Crenshaw County

Every recorded tornado

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

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 25, 1998Hurricane (Typhoon), Crenshaw$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   For the second time in less than a month, the area was again threatened by a hurricane. Hurricane Georges affected the region September 25 through the 29. The coastal areas from Dauphin Island to east of Destin were put under a hurricane watch at 900 AM CST, September 25. A hurricane warning was issued for the area at 900 AM CST, September 26. The hurricane warning was changed to a tropical storm warning for the area at 300 PM CST, September 28. All tropical storm warnings for the area were dropped at 900 AM CST, September 29.Georges made landfall along the Mississippi coast near Biloxi between 300 and 500 AM CST, September 28.Some of the winds recorded across Southwest Alabama…

2. Apr 3, 2017Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Most of the damage in and around the city of Luverne was produced by a corridor of enhanced straight line winds with top winds estimated as high as 90 mph. Significant tree and power line damage was observed in the city with a few homes suffering significant shingle damage. A few homes were also damaged by fallen trees. A few businesses in downtown Luverne suffered major roof loss. The greatest damage occurred on Fourth Street where a single wide mobile home was pushed off its unanchored foundation and destroyed.

3. Mar 8, 1998Flash Flood$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A slow moving complex weather system moved through southwest Alabama on March 8, bringing with it copious amounts of rainfall. The Mobile WSR-88D estimated rainfall totals of six to ten inches across the area on March 8 with Brewton recording 9.54 inches. Some areas in north Baldwin county estimated up to fifteen inches of rain with Covington county estimating up to twelve inches of rain. The heavy rains began on the evening of March 7 and continued through the night before tapering off on the afternoon of March 8. The heaviest rainfall fell from midnight until around noon on March 8. The heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding across the area. The flooding began in Mobile…

4. Nov 17, 2014Tornado$285,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado first touched own on Cook Stand Road just east of the Butler County line. Several homes experienced significant damage due to downed trees. A double wide manufactured home was shifted off its blocks. The tornado tracked east northeast across highway 10 where it produced minor shingle damage and broken windows to a single family home. The tornado continued northeast producing sporadic tree damage. A chicken house was destroyed on Quail Tower Road. The tornado intensified again as it crossed highway 331. Numerous chicken houses were destroyed on CR 50 and Cross Road. The tornado continued northeast and produced additional sporadic tree damage until it reached the Pike…

5. Nov 7, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Shortly after the tornado lifted back into the cloud, the thunderstorm that spawned the tornado collapsed and downburst winds of near 100 mph spread out along County Road 68. Three trailers and a frame house were damaged. Two of the trailers were unsalvageable and the other had roof damage. The frame house was blown from its blocks and ended up about twenty feet from its original location. Only minor injuries occurred. Two commercial chicken houses were also damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

6. Jul 1, 2003Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado, that was spawned as Tropical Storm Bill moved inland, first touched down just east of the intersection of County roads 11 and 86 on Mothershed road which is just northeast of Honoraville. The tornado was narrow at the beginning and damage was limited to trees. The tornado tracked north along Mothershed road and some trees fell on a few homes and some shingles were blown off. Two sheds were also blown down. The tornado then crossed County road 68 where the major damage to homes occurred. A brick home had its roof blown off and parts of the brick walls were blown down. Several manufactured homes were also damaged. The tornado reached its maximum width of about 600 yards…

7. Jan 4, 2015Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm moved northeastward across Crenshaw County and spawned a tornado which tracked from extreme southwest Crenshaw County to east central Crenshaw County. The tornado initially touched down at EF-0 intensity about 5 miles north of Dozier or about 1 mile northeast of Leon. The tornado varied in strength from EF-1 to EF-2 before dissipating about 4 miles east of Luverne, or about 1 mile south-southwest of Vidette. The survey showed strong evidence of convergence into the center of the path for just about every single damage location surveyed. Damage along the path was primarily snapped trunks of pine and hardwood trees on both hilltops and valleys. Chicken houses…

8. Apr 30, 2005Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A weak tornado moved across the northeast part of Crenshaw county. The tornado touched down near Bradleyton and moved almost due east for about four miles. Most of the damage was to timber with some minor damage to a church and a few homes. The most damage occurred when a tree fell through an almost new manufactured home and split the home in two. The tornado dissipated near the Helicon community. The lady who would have normally been sleeping in the home where the tree fell, had gone to the hospital for an appointment. Other people were sleeping on both ends of the home and never knew the tree had split the home in two until someone woke them up. No one was injured.

9. Dec 24, 2015Flood$135,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roads were closed throughout the county and several unpaved roads were damaged.

10. Apr 14, 2007Tornado$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A weak EF-0 tornado did some minor damage in the extreme north part of the county near Clearview. The tornado touched down near County Road 11 and damaged a poultry farm, three of the buildings on the farm had their tin roofs damaged. Three other buildings had parts of their roofs taken off. None of the chickens were injured. An eye witness said the tornado looked like pencil dropping out of the sky. The tornado continued northeast and dissipated near Hwy 97. A church located in this area had shingles taken off and a tree fell on the roof.

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°FJun 28, 1954

All-time low

−1°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

80°F4 times, most recently Jul 16, 1932

Coldest day

22°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

15.36 inSep 29, 1998

Snowiest day

6.7 inJan 22, 2025

Hottest year

1933mean 68.9°F

Coldest year

2010mean 62.3°F

Wettest year

200986.88 in

Driest year

190429.17 in

Station Greenville (USC00013519), 342 ft elevation, 18.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1920 to September 30, 2026; 93.9% 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.

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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 USC00013519.
• 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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