Eufaula
Population 12,437 (2025)
16 tropical storms and hurricanes have passed within 50 miles of Eufaula since 1851; the strongest at closest approach was Michael in 2018 (Category 1).
Hazard fingerprint Each spoke is this county’s percentile among U.S. counties where that hazard occurs. How it is computed
- Tornado damage paths within 25 miles since 195071
- Tropical cyclone tracks within 100 miles since 1851, wider where stronger43
- Wildfire burn scars within 25 miles since 19841
At a glance
Tornado paths within 25 miles, tropical cyclone tracks within 100 miles and wildfire perimeters within 25 miles of the city centre. Storm events, flood insurance claims and disaster declarations are for Barbour County. Earthquakes within 50 miles, volcanoes within 100 miles and smoke days are measured from the city centre; river and tide gauges, tsunami and landslide records and the drought index are for Barbour County.
Strongest tornado
F3
November 25, 1986, 44.0 mile path
Strongest tropical cyclone
Cat. 1
Hurricane Michael, 2018, 47.7 miles away
Tornadoes
About one every 1.1 years since 1950, 2 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Strongest
November 25, 1986
F3, 44.0 mile path
200 yards wide.
Deadliest
December 5, 1954
1 killed, F2
35 injured along the whole path.
Most recent
Sunday, December 10, 2023
EF0, 8.0 mile path
3 years ago.
Every recorded tornado
| Dec 10, 2023 | EF0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | EF1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | EF1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | EF1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | EF1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | EF0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | EF1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | EF0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | EF1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | EF1 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | EF2 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | EF1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 3, 2019 | EF0 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 3, 2019 | EF2 | 30.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 3, 2019 | EF2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 4, 2019 | EF1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 4, 2019 | EF0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| May 23, 2017 | EF0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2017 | EF0 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2017 | EF0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | EF2 | 16.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | EF2 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 2017 | EF0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 21, 2017 | EF1 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | EF0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | EF0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | EF0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | EF2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | EF0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | EF0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 2015 | EF1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23, 2014 | EF1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23, 2014 | EF1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17, 2014 | EF1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 2011 | EF1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 2011 | EF0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 1, 2011 | EF0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF1 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 17, 2008 | EF2 | 17.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Mar 1, 2007 | EF1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 1, 2007 | EF1 | 30.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 2007 | EFU | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | F0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 13, 2006 | F0 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2005 | F1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2005 | F0 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2004 | F0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5, 2002 | F2 | 6.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Apr 30, 2002 | F0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9, 2000 | F0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29, 1998 | F1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1998 | F0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4, 1992 | F1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25, 1986 | F3 | 44.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov 29, 1985 | F1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1984 | F1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1984 | F1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3, 1983 | F1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 18, 1981 | F1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 20, 1980 | F2 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 17, 1980 | F1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 13, 1972 | F3 | 16.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 13, 1972 | F1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 12, 1966 | F0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4, 1964 | F2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 20, 1963 | F1 | 70.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Apr 9, 1961 | F2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 9, 1961 | F1 | 54.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 28, 1957 | F2 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 5, 1954 | F2 | 71.5 | 35 | 1 |
- Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
- Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
16 passed within 50 miles since 1851; 2 at hurricane strength.
Strongest within 50 miles
October 11, 2018
Michael, Category 1
47.7 miles at closest approach, winds near 92 mph.
Most recent
October 20, 2019
Nestor, Post-tropical
74.5 miles at closest approach.
Every storm within 100 miles
| Nestor | 2019 | 74.5 | Post-tropical |
| Michael | 2018 | 47.7 | Category 1 |
| Barry | 2001 | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Earl | 1998 | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Opal | 1995 | 80.0 | Category 1 |
| Kate | 1985 | 88.0 | Category 1 |
| Eloise | 1975 | 46.1 | Category 1 |
| Unnamed | 1965 | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hilda | 1964 | 82.3 | Post-tropical |
| Dora | 1964 | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Flossy | 1956 | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Florence | 1953 | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1941 | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1937 | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1929 | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1928 | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1917 | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1915 | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1914 | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1912 | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1907 | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1907 | 94.0 | Post-tropical |
| Unnamed | 1907 | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1906 | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1903 | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1902 | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1901 | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1901 | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1899 | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1898 | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1898 | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1896 | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1894 | 84.1 | Category 1 |
| Unnamed | 1893 | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1889 | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1887 | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1886 | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Unnamed | 1882 | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1881 | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1877 | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1877 | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1860 | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1859 | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1856 | 56.0 | Category 1 |
| Unnamed | 1852 | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Unnamed | 1851 | 59.7 | Category 1 |
- Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.
