobile County by year of loss, with the amount paid (OpenFEMA, through 8 Sep 2026)
Year of loss	Claims	Claims with a payment	Amount paid
2026	14	13	$529,969
2025	14	12	$221,838
2024	12	6	$266,158
2023	7	not shown	not shown
2022	11	5	$105,974
2021	31	24	$347,438
2020	401	255	$5,636,254
2019	21	14	$541,547
2018	33	22	$158,359
2017	202	178	$4,825,016
2016	3	not shown	not shown
2015	66	55	$1,595,086
2014	108	69	$2,350,568
2013	14	10	$170,169
2012	150	101	$1,519,528
2011	11	5	$22,256
2010	31	22	$210,401
2009	166	145	$2,370,905
2008	203	171	$2,358,164
2007	10	not shown	not shown
2006	17	8	$94,589
2005	3,628	3,264	$226,392,524
2004	1,451	1,215	$26,796,871
2003	57	26	$176,119
2002	428	323	$2,647,038
2001	14	10	$91,997
2000	8	5	$31,688
1999	14	9	$123,597
1998	2,515	1,835	$36,712,482
1997	594	390	$5,317,926
1996	24	17	$288,933
1995	264	170	$933,786
1994	6	not shown	not shown
1993	18	14	$115,621
1992	11	not shown	not shown
1991	25	13	$23,040
1990	79	49	$438,836
1989	23	15	$203,281
1988	20	6	$10,573
1987	23	13	$34,412
1986	4	not shown	not shown
1985	478	197	$1,285,592
1984	34	25	$119,343
1983	298	211	$1,187,298
1982	29	18	$60,164
1981	1,147	1,054	$17,786,644
1980	726	609	$6,116,620
1979	1,623	1,353	$17,987,909
1978	51	40	$86,296

A year with fewer than 5 claims shows the count of claims and no amount. A year with 1 to 4 claims with a payment shows no amount either. Such an amount could point to one property. The amount is the sum of the building, contents and increased cost of compliance payments. FEMA counts 1,587 multiple-loss properties in the county (2 Aug 2026). How FEMA redacts NFIP claims

This dataset is not intended to be an official federal report, and should not be considered an official federal report.
Note, the County Code field may not reflect the individual county the property is located as projects can be associated with more than one county

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

FEMA cannot verify the quality and/or timeliness of any data or any analysis derived therefrom after the data has been retrieved from FEMA.gov.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions, copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last updated 2025-01-22.

National Risk Index

Risk Index rating: Relatively High
Risk Index score: 98.0 of 100
Expected Annual Loss rating: Relatively High
Expected Annual Loss: $298 million
Social Vulnerability rating: Relatively Moderate
Community Resilience rating: Relatively High

National Risk Index of Mobile County by hazard type (FEMA, December 2025 release)
Hazard type	Risk Index rating	Expected Annual Loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively High	$5,809,119
Cold wave	Relatively Moderate	$4,781,382
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$1,193,810
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$2,499,304
Hail	Relatively Moderate	$953,045
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$6,649,565
Hurricane	Very High	$178,159,461
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$373,625
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$80,839,404
Landslide	Relatively Low	$6,776
Lightning	Very High	$3,075,166
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$1,230,373
Tornado	Relatively High	$10,132,225
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$2,257,030
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	$204,173

The National Risk Index dataset leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline relative risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.
The rating is a qualitative categorization that describes the community in comparison to all other communities at the same level, ranging from “Very Low” to “Very High.”
The National Risk Index data are meant for planning purposes only.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Data: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2025, v1.20), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The labels and the ratings are those of FEMA. Expected Annual Loss is a figure for a whole county. It is not a figure for a property. How to read the National Risk Index

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks

The HURDAT2 record of the National Hurricane Center has 91 tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of the county, through the 2025 season. 21 of them were within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

Storm names, years and distances: 40 tracks

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of Mobile County (NHC HURDAT2)
Storm name	Year	Nearest point of the track	Highest wind within 100 miles
Sally	2020	38 miles	109 mph
Gordon	2018	27 miles	69 mph
Nate	2017	44 miles	75 mph
Lee	2011	57 miles	46 mph
Claudette	2009	96 miles	46 mph
Ida	2009	29 miles	58 mph
Arlene	2005	49 miles	58 mph
Cindy	2005	43 miles	52 mph
Dennis	2005	64 miles	127 mph
Katrina	2005	88 miles	121 mph
Ivan	2004	38 miles	121 mph
Hanna	2002	23 miles	58 mph
Allison	2001	25 miles	46 mph
Helene	2000	96 miles	40 mph
Georges	1998	13 miles	109 mph
Danny	1997	26 miles	81 mph
Erin	1995	42 miles	98 mph
Opal	1995	70 miles	115 mph
Beryl	1988	99 miles	40 mph
Elena	1985	49 miles	121 mph
Juan	1985	40 miles	63 mph
Frederic	1979	20 miles	132 mph
Camille	1969	76 miles	173 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1969	83 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1965	80 miles	58 mph
Hilda	1964	38 miles	63 mph
Ethel	1960	52 miles	86 mph
Irene	1959	36 miles	46 mph
Debbie	1957	99 miles	40 mph
Flossy	1956	65 miles	92 mph
Brenda	1955	95 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1955	68 miles	52 mph
Baker	1950	18 miles	86 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1948	58 miles	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1948	77 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1947	27 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1944	6 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1939	36 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1939	64 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1939	48 miles	46 mph

A name is the storm name that the National Hurricane Center gave. The distance is from the centre line of the track. It does not show how far the wind, the rain or the surge of a storm went.

ZIP Codes, cities and towns of Mobile County

Each ZIP Code below has a page with its NFIP claims by year. 13 more ZIP Codes have fewer than 5 claims and no page.

A city or town has no page of its own. This page is the record for the whole county, which has these places:

Axis
Bayou La Batre
Belle Fontaine
Bucks
Calvert
Chickasaw
Chunchula
Citronelle
Creola
Dauphin Island
Grand Bay
Gulfcrest
Mobile
Mount Vernon
Movico
Prichard
Saraland
Satsuma
Semmes
Theodore
Tillmans Corner

Official channels

FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
National Weather Service: Mobile/Pensacola (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
Alabama Emergency Management Agency (opens in a new tab)The emergency management agency of the state.
NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Mobile County, Alabama: storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/mobile/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Where the data comes from

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026.
Disaster declarations: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, read on 1 Oct 2026.
NFIP claims: OpenFEMA NFIP Claims, as of 8 Sep 2026. Multiple-loss properties: 2 Aug 2026. Policies in force: 3 Aug 2026.
National Risk Index: FEMA, December 2025 release. Storm tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through the 2025 season.
Residents, area, places and adjacent counties: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage.

How the counts are made · Corrections · Hazards in all states: hail, tornado, flood, wind, winter

Questions

How many tornado events are on record for Mobile County?: NCEI has 129 tornado events on record for Mobile County from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. 16 events have a rating of EF2 or F2, or a higher rating.
How large is the hail on record for Mobile County?: NCEI has 242 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. 41 events have a hail size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.
Which month has the most storm events on record for Mobile County?: June has 169 of the 1,110 storm events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many NFIP claims are there for each 1,000 policies in force in Mobile County?: The county has 135.6 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 735 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 5,422 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.