Bullock County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Bullock County: 0.
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.

Every storm within 100 miles

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.

Every large fire

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

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.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

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.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 16, 2004High Wind, Bullock$2.4 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thousands of trees and power lines were snapped off or blown down across the county. Hundreds of homes suffered varying degrees of wind damage. Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 80 miles an hour within one of Ivan's outer rainbands. Doppler radar estimated 3 to 5 inches of rain associated with Ivan and a few roads were flooded in western Bullock County.

2. May 20, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A suspected microburst destroyed 5 mobile homes, damaged 3 others, damaged 2 site built homes, destroyed 4 outbuildings, caused a tree to fall on and extensively damage a car, and destroyed 6 quail houses. The damage occurred on Antioch Church Road, about a mile west of AL-51, south of the Midway community in the southeastern portion of Bullock County.

3. Jul 29, 2000Thunderstorm Wind$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A microburst caused significant damage to The Triple M Quail Farm on CR 14. The wind destroyed three quail houses and damaged another. One tractor sustained damage when the roof of a building landed on it. 8500 quail were killed. The time was estimated.

4. May 7, 2009Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flash flooding caused numerous roads to become impassable. High water was reported on several county roads, in and around the city of Union Springs.

5. Sep 28, 1998Tornado$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado moved northwest across the western part of the county from near Hall's Crossroads to north of Hook's Crossroads. A church was totally destroyed on Bullock 223 south of Hall's Crossroads, several trees were downed or uprooted, and some homes had minor damage.

6. Aug 29, 2005Tornado$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a ground survey on Tuesday August 30, 2005. This survey was followed by an aerial survey performed on Wednesday August 31, 2005. It has been determined that an F0 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 70 miles an hour. The tornado touched down at approximately 316 PM CDT, 1.31 miles west of Mitchell in northwestern Bullock County. The tornado crossed State Highway 110 and moved into eastern Montgomery County. The tornado then crossed County Road 2 before lifting around 325 PM CDT, 1.42 miles north northeast of Cecil. The tornado damage path was 5.94 miles long and 300 yards wide at its widest point. Numerous trees were…

7. Mar 20, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The main damage was in a broad area between CR 37 and Union Springs, in a swath estimated to be more than 6 miles across at its widest point, and more than 11 miles long. The hardest hit communities included High Log and Cornerstone. Roughly 1000 trees or more were snapped off above the ground in this area, with about 100 trees uprooted. Structural damage was limited to an unsecured outbuilding that was destroyed one mile southeast of Fitzpatrick, and a tree that fell on a mobile home in Cornerstone. Additional damage occurred east of Union Springs, near the intersection of CR 40 and CR 109, as well as along SR 51 between Sehoy Lake and the Macon County line.

8. Apr 30, 2005Tornado$45,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage along CR 14 between Blues Old Standand areas just south of Midway. It has been determined that the damage was caused by a tornado.The tornado has been rated an F0 with winds estimated around 70 miles an hour. The tornado toucheddown near Blues Old Stand around 754 AM CDT. The tornado traveled northeast for approximately 12.6miles before lifting about 2 miles south of Midway around 810 AM CDT. Numerous trees were snappedoff and uprooted along the tornado path. The crossed US 29, SR 239 and ended just before crossingSR 51. One commercial hunting lodge was damaged and one mobile home sustained roof damage. Begin: 31 59.22/85…

9. Sep 29, 1998Flash Flood$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The remnants of Hurricane Georges dumped 5+ inches of rain across the three counties. Numerous roads were covered with water and many roads were impassable and closed. Non-severe wind and saturated conditions combined to knock many trees down.

10. Aug 29, 2005Tropical Storm, Bullock$40,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Several trees and power lines were knocked during Katrina.

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.

All-time high

108°F2 times, most recently Sep 5, 1925

All-time low

−1°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

80°F2 times, most recently Jul 28, 1986

Coldest day

21°FDec 25, 1983

Wettest day

10.25 inSep 20, 1926

Snowiest day

11.0 inFeb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1921mean 68.6°F

Coldest year

1976mean 63.2°F

Wettest year

192977.84 in

Driest year

195424.41 in

Station Troy (USC00018323), 542 ft elevation, 26.5 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1908 to September 20, 2026; 91.2% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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).

OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• 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, station USC00018323.
• 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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