Wildfire and smoke
1 large fire burned within 25 miles since 1984.
Largest
April 12, 2006
Unnamed Fire, 709 acres
22.0 miles from the city centre.
Most recent
April 12, 2006
Unnamed Fire
709 acres in total.
Every large fire
| Unnamed | 2006 | 22.0 | 709 |
- Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.
Smoke overhead
Smokiest year
2023: 42 days
Heavy smoke on 3 days in 2025, the most of any year.
Last 10 years
9.4 days a year
Medium or heavy smoke, 2016 to 2025.
2025
7 days
Medium or heavy smoke. 27 so far in 2026.
- A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.
NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.
Floods and flood insurance
34 federal flood insurance claims since 1990, with $695,000 paid.
Flood insurance figures are for Barbour County, the county that contains Eufaula.
Most claims in one year
1990: 19 claims
$26,000 paid.
2nd most
2015: 7 claims
$629,000 paid.
Claims by ZIP code
| 36027 | 29 | $453,000 |
Flood events since 1996
- Flash Flood9
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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.
Drought
In severe drought or worse for 100 of 1,581 months since 1895 (6%); the longest spell lasted 13 months.
The drought index is for Barbour County, the county that contains Eufaula.
100
Months in severe drought or worse since 1895
27
Months in extreme drought
6%
Share of all months, severe or worse
60
Drought reports to the Weather Service since 1996
Lowest reading
August 2000
−5.33, extreme drought
Longest severe spell
13 months
June 1954 to June 1955.
Latest month
September 2026
−0.88, incipient dry spell
Last severe month: April 2026.
- The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.
NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.
Earthquakes
No earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or more is recorded within 50 miles of the city centre in the USGS catalogue, which begins in 1900.
Severe weather and other events
350 events in the National Weather Service record for Barbour County, 282 of them since 1996.
46
Hail reports, 1 inch or larger
4
Hail, 2 inches or larger
79
Damaging gusts, 58 mph+
5
Winter weather events since 1996
11
Heat events since 1996
4
Cold events since 1996
Largest hail
April 30, 2002
2.75 inches
Strongest measured or estimated gust
March 12, 2026
85 mph
More event types since 1996
| Lightning | 1 | 0 |
Costliest events since 1996
- Sep 16, 2004High Wind, Barbour$500,000
National Weather Service narrative
A few hundred trees and power lines were knocked down or blown over countywide. At least 200 residences received varying degrees of roof damage. Several homes were without power three to four days. Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 70 miles an hour within one of Ivan's outer-rainbands. Doppler radar estimated 3 to 5 inches of rain across the county associated with Ivan. A few roads were covered with water in the southwest part of the county and were temporarily impassable.
- Jan 13, 2006Tornado$250,000
National Weather Service narrative
The tornado touched down at 12:20 PM CST in the Barbour County Wildlife Management Area, near the intersection of Charles Drive and County Road 49. It then moved northeastward and skirted County Road 49, then moved across a large wooded area and open pasture area. Several hundred trees were snapped off and uprooted near the beginning of the tornado damage path. As the tornado traveled northeast, a large warehouse at a family owned sod farm was completely destroyed. An office used by the sod farm was heavily damaged due to a large tree falling on it. The tornado crossed US 82 between the Comer community and the Batesville community. As the tornado crossed US 82, an automobile was…
- Jan 7, 2007Tornado$250,000
National Weather Service narrative
The tornado touched down in the White Oak Shores Community, about nine miles south of Eufaula along Walter F. George Lake. Several hundred trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path. Numerous mobile homes were damaged and some were totally destroyed at White Oak Shores. The tornado then tracked northeastward across White Oak Creek Park and into the far southern part of the Woodlawn Subdivision. The tornado track ended at the Chattahoochee River.
- Apr 24, 2010Lightning$100,000
National Weather Service narrative
A lightning strike led to the complete loss of a home on AL-30, near the city of Eufaula. A resident of the home was able to escape unharmed.
- Mar 8, 1998Flash Flood$75,000
National Weather Service narrative
After heavy rains over south Alabama, several roads were washed out in the southern part of the county. Schools were closed for a day due to the flooding.
