Storm risk in Lee County, Alabama

FEMA's overall hazard score for Lee County, AL is 79.71 (Relatively Low), 639th of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 72.61 (Relatively Low), strong wind 78.34 (Relatively Moderate) and tornado 75.67 (Relatively Moderate). Expected hail loss is $10 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 25 hail reports in Lee County, AL from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Lee County: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of AL$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $10 per $1 million, 2,051st of 3,126 rated counties$10Hail2,051st of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $4.88 per $1 million, 2,611th of 3,121 rated counties$4.88Strong wind2,611th of 3,121 countiesTornado: $94 per $1 million, 2,107th of 3,144 rated counties$94Tornado2,107th of 3,144 counties
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Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Lee County, AL

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in AL
OverallRelatively Low 79.71639 of 3,14423 of 67
HailRelatively Low 72.61862 of 3,1263 of 67
Strong windRelatively Moderate 78.34682 of 3,12622 of 67
TornadoRelatively Moderate 75.67766 of 3,12640 of 67

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$341,509$10 $7.87$22 2,051 of 3,12623 of 67
Strong wind$161,756$4.88 $19$20 2,611 of 3,12163 of 67
Tornado$3,108,040$94 $433$199 2,107 of 3,14467 of 67

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Lee County, AL

  • FEMA expects hail in Lee County, AL to cost $10 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.46 times the U.S. median and 1.31 times the AL county median, ranked 2,051st of 3,126 counties nationally and 23rd of 67 in Alabama.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Lee County, AL to cost $4.88 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.24 times the U.S. median and 0.26 times the AL county median, ranked 2,611th of 3,121 counties nationally and 63rd of 67 in Alabama.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Lee County, AL to cost $94 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.47 times the U.S. median and 0.22 times the AL county median, ranked 2,107th of 3,144 counties nationally and 67th of 67 in Alabama.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $238,700 home, the average yearly loss in Lee County, AL is about $2.46 for hail and $1.17 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $5.33 and $4.86.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Lee County, AL meets about 21.7 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1997, the median home in Lee County, AL is 29 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and is inside the rated life of an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 56.8% of its 77,509 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 16 of the 25 hail reports in Lee County, AL (64 percent); the quietest month is September, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Lee County, AL’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$2.46hail, a year; $5.33 at the U.S. median county rate
$1.17strong wind, a year; $4.86 at the U.S. median county rate
$72hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Lee County, AL yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $341,509 ÷ $33,139,216,548 = 0.0000103. Wind: $161,756 ÷ $33,139,216,548 = 0.0000049. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Lee County, AL in plain numbers

  • Lee County, AL scores 79.71 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Low): 639th of 3,144 rated counties and 23rd of 67 in Alabama.
  • Hail scores 72.61 (Relatively Low). FEMA expects $341,509 of hail damage to buildings in Lee County, AL a year, which is $10 per $1 million of buildings, 0.46 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 78.34 (Relatively Moderate) with $161,756 of expected yearly building loss in Lee County, AL: $4.88 per $1 million of buildings, 0.24 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 75.67 (Relatively Moderate) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $3,108,040, counting everything exposed, or $94 per $1 million of buildings in Lee County, AL.
  • FEMA's own event record for Lee County, AL averages 2.66 hail events and 1.32 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 25 hail reports in Lee County, AL between 2014 and June 2026, on 13 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 1.75 inches.
  • In Lee County, AL, FEMA counts buildings worth 33.14 billion dollars and 173,871 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Relatively Moderate in Lee County, AL.
  • Community resilience there is Relatively Moderate, for 173,871 residents.
  • 1 city in Lee County, AL is covered on this site: Auburn. 9 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Auburn is $5,810 to $12,865.
  • Lee County, AL ranks 134 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 148 for wind and 152 for tornado.
  • In Lee County, AL, April is the busiest month with 9 of the 25 reports (36 percent), against 0 reports in October.
  • Lee County, AL's worst year was 2020, with 3 hail days at 1 inch or more and 4 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 1.08 such days a year, one about every 11.1 months.
  • The median home in Lee County, AL was built in 1997; 23.6% of its 77,509 housing units date from before 1980, 56.8% from before 2000 and 21.4% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Lee County, AL at $238,700, and 65.7% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 14,122 single-family building permits were issued in Lee County, AL from 2014 to 2025, about 182.2 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2024.
  • NOAA lists 21 tornado tracks in Lee County, AL since 2014; the strongest was an EF4 on March 3, 2019 near Bupree, 23.55 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Lee County, AL is 63 mph on February 7, 2017 at Pepperell.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Montgomery County, 56 miles from the centre of Lee County, AL; its hail score is 76.37.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 4 roofing contractor establishments in Lee County, AL in 2023, one for every 19,377 homes.

