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 for Eufaula Tornado: 66th percentile. Tropical: 72th percentile. Wildfire: 0th percentile. Flood: 8th percentile. Hail & wind: 16th percentile. Heat: 56th percentile. Cold: 22th percentile. Winter: 3th percentile. TORTROPFIREFLOODSEVEREHEATCOLDWINTER

Hazard fingerprint Each spoke is this county’s percentile among U.S. counties where that hazard occurs. How it is computed

2026
  • 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.

Tropical cyclones within 50 mi

16

2 at hurricane strength since 1851

Details

Tornadoes since 1950, within 25 mi

71

2 rated F3/EF3 or stronger

Details

Flood insurance claims

34

Barbour County

$695,000 paid since 1990

Details

Large wildfires within 25 mi

1

Largest: Unnamed, 2006

Details

Strongest tornado

F3

November 25, 1986, 44.0 mile path

Strongest tropical cyclone

Cat. 1

Hurricane Michael, 2018, 47.7 miles away

Federal disaster declarations

28

Most recent: Hurricane Helene, 2024

Details

Costliest event since 1996

$500K

High Wind, September 16, 2004

Details

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.

Tornadoes by decade, within 25 miles Doppler radar era² 1950s: 2 2 1960s: 5 5 1970s: 2 2 1980s: 8 8 1990s: 3 3 2000s: 14 14 2010s: 25 25 2020s: 12 12 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Recorded tornadoes per decade. The 2020s are incomplete.
Tornadoes by month J: 11 F: 4 M: 12 A: 17 17 M: 4 J: 5 J: 0 A: 1 S: 2 O: 1 N: 9 D: 5 JFMAMJJASOND
By month of occurrence, all years.

Every recorded tornado

Tornadoes within 25 miles since 1950
Dec 10, 2023EF08.020000
Jun 14, 2023EF13.935000
Jun 14, 2023EF12.116000
Jun 14, 2023EF13.65000
Jan 12, 2023EF17.115000
Nov 30, 2022EF06.630000
Apr 5, 2022EF11.520000
Mar 9, 2022EF01.17500
Mar 9, 2022EF19.128000
Jun 19, 2021EF129.040000
Mar 31, 2020EF230.035010
Jan 11, 2020EF15.827500
Mar 3, 2019EF010.87500
Mar 3, 2019EF230.986000
Mar 3, 2019EF26.770000
Jan 4, 2019EF10.29000
Jan 4, 2019EF00.13500
May 23, 2017EF010.25000
Apr 27, 2017EF01.317530
Apr 27, 2017EF01.27500
Apr 5, 2017EF216.91,32000
Apr 5, 2017EF210.41,14000
Apr 3, 2017EF01.615000
Jan 21, 2017EF137.340000
Apr 6, 2016EF00.25000
Apr 6, 2016EF01.37500
Apr 6, 2016EF05.420000
Apr 6, 2016EF27.725000
Dec 24, 2015EF03.212500
Dec 24, 2015EF03.610000
Apr 19, 2015EF10.418800
Nov 23, 2014EF10.510000
Nov 23, 2014EF116.740000
Nov 17, 2014EF10.210000
Mar 26, 2011EF10.42000
Mar 26, 2011EF00.11000
Feb 1, 2011EF01.64000
Feb 17, 2008EF00.430000
Feb 17, 2008EF121.47500
Feb 17, 2008EF217.11,00040
Mar 1, 2007EF12.47500
Mar 1, 2007EF130.815020
Jan 7, 2007EFU2.720000
Nov 15, 2006F00.15000
Jan 13, 2006F08.510010
Apr 30, 2005F110.07500
Apr 30, 2005F012.612500
Sep 16, 2004F00.14000
Nov 5, 2002F26.0200201
Apr 30, 2002F01.52500
Jan 9, 2000F01.03000
Sep 29, 1998F10.57010
Apr 3, 1998F01.08000
Nov 4, 1992F15.05000
Nov 25, 1986F344.020040
Nov 29, 1985F10.24000
May 3, 1984F11.05000
May 3, 1984F10.540000
Dec 3, 1983F10.14000
Mar 18, 1981F11.03000
May 20, 1980F211.55010
Mar 17, 1980F10.25000
Jan 13, 1972F316.820020
Jan 13, 1972F11.530000
Aug 12, 1966F00.11000
Oct 4, 1964F20.11020
Jan 20, 1963F170.250041
Apr 9, 1961F24.930000
Apr 9, 1961F154.11000
Jun 28, 1957F216.510010
Dec 5, 1954F271.5100351
  1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
  2. 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.

