Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 24, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -88.380
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 24, 1984
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clarke
- When
- March 24, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -87.880
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 24, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -88.020
Hail, Covington
- When
- March 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -86.620
Hail, Crenshaw
- When
- March 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -86.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- March 24, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.730, -85.950
Hail, Dale
- When
- March 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dale County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -85.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Barbour
- When
- March 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -85.620
Tornado, Washington
- When
- March 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -88.050
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- March 24, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Hail, Crenshaw
- When
- March 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crenshaw County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- March 24, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -85.720
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 9976723, 9976724, 9976725, 9976726, 9976727, 9976728, 9976729, 9976730, 9976731, 9976732, 9976733, 9976734, 9976735.