Tornado, Madison
- When
- July 17, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -86.580
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, July 17, 1977
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 17, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 17, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- July 17, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.920
Hail, Dekalb
- When
- July 17, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -85.730
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 17, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 17, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 17, 1977
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1977
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: 9977609, 9977610, 9977611, 9977612, 9977613.