Tropical cyclones within 50 miles by decade 50s: 1 60s: 1 70s: 0 80s: 4 4 90s: 1 00s: 3 10s: 2 20s: 1 30s: 0 40s: 0 50s: 0 60s: 1 70s: 1 80s: 0 90s: 0 00s: 0 10s: 1 20s: 0 50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s
Storms within 50 miles, by decade. Records before about 1900 miss storms that never reached land or ships.

Every storm within 100 miles

Tropical cyclones within 100 miles
Nestor201974.5Post-tropical40Tropical storm
Michael201847.7Category 192Category 5
Barry200199.4Tropical storm43Tropical storm
Earl199875.9Tropical storm56Category 2
Opal199580.0Category 175Category 4
Kate198588.0Category 181Category 3
Eloise197546.1Category 189Category 3
Unnamed196514.7Tropical storm49Tropical storm
Hilda196482.3Post-tropical54Category 4
Dora196453.2Tropical storm46Category 4
Flossy195663.3Tropical storm49Category 1
Florence195354.4Tropical storm48Category 3
Unnamed194171.2Tropical storm69Category 3
Unnamed193783.2Tropical storm40Tropical storm
Unnamed192982.7Tropical storm64Category 4
Unnamed192823.0Tropical storm40Category 1
Unnamed191723.0Tropical storm58Category 4
Unnamed191511.5Tropical storm58Category 2
Unnamed191454.8Tropical storm40Tropical storm
Unnamed191289.2Tropical storm43Tropical storm
Unnamed190786.0Tropical storm46Tropical storm
Unnamed190794.0Post-tropical40Tropical storm
Unnamed190798.5Tropical storm55Tropical storm
Unnamed190632.7Tropical storm40Tropical storm
Unnamed190349.7Tropical storm43Category 1
Unnamed190258.4Tropical storm41Category 2
Unnamed190157.9Tropical storm40Tropical storm
Unnamed190114.9Tropical storm45Category 1
Unnamed189957.2Tropical storm43Category 2
Unnamed189877.9Tropical storm52Category 4
Unnamed189860.4Tropical storm41Category 1
Unnamed189611.3Tropical storm63Category 2
Unnamed189484.1Category 194Category 3
Unnamed189356.5Tropical storm59Category 4
Unnamed188911.4Tropical storm55Category 2
Unnamed188725.9Tropical storm49Category 2
Unnamed188690.1Category 175Category 2
Unnamed18823.2Tropical storm69Category 3
Unnamed188119.1Tropical storm54Category 2
Unnamed187786.7Tropical storm72Category 3
Unnamed187781.4Tropical storm60Category 1
Unnamed186031.9Tropical storm46Category 3
Unnamed185958.2Tropical storm46Category 1
Unnamed185656.0Category 178Category 3
Unnamed185249.9Tropical storm46Category 3
Unnamed185159.7Category 189Category 3
  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.

Acres burned by large fires within 25 miles, cumulative 2006: 709 709 acres 198519901995200020052010201520202025
Running total of acres burned (line) and each year’s acres (bars).

Every large fire

Large wildfires since 1984
Unnamed200622.0709
  1. 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.

Days with medium or heavy smoke overhead, by year 2011: 10 2012: 3 2013: 1 2014: 0 2015: 1 2016: 1 2017: 1 2018: 3 2019: 3 2020: 2 2021: 10 2022: 18 2023: 42 42 2024: 7 2025: 7 201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Days each year on which a satellite-traced plume of medium or heavy smoke covered the city centre, 2011 to 2025.
  1. 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.

Federal flood insurance claims by year 1990: 19 19 2015: 7 1990
Claims per year since 1990. Years with fewer than five claims are not shown.

Most claims in one year

1990: 19 claims

$26,000 paid.

2nd most

2015: 7 claims

$629,000 paid.

Claims by ZIP code

Flood insurance claims by ZIP code
3602729$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.

