Hail, Franklin
- When
- August 7, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -87.930
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 7, 1986
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- August 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- August 7, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -87.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- August 7, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- August 7, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -87.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -87.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- August 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -86.970
Hail, Limestone
- When
- August 7, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -86.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -87.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- August 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- August 7, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- August 7, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -86.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- August 7, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -85.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- August 7, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -85.800
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 7, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, August 7, 1986
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: 9979725, 9979726, 9979727, 9979728, 9979729, 9979730, 9979731, 9979732, 9979733, 9979734, 9979735, 9979736, 9979737, 9979738, 9979739, 9979740.