Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 23, 3:27 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 23, 1971
9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 23, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- April 23, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- April 23, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -87.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- April 23, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -87.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- April 23, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -87.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- April 23, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -86.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- April 23, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -85.580
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 23, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -86.780
Tornado, Pike
- When
- April 23, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -86.050
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 23, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 25.4 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -87.300
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 23, 1:03 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -87.000
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 23, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Conecuh
- When
- April 23, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Conecuh County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- April 23, 1:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -85.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- April 23, 1:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -85.500
Hail, Autauga
- When
- April 23, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -86.580
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- April 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -86.400
Hail, Russell
- When
- April 23, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -85.000
What these are
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
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: 9976332, 9976333, 9976334, 9976335, 9976336, 9976337, 9976338, 9976339, 9976340, 9976341, 9976342, 9976343, 9976344, 9976345, 9976346, 9976347, 9976348, 9976349, 9977205.