Months in severe drought or worse, by year 1895: 0 1896: 0 1897: 0 1898: 6 1899: 0 1900: 0 1901: 0 1902: 0 1903: 0 1904: 0 1905: 0 1906: 0 1907: 0 1908: 0 1909: 1 1910: 0 1911: 3 1912: 0 1913: 0 1914: 9 1915: 0 1916: 1 1917: 0 1918: 0 1919: 0 1920: 0 1921: 0 1922: 0 1923: 0 1924: 0 1925: 4 1926: 0 1927: 7 1928: 0 1929: 0 1930: 0 1931: 4 1932: 1 1933: 0 1934: 0 1935: 0 1936: 0 1937: 0 1938: 0 1939: 0 1940: 0 1941: 2 1942: 0 1943: 0 1944: 0 1945: 0 1946: 0 1947: 0 1948: 0 1949: 0 1950: 0 1951: 1 1952: 0 1953: 0 1954: 7 1955: 10 10 1956: 7 1957: 0 1958: 0 1959: 0 1960: 0 1961: 0 1962: 0 1963: 0 1964: 0 1965: 0 1966: 0 1967: 0 1968: 2 1969: 0 1970: 0 1971: 0 1972: 0 1973: 0 1974: 0 1975: 0 1976: 0 1977: 0 1978: 0 1979: 0 1980: 0 1981: 0 1982: 0 1983: 0 1984: 0 1985: 0 1986: 3 1987: 0 1988: 1 1989: 2 1990: 2 1991: 0 1992: 0 1993: 0 1994: 0 1995: 0 1996: 0 1997: 0 1998: 0 1999: 0 2000: 4 2001: 0 2002: 0 2003: 0 2004: 0 2005: 0 2006: 2 2007: 5 2008: 0 2009: 0 2010: 0 2011: 8 2012: 4 2013: 0 2014: 0 2015: 0 2016: 2 2017: 0 2018: 0 2019: 1 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 0 2023: 0 2024: 0 2025: 0 18951905191519251935194519551965197519851995200520152025
Months each year with a Palmer index of −3 or lower, 1895 to 2025. Twelve means the whole year.
  1. 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

Other Storm Events types since 1996
Lightning100Apr 24, 2010

Costliest events since 1996

  1. 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.

  2. 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…

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.…

  1. 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.

Federal disaster declarations
Sep 26, 2024HurricaneHurricane HeleneEmergencyEM-3618-AL
Jan 15, 2023Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and TornadoesMajor disasterDR-4684-AL
Sep 20, 2020HurricaneHurricane SallyMajor disasterDR-4563-AL
Sep 14, 2020HurricaneHurricane SallyEmergencyEM-3545-AL
Jul 10, 2020Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and TornadoesMajor disasterDR-4554-AL
Mar 29, 2020BiologicalCovid-19 PandemicMajor disasterDR-4503-AL
Mar 13, 2020BiologicalCovid-19EmergencyEM-3472-AL
Oct 12, 2018HurricaneHurricane MichaelEmergencyEM-3407-AL
Oct 8, 2017HurricaneHurricane NateEmergencyEM-3394-AL
Sep 11, 2017HurricaneHurricane IrmaEmergencyEM-3389-AL
Jan 21, 2016Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and FloodingMajor disasterDR-4251-AL
Apr 28, 2011Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1971-AL
Apr 27, 2011Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line WindsEmergencyEM-3319-AL
Dec 31, 2009Severe StormSevere Storms and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1870-AL
Aug 30, 2008HurricaneHurricane GustavEmergencyEM-3292-AL
Sep 10, 2005HurricaneHurricane Katrina EvacuationEmergencyEM-3237-AL
Jul 10, 2005HurricaneHurricane DennisMajor disasterDR-1593-AL
Sep 15, 2004HurricaneHurricane IvanMajor disasterDR-1549-AL
May 12, 2003Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1466-AL
Nov 14, 2002Severe StormSevere Storms and TornadoesMajor disasterDR-1442-AL
Mar 9, 1998Severe StormSevere Storms and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1208-AL
Oct 4, 1995HurricaneHurricane OpalMajor disasterDR-1070-AL
Jul 8, 1994Severe StormSevere Storms and Flooding (Tropical Storm Alberto)Major disasterDR-1034-AL
Mar 15, 1993SnowstormSevere Snowfall, Winter StormEmergencyEM-3096-AL
Mar 21, 1990Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes & FloodingMajor disasterDR-861-AL
Jul 20, 1977DroughtDroughtEmergencyEM-3045-AL
Oct 2, 1975Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes & FloodingMajor disasterDR-488-AL
Mar 14, 1975FloodSevere Storms & FloodingMajor disasterDR-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.

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