The hail record of Lee County, AL, year by year

NOAA logged 25 reports in Lee County, AL; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 13 days. That is 1.1 such days a year; the median county in NOAA’s file has 1.8.

Lee County: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more01234562014: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch142015: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch152016: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch162017: 5 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch172018: 2 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch182019: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch192020: 4 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch202021: 6 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch212022: 2 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch222023: 4 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch232024: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch242025: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch252026: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch26*
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  • * 2026 runs to June only
Lee County: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 1 reports1JanFebruary: 1 reports1FebMarch: 2 reports2MarApril: 9 reports9AprMay: 1 reports1MayJune: 4 reports4JunJuly: 2 reports2JulAugust: 1 reports1AugSeptember: 0 reports0SepOctober: 0 reports0OctNovember: 0 reports0NovDecember: 4 reports4Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: April, 9 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
20151101 in–
20175111.75 in–
20182201.5 in–
20204301 in–
20216211.75 in–
20222101 in–
20234201 in–
20251101.5 in–

Biggest hail days in Lee County, AL

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
April 5, 20171.75 in5none recordedSmiths Station
December 30, 20211.75 in4none recordedSmiths Station
July 21, 20181.5 in1none recordedChewacla
March 31, 20251.5 in1none recordedSalem
April 24, 20211.25 in2none recordedRidge Grove

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Lee County, AL the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Lee County, AL

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  • 191 to 1.74 in
  • 21.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 02.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 1.75 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

21 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Lee County, AL

Fastest gusts in Lee County, AL

DateGustNear
February 7, 201763 mphPepperell
February 7, 201760 mphMitchell Xrd
August 6, 202360 mph(Auo)Auburn Opelika
December 29, 202460 mphBeehive

Strongest tornado tracks in Lee County, AL

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
March 3, 2019EF423.55 mi90 / 23Bupree
April 29, 2014EF311.14 mi13 / 0Prince Xrd
March 3, 2019EF19.91 mi1 / 0Marvyn
January 22, 2017EF13.08 mi0 / 0(Auo)Auburn Opelika

21 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Lee County, AL’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 1.08 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Lee County: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 2.1% of homes2.1%<1940991940s: 1.5% of homes1.5%1940s881950s: 3.6% of homes3.6%1950s771960s: 6.1% of homes6.1%1960s661970s: 10.4% of homes10.4%1970s551980s: 13.6% of homes13.6%1980s441990s: 19.6% of homes19.6%1990s342000s: 21.8% of homes21.8%2000s232010s: 19.0% of homes19%2010s122020+: 2.4% of homes2.4%2020+3

Bars: share of 77,509 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1997
Built before 198023.6%
Built before 200056.8%
Built since 201021.4%
Owner-occupied65.7%
Median home value$238,700
Single-family permits, 2014 to 202514,122
Permits per 1,000 homes182.2

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Lee County, AL

Roofing firms in Lee County, AL

Roofing contractor establishments, 20234
Change since 2016+1 (+33%)
Homes per roofing firm19,377
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 20236

Source for Lee County, AL: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Lee County, AL's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Montgomery County, AL56 Relatively Moderate $5.700.55$183.7016
Houston County, AL98 Relatively Moderate $1.020.10$102.0614
Etowah County, AL108 Relatively Moderate $121.20$122.5136
Jefferson County, AL113 Relatively High $0.680.07$4.710.9655
Tuscaloosa County, AL132 Relatively Moderate $2.250.22$153.0827
Morgan County, AL157 Relatively Moderate $7.870.76$224.5045

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Cities and ZIP areas in Lee County, AL

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 9 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Auburn 36832 (97%), 36830 (56%), 36858 (0%), 36849 (100%) Roofers

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Questions

How high is storm risk in Lee County, AL?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lee County, AL an overall score of 79.71 (Relatively Low), 639th of 3,144. Hail scores 72.61 (Relatively Low), strong wind 78.34 (Relatively Moderate) and tornado 75.67 (Relatively Moderate).

In Lee County, AL, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 25 for Lee County, AL between 2014 and June 2026, on 13 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 1.75 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Lee County, AL each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $238,700: FEMA's estimate is about $2.46 a year for hail and $1.17 for wind, before any deductible, against $5.33 and $4.86 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Lee County, AL compare with the rest of Alabama?

Per $1 million of buildings Lee County, AL loses $10 to hail a year, against $7.87 in the median county of the state. Among 67 rated counties it is 3rd for hail, 22nd for strong wind and 40th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Lee County, AL?

The median home was built in 1997, 29 years ago, and 56.8% of the 77,509 housing units in Lee County, AL date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original 3-tab roof is past its rated life and an architectural one is inside it. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Lee County, AL: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Lee County, AL; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Lee County, AL; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Lee County, AL. Planning-level information about Lee County, AL, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

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