NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 01089MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

MADISON · AL

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Madison during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports8NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 405,718
Injuries3direct + indirect fields
Fatalities2direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

8 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.8-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20162
20181
20191
20211
20231
20252
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$146Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-05-02NOAA 1,271,554Emergency Manager$1K
2025-04-02NOAA 1,264,084Broadcast Media$100K
2023-06-11NOAA 1,111,346Emergency Manager$500
2021-05-09NOAA 948,265Broadcast Media$5K
2019-09-11NOAA 851,619Emergency Manager$30K
2018-06-28NOAA 784,181Broadcast Media$0
2016-07-14NOAA 647,124Broadcast Media$0
2016-07-19NOAA 638,178Broadcast Media$10K
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