Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 20, 1959

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornado in Virginia, April 20, 1959$250,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 20, 1959$25,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Hail in Tennessee, April 20, 19591 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 19591 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Texas, April 20, 19591.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 19591.25 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, April 20, 19591 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 20, 195960 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Alabama in 1959Every state in 1959This day in weather history

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9979072, 9979073, 9979074, 9979075.