Alabama, 1986Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 1986
July 21, 1986 · NWS BHM · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- Hail
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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
- 6
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
- July 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- July 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -87.570
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- July 21, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 21, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- July 21, 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 21, 19861 death · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 1986$250,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 21, 198668 kt wind · 24 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 21, 19862 injured · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 21, 19861 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 21, 198661 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 19865 events
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 21, 19861 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 19861 event
- Tornado in California, July 21, 1986F0 · 1 event
- Hail in Louisiana, July 21, 19861 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: 9975716, 9975717, 9975718, 9975719, 9975720, 9975721.