Hail, Pickens
- When
- April 1, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -87.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1974
7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 23
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pickens
- When
- April 1, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -88.020
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 1, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -87.600
Tornado, Tuscaloosa
- When
- April 1, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.3 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -87.830
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- April 1, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -87.380
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -87.120
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 1, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -86.600
Hail, Etowah
- When
- April 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- April 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -86.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- April 1, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -86.920
Tornado, Blount
- When
- April 1, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.9 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Injuries
- 11 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -86.770
Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 1, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- April 1, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- April 1, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- April 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -86.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- April 1, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -85.900
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Madison | 1974-04-01 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1974
- Hail in Missouri, April 1, 1974
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: 9979384, 9979385, 9979386, 9979387, 9979388, 9979389, 9979390, 9979391, 9979392, 9979393, 9979394, 9979395, 9979396, 9979397, 9979398, 9979399.