Hail, Mobile
- When
- April 18, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -88.080
Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1988
9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- 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
9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Baldwin
- When
- April 18, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Baldwin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -87.820
Tornado, Houston
- When
- April 18, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -85.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Elmore
- When
- April 18, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -86.370
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- April 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- April 18, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -87.250
Hail, Dallas
- When
- April 18, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -86.870
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 18, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- April 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -86.920
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- April 18, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -86.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Autauga
- When
- April 18, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Autauga County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -86.500
Hail, Tallapoosa
- When
- April 18, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tallapoosa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -85.800
Hail, Elmore
- When
- April 18, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Elmore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -85.900
Hail, Barbour
- When
- April 18, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -85.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- April 18, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -85.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- April 18, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -85.470
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
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: 9975849, 9975850, 9975851, 9975852, 9975853, 9975854, 9975855, 9975856, 9975857, 9975858, 9975859, 9975860, 9975861, 9975862, 9975863, 9975864.