Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 7, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -87.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 7, 1984
16 thunderstorm wind, 8 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- May 7, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -87.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- May 7, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -87.780
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 7, 4:16 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -86.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 7, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -86.600
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 7, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -87.130
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 7, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 7, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -86.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 7, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.050
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -88.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -88.130
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 7, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 7, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 7, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Hail, Limestone
- When
- May 7, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -86.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- May 7, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Walker County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -87.280
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 7, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 7, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 7, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -85.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscaloosa
- When
- May 7, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- May 7, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -86.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 7, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -85.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- May 7, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -85.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- May 7, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -85.380
Tornado, Talladega
- When
- May 7, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -86.200
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 7, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 7, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 7, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 7, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1984
- Hail in South Carolina, May 7, 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: 9979028, 9979029, 9979030, 9979031, 9979032, 9979033, 9979034, 9979035, 9979036, 9979037, 9979038, 9979039, 9979040, 9979041, 9979042, 9979043, 9979044, 9979045, 9979046, 9979047, 9979048, 9979049, 9979050, 9979051, 9979052, 9979053.