Hail, Baldwin
- When
- December 5, 12:01 AM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -87.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 5, 1977
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Baldwin
- When
- December 5, 12:01 AM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- December 5, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -86.170
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 5, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -86.670
Hail, Madison
- When
- December 5, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -87.000
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 5, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.780
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- December 5, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.120
Hail, Clarke
- When
- December 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -87.780
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- December 5, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -86.280
Hail, Barbour
- When
- December 5, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -85.150
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, December 5, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, December 5, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, December 5, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, December 5, 1977
- Tornado in Virginia, December 5, 1977
- Hail in Georgia, December 5, 1977
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, December 5, 1977
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: 9977632, 9977633, 9977634, 9978709, 9978710, 9978711, 9978712, 9978713, 9978714, 9978715.