Tornado, Bibb
- When
- August 22, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -87.150
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, August 22, 1983
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 14
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- August 22, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -86.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 22, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -86.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- August 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -87.050
Hail, Bibb
- When
- August 22, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -87.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- August 22, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -87.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bibb
- When
- August 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bibb County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -87.120
Hail, Morgan
- When
- August 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -86.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 22, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -86.620
Hail, Madison
- When
- August 22, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -86.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -86.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -86.580
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 22, 1983
- Hail in Wyoming, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 22, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 22, 1983
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: 9978645, 9978646, 9978647, 9978648, 9978649, 9978650, 9978651, 9978652, 9978653, 9978654, 9978655, 9978656, 9978657, 9978658.