Alabama, 1985Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 8, 1985
May 8, 1985 · NWS AT · 7 events in 4 counties and zones
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 8, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -86.230
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 8, 3:16 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -85.970
Hail, Mobile
- When
- May 8, 3:29 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.550, -88.170
Hail, Covington
- When
- May 8, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -86.450
Hail, Covington
- When
- May 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -86.330
Hail, Mobile
- When
- May 8, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -88.080
Hail, Covington
- When
- May 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -86.480
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 19852.75 in hail · 29 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 1985F0 · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 8, 19855 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 19850.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in North Dakota, May 8, 19851 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 8, 19851.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 19851.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 9978048, 9978049, 9978050, 9978051, 9978052, 9978053, 9978054.