Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 2, 1:33 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -86.800
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 2, 1984
13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Walker
- When
- May 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -87.200
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 2, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -87.050
Hail, Marshall
- When
- May 2, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -86.280
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- May 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -86.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Etowah
- When
- May 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -86.030
Hail, Etowah
- When
- May 2, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Etowah County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -86.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 2, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -85.830
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 2, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -87.920
Hail, Cullman
- When
- May 2, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -86.900
Hail, Blount
- When
- May 2, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -86.770
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 2, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -87.730
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 2, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -87.870
Hail, Blount
- When
- May 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- May 2, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -86.300
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.050
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 2, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -86.030
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 2, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 2, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -86.980
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 2, 1984
- Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 1984
- Hail in Kansas, May 2, 1984
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 2, 1984
- Hail in Colorado, May 2, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 2, 1984
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: 9977867, 9977868, 9977869, 9977870, 9977871, 9977872, 9977873, 9977874, 9977875, 9977876, 9977877, 9977878, 9977879, 9977880, 9977881, 9977882, 9977883, 9977884, 9977885.