Lightning strikes in Alabama by county
The detection network has located 88,908 lightning strikes in Alabama since the archive began, including 35,736 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 94 strikes fell inside Alabama but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldwin County | 5,920 | 610 | 6.7% |
| 2 | Mobile County | 4,017 | 433 | 4.5% |
| 3 | Tuscaloosa County | 3,549 | 1,126 | 4.0% |
| 4 | Geneva County | 3,224 | 1,120 | 3.6% |
| 5 | Choctaw County | 3,095 | 280 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Talladega County | 3,085 | 1,563 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Clarke County | 2,455 | 556 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Jackson County | 2,324 | 1,203 | 2.6% |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 2,307 | 1,360 | 2.6% |
| 10 | Washington County | 1,840 | 1,074 | 2.1% |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 1,822 | 415 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Covington County | 1,775 | 274 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | 1,756 | 1,573 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Blount County | 1,737 | 511 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Lawrence County | 1,644 | 1,605 | 1.8% |
| 16 | Bibb County | 1,598 | 363 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Marengo County | 1,590 | 359 | 1.8% |
| 18 | St. Clair County | 1,524 | 401 | 1.7% |
| 19 | Clay County | 1,521 | 550 | 1.7% |
| 20 | Sumter County | 1,498 | 691 | 1.7% |
| 21 | Calhoun County | 1,487 | 662 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Tallapoosa County | 1,477 | 765 | 1.7% |
| 23 | Marshall County | 1,397 | 732 | 1.6% |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 1,342 | 983 | 1.5% |
| 25 | Colbert County | 1,337 | 1,316 | 1.5% |
| 26 | Cleburne County | 1,312 | 653 | 1.5% |
| 27 | Coosa County | 1,268 | 552 | 1.4% |
| 28 | Houston County | 1,249 | 465 | 1.4% |
| 29 | Pickens County | 1,220 | 584 | 1.4% |
| 30 | Dallas County | 1,154 | 239 | 1.3% |
| 31 | Macon County | 1,142 | 216 | 1.3% |
| 32 | Bullock County | 1,122 | 170 | 1.3% |
| 33 | Limestone County | 1,097 | 974 | 1.2% |
| 34 | Randolph County | 1,061 | 545 | 1.2% |
| 35 | Coffee County | 1,027 | 334 | 1.2% |
| 36 | DeKalb County | 1,021 | 460 | 1.1% |
| 37 | Barbour County | 1,019 | 303 | 1.1% |
| 38 | Cullman County | 1,017 | 418 | 1.1% |
| 39 | Shelby County | 989 | 651 | 1.1% |
| 40 | Greene County | 941 | 582 | 1.1% |
| 41 | Madison County | 940 | 623 | 1.1% |
| 42 | Wilcox County | 918 | 153 | 1.0% |
| 43 | Walker County | 915 | 740 | 1.0% |
| 44 | Etowah County | 913 | 586 | 1.0% |
| 45 | Marion County | 909 | 680 | 1.0% |
| 46 | Elmore County | 853 | 62 | 1.0% |
| 47 | Escambia County | 850 | 114 | 1.0% |
| 48 | Dale County | 826 | 174 | 0.9% |
| 49 | Lamar County | 812 | 309 | 0.9% |
| 50 | Chambers County | 695 | 455 | 0.8% |
| 51 | Lee County | 684 | 621 | 0.8% |
| 52 | Hale County | 655 | 398 | 0.7% |
| 53 | Pike County | 618 | 93 | 0.7% |
| 54 | Perry County | 609 | 288 | 0.7% |
| 55 | Franklin County | 584 | 565 | 0.7% |
| 56 | Fayette County | 568 | 360 | 0.6% |
| 57 | Morgan County | 565 | 453 | 0.6% |
| 58 | Chilton County | 553 | 144 | 0.6% |
| 59 | Winston County | 516 | 445 | 0.6% |
| 60 | Monroe County | 494 | 101 | 0.6% |
| 61 | Henry County | 478 | 62 | 0.5% |
| 62 | Butler County | 422 | 74 | 0.5% |
| 63 | Lowndes County | 417 | 89 | 0.5% |
| 64 | Crenshaw County | 334 | 129 | 0.4% |
| 65 | Autauga County | 296 | 102 | 0.3% |
| 66 | Russell County | 243 | 215 | 0.3% |
| 67 | Conecuh County | 187 | 23 | 0.2% |
Strike positions carry the network's mean location error of about 5.6 km, so strikes near a county line can be filed one county over. Method and caveats are on the data hub; the full state table is on the United States page.
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