- Feb 17, 2008Tornado$75,000
National Weather Service narrative
The tornado touched down at the intersection of CR-72 and AL-33, near Blue Springs State Park. It then traveled northeastward about 2 miles, before lifting at CR-41 just east of the park. Four houses and one mobile home sustained roof damage, and several trees were snapped off.
- Jan 11, 2008Tornado$70,000
National Weather Service narrative
The tornado touched down just southwest of the intersection of CR-33 and CR-72, where it damaged the roof of a mobile home, and tore off a covered deck and a portion of the attached roof of another home. Several large trees were also uprooted in this area. The tornado then tracked northeastward near Blue Springs State Park, with limited tree damage. Near the intersection of CR-70 and CR-41, a pecan tree was partially snapped and twisted, and another home sustained significant roof damage. Tornado debris punctured the roof of another home across the street. A total of 4 homes and one mobile home was damaged.
- Aug 13, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
National Weather Service narrative
Numerous trees were knocked down or uprooted. Numerous power lines were blown down. The Barbour County Bank had its roof torn off. A roof ripped off a store in downtown Eufaula and landed on a car. Three cars were damaged when a portable building was thrown into the air and landed on them.
- Aug 29, 2005Tropical Storm, Barbour$50,000
National Weather Service narrative
Several trees and power lines were blown down throughout Barbour County. This was a result of Katrina.
- Apr 30, 2005Tornado$40,000
National Weather Service narrative
The tornado first touched down southeast of Mount Andrew near CR 51 where several trees were blown down or snapped off. As the tornado moved northeastward, it gained strength and produced its most significant damage around the Barbour County Public Lake. Hundreds of very large trees were snapped off or blown down. Some of the trees were at least 4 feet in diameter. One home at the lake sustained significant damage due to fallen trees. Two out-buildings, one truck, and several boats were eitherdamaged or destroyed on the lake property. Two 14ft aluminum boats were picked up and sent flying over100 yards. Several lake roads were temporarily impassable due to the fallen trees.…
- Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.
Weather records
No weather station within 40 miles has the 30 years of complete, current records this section needs.
Federal disaster declarations
28 since 1953. The most recent: Hurricane Helene, September 26, 2024.
Declarations for Barbour County.
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane | EM-3618-AL |
| Jan 15, 2023 | Severe Storm | DR-4684-AL |
| Sep 20, 2020 | Hurricane | DR-4563-AL |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Hurricane | EM-3545-AL |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Severe Storm | DR-4554-AL |
| Mar 29, 2020 | Biological | DR-4503-AL |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | EM-3472-AL |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Hurricane | EM-3407-AL |
| Oct 8, 2017 | Hurricane | EM-3394-AL |
| Sep 11, 2017 | Hurricane | EM-3389-AL |
| Jan 21, 2016 | Severe Storm | DR-4251-AL |
| Apr 28, 2011 | Severe Storm | DR-1971-AL |
| Apr 27, 2011 | Severe Storm | EM-3319-AL |
| Dec 31, 2009 | Severe Storm | DR-1870-AL |
| Aug 30, 2008 | Hurricane | EM-3292-AL |
| Sep 10, 2005 | Hurricane | EM-3237-AL |
| Jul 10, 2005 | Hurricane | DR-1593-AL |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Hurricane | DR-1549-AL |
| May 12, 2003 | Severe Storm | DR-1466-AL |
| Nov 14, 2002 | Severe Storm | DR-1442-AL |
| Mar 9, 1998 | Severe Storm | DR-1208-AL |
| Oct 4, 1995 | Hurricane | DR-1070-AL |
| Jul 8, 1994 | Severe Storm | DR-1034-AL |
| Mar 15, 1993 | Snowstorm | EM-3096-AL |
| Mar 21, 1990 | Severe Storm | DR-861-AL |
| Jul 20, 1977 | Drought | EM-3045-AL |
| Oct 2, 1975 | Severe Storm | DR-488-AL |
| Mar 14, 1975 | Flood | DR-458-AL |
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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.
Sources and vintage
Every number on this page comes from these public records.
- Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
- Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
- Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
- Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
- Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
- Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
- Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.
- River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
- Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
- Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
- Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.
Joins, thresholds and known limits are set out in the methodology. Found an error? Report it. Page built October 30, 2026.