Wilcox County

Every recorded tornado

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

Claims by ZIP code

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

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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. Mar 1, 2007Tornado$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A significant tornado first touched down around 1227 pm at State Highway 28 near Miller's Ferry dam. The tornado then tracked northeast across William Bill Dannelly Reservoir moving ashore on Sand Island Drive. This is where most of the severe damage occurred with numerous homes damaged or destroyed.|One resident had arrived at his home on the lake to eat lunch when the tornado hit and he was killed when his newer model manufactured home was destroyed. The straps holding the home down all snapped in the same place. He was thrown out of his home and later found in the debris. Neighbors next door had sought shelter in an underground storm shelter outside their house seconds before…

2. Apr 14, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Vredenburgh storm took on a bow-shaped appearance again as it entered Wilcox County and did sporadic damage to trees for another five to six miles. The storm continued northeast and crossed State Highway 265. The storm damaged some out buildings on County Road 45. The storm lost its intensity near County Road 45 and no other damage was found north of County Road 45.

3. Apr 14, 2018Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Significant flooding was reported near Highway 5 in Pine Hill. Several culverts were washed out.

4. Jun 5, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms moved through the county between 1130 pm and 1225 am. Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. No major injuries were reported.

5. Jun 19, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Trees were blown down and some roofs of houses were damaged, mainly due to falling trees, as strong thunderstorms moved through the area. A roof was also peeled off a larger building in the downtown area.

6. Mar 24, 2016Lightning$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck a house and caused a fire.

7. Feb 26, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and caused tree damage in southwest Alabama.

8. Aug 30, 1996Flash Flood$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rains of around eight inches caused several roads in the southwest part of the county to be closed. The rains started around 730 am and by 900 am many of the roads were becoming impassable. Most of the roads remained closed into the afternoon hours. The hardest hit were the Coy and Dry Forks areas

9. Mar 12, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.

10. Mar 12, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    High thunderstorm winds blew trees down just south of Alberta.

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°FJul 25, 1952

All-time low

−1°F2 times, most recently Jan 22, 1985

Warmest night

79°F5 times, most recently Jul 28, 2026

Coldest day

17°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

7.63 inApr 6, 1964

Snowiest day

4.0 inJan 1, 1964

Hottest year

2016mean 66.5°F

Coldest year

1983mean 59.9°F

Wettest year

196176.31 in

Driest year

195427.43 in

Station Marion Junction 2 Ne (USC00015121), 224 ft elevation, 33.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1950 to October 26, 2026; 97.5% 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 USC00015121.
• 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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