Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 12, 1986
13 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $8.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 12, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -86.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- March 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -88.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- March 12, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -86.100
Tornado, Pickens
- When
- March 12, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 700 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -88.200
Tornado, Lamar
- When
- March 12, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -88.050
Hail, Fayette
- When
- March 12, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -87.920
Hail, Lamar
- When
- March 12, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -87.920
Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 12, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -87.830
Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 12, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -87.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- March 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Hail, Winston
- When
- March 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -87.130
Hail, Cullman
- When
- March 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -87.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- March 12, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -86.950
Tornado, Cullman
- When
- March 12, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -86.500
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- March 12, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -86.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 12, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 12, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -88.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- March 12, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -87.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 12, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -86.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 12, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -86.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 12, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- March 12, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -86.470
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.
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 12, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 12, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Ohio, March 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, March 12, 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: 9978781, 9978782, 9978783, 9978784, 9978785, 9978786, 9978787, 9978788, 9978789, 9978790, 9978791, 9978792, 9978793, 9978794, 9978795, 9978796, 9978797, 9978798, 9978799, 9978800, 9978801, 9978802, 9978803.