Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 15, 1985

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 15, 1985
Start: 1985-04-15T12:04
End: 1985-04-15T21:28
Location: Alabama

April 15, 1985 · NWS AT · 27 events in 16 counties and zones

23 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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

23 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clarke

When: April 15, 12:04 PM CST
Where: Clarke County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.650, -87.700

Hail, Monroe

When: April 15, 12:20 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.530, -87.520

Hail, Lowndes

When: April 15, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.330, -86.730

Hail, Monroe

When: April 15, 12:47 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.520, -87.330

Hail, Montgomery

When: April 15, 1:18 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.070, -86.400

Hail, Choctaw

When: April 15, 1:43 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.080, -88.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Covington

When: April 15, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Covington County
Coordinates: 31.400, -86.620

Hail, Covington

When: April 15, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Covington County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.420, -86.480

Hail, Clarke

When: April 15, 1:57 PM CST
Where: Clarke County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 31.920, -87.730

Hail, Wilcox

When: April 15, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Wilcox County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.980, -87.580

Hail, Washington

When: April 15, 2:17 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.370, -88.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee

When: April 15, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Coffee County
Coordinates: 31.530, -85.950

Hail, Wilcox

When: April 15, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Wilcox County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.980, -87.280

Hail, Clarke

When: April 15, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Clarke County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 31.920, -87.730

Hail, Butler

When: April 15, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Butler County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.830, -86.630

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When: April 15, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Butler County
Coordinates: 31.650, -86.670

Hail, Escambia

When: April 15, 4:18 PM CST
Where: Escambia County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.120, -87.070

Hail, Conecuh

When: April 15, 5:16 PM CST
Where: Conecuh County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.270, -87.200

Hail, Conecuh

When: April 15, 5:16 PM CST
Where: Conecuh County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.350, -87.030

Hail, Choctaw

When: April 15, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.270, -88.000

Hail, Henry

When: April 15, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Henry County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.570, -85.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: April 15, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Henry County
Coordinates: 31.570, -85.250

Hail, Mobile

When: April 15, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Mobile County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.700, -88.080

Hail, Mobile

When: April 15, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Mobile County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 30.920, -88.200

Hail, Lawrence

When: April 15, 7:19 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.480, -87.280

Hail, Baldwin

When: April 15, 8:26 PM CST
Where: Baldwin County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 30.880, -87.780

Hail, Mobile

When: April 15, 9:28 PM CST
Where: Mobile County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.080, -88.230

What these are

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1985 Every state in 1985 This day in weather history

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: 9978006, 9978007, 9978008, 9978009, 9978010, 9978011, 9978012, 9978013, 9978014, 9978015, 9978016, 9978017, 9978018, 9978019, 9978020, 9978021, 9978022, 9978023, 9978024, 9978025, 9978026, 9978027, 9978028, 9978029, 9978030, 9978031, 9978032.