Hail, Walker
- When
- March 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.050
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1976
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- March 29, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.716, -86.315 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- March 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -86.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- March 29, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -85.970
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1976
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1976
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: 9979538, 9979539, 9979540, 9979541, 9979542, 9979543.