Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- December 15, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -88.020
Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, December 15, 1987
24 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
24 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- December 15, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -88.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Colbert
- When
- December 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Colbert County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -87.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- December 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -87.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- December 15, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -87.980
Hail, Tuscaloosa
- When
- December 15, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -87.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- December 15, 2:06 AM CST
- Where
- Winston County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -87.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- December 15, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- December 15, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -87.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Cullman
- When
- December 15, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Cullman County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -86.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 15, 3:08 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- December 15, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- December 15, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -86.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Chilton
- When
- December 15, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chilton County
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -86.750
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- December 15, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- December 15, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -87.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Talladega
- When
- December 15, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Talladega County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -86.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- December 15, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -86.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- December 15, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -86.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- December 15, 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -85.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- December 15, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -86.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- December 15, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -85.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- December 15, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -85.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- December 15, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bullock County
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -85.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- December 15, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -85.930
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.
- 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
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: 9978938, 9978939, 9978940, 9978941, 9978942, 9978943, 9978944, 9978945, 9978946, 9978947, 9978948, 9978949, 9978950, 9978951, 9978952, 9978953, 9978954, 9978955, 9978956, 9978957, 9978958, 9978959, 9978960, 9978961, 9978962.