Tornado, Fayette
- When
- March 28, 12:08 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -87.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 28, 1984
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- March 28, 12:22 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 28, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -87.520
Hail, Morgan
- When
- March 28, 12:44 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 28, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 28, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -86.400
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- March 28, 1:19 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -86.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 28, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- March 28, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -86.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- March 28, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -88.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- March 28, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -87.280
Hail, Etowah
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 28, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -86.850
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- March 28, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -85.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- March 28, 12:21 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -86.020
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
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 1984
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: 9976749, 9976750, 9976751, 9976752, 9976753, 9976754, 9976755, 9976756, 9976757, 9976758, 9976759, 9976760, 9976761, 9976762, 9976763.