Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 1, 1978

Deaths

0

Injuries

4

Property damage

$2.8 million

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

3

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.

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.

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.

• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 1, 19783 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 4 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, May 1, 19782 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 1, 19782.75 in hail · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 1, 19782.75 in hail · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 1, 1978$3,000 · F0 · 4 events
• Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 19781.75 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 1, 19781 event

Every storm in Alabama in 1978Every state in 1978This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1978

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: 9978763, 9978764, 9978765.