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Alabama Severe Weather Outlook
Friday, Oct 9: parts of Alabama are under a Slight Risk of severe storms. Saturday: Slight Risk. Sunday: No severe risk.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Alabama over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Alabama city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for Alabama
- Day 1 (Friday, October 9): Slight Risk
- Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): Slight Risk
- Day 3 (Sunday, October 11): No severe risk
Alabama city forecasts
- Huntsville, AL severe weather forecast: today No Severe Threat, tomorrow No Severe Threat, Day 3 No Severe Threat
- Birmingham, AL severe weather forecast: today No Severe Threat, tomorrow No Severe Threat, Day 3 No Severe Threat
Severe weather in Alabama, by the numbers
Alabama averages 58.7 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 9 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
50% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 25%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2011, with 140.
Storm reports average about 125 for large hail a year (12 of them 2 inches or larger) and